MainerMikeBrown
01-01-2016, 02:57 PM
When I first went into treatment, I was a little surprised to find out that many psychiatrists, therapists, and mental health workers have had issues of their own with mental illness in the past.
And I was talking to a guy recently who thought that mental health professionals couldn't relate to the issues he's going through because he thought that the vast majority of therapists and psychiatrists had never had issues with mental illness themselves... until I told him that most mental health professionals actually have had the same sort of issues themselves.
I also know a lady who is studying to become a therapist who has never had issues with mental illness herself. However, she had a relative who did have clinical depression who committed suicide a few years ago. And that's a big reason why she wants to become a therapist.
So if you think that shrinks can't relate to your issues, be aware that many of them have been there themselves.
And I was talking to a guy recently who thought that mental health professionals couldn't relate to the issues he's going through because he thought that the vast majority of therapists and psychiatrists had never had issues with mental illness themselves... until I told him that most mental health professionals actually have had the same sort of issues themselves.
I also know a lady who is studying to become a therapist who has never had issues with mental illness herself. However, she had a relative who did have clinical depression who committed suicide a few years ago. And that's a big reason why she wants to become a therapist.
So if you think that shrinks can't relate to your issues, be aware that many of them have been there themselves.