Do you go to therapy? It’s actually pretty essential for most folks. Especially if you think about it like exercise for your mind, spirit, and perspective.
Sure, we can ask our friends what they would do in a given situation, but sometimes it’s best to ask a person who has absolute no stake in the matter. Basically, it can be fantastic to ask somebody who doesn’t mind if your feelings get hurt. Because oftentimes, a little “real talk” is what we need.
Today we present 14 people who had some genuine breakthroughs in therapy that helped change their outlook. So, naturally, they shared on Twitter. Because that’s what we all do now.
It’s kind of like group therapy, right?
Wrong person. Right time.
today my therapist told me that no matter how hard I try and how much I do, it will never ever be enough for the wrong person. it’s so simple, but it hit me at just the right time
— abigail rae (@abigailraewhit) August 31, 2018
Someone pls pass tissues. Currently dead.
my therapist told me “the things you think of as cracks in your armor are really places you’ve put yourself back together” so if you need me, i’m f*cking crying on the c train
— Rosemary Donahue (@rosadona) March 25, 2019
Just because it’s unknown, doesn’t mean it’s bad
My therapist told me that anxious people have tendency to only explore the scary “what ifs” and challenged me to remember that there is also a flip side. What if you excel? What if it is one of the best experiences of your life? What if it changes you in a beautiful way?
— Mrs. Grotke (@__BHB__) October 18, 2018
Never forget the duality of the human experience and when anxious thoughts creep in and take over… explore the good side of the unknown because it could exist.
— Mrs. Grotke (@__BHB__) October 18, 2018
If not you, then who?
Today my therapist told me “you owe yourself the love that you so freely give to other people” and that sh^t almost gave me a stroke.
— rad dad (@ohemgeeijizzed) November 30, 2018
With a capital T!
Number one thing I learned in therapy: Love is unconditional, relationships are not.
PERIODT.
— Cleo Ellis (@EllisComms) March 27, 2019
Making way for your better half…
my therapist told me, “not everyone you let in will stay but you are not at fault for confiding in and trusting them and you certainly aren’t the one to blame for them walking out on you. this isn’t on you, this person left so that someone better can come.” & i live by that now.
— irene (@irnhng) March 25, 2019
Sometimes you just have to let it go
My therapist told me that our brains don’t differentiate between physical and emotional pain so any emotional pain will heal eventually but we must not keep thinking about it like we’re scratching a scar everytime it gets to heal and it will heal on it’s own. I’m SHOOK
— ☯ (@hoepamine) March 28, 2019
How much do you love yourself?
My therapist told me that when we love ourselves only 20% out of 100, we happily settle for anyone who loves us even 30%, thinking it’s more than enough when it should be 100 on both sides. It really hit me. Please learn how to love yourself before you ask someone else to do it.
— Komal Shahid (@ArmedWithWords) March 25, 2019
Isn’t it always that way, tho?
My therapist told me yesterday it’s ok to be angry. “Being angry is not a problem”
It’s how you manage it that becomes the problem.
— KARLOSSISTER (@Jai_Hov) March 21, 2019
Time is precious after all…
today my therapist told me “dont waste your time on someone who wont bother to make time for you”
im inclined to agree— the her (@jovishark) March 21, 2019
Friends and “Friends”
my therapist told me “you will never have to chase a true friend” ..idk, just let that sit on the brain.
— ᴍᴇʏᴀʜ (@ameyahh) March 20, 2019
The only constant is change!
Change used to terrify me
bc commitment used to terrify meWhat if I pick this option and then something better comes along?
My therapist told me: you still have to pick something. you can’t wait around for the ‘ifs.’ You are not happy here.
— Shane Gann (@HailTheShane) March 12, 2019
Act now, REact later. Pick a path. Make a change. You’ll be able to work out the next step from there. You’ve gotten this far.
— Shane Gann (@HailTheShane) March 12, 2019
Renew yourself, fam!
one thing my therapist told me to do that I heard right away for whatever reason at the end of last year is that I’m not a renewable resource for men and without missing a beat she told me if they can’t handle that, they need to be looking for a therapist too.
— Myles E. Johnson (@hausmuva) March 4, 2019
And always check yourself…
Today my therapist told me, “Although being direct is your superpower, it doesn’t give you permission to be disrespectful.”
— Lula Dualeh (@iRunWithLula) February 21, 2019
We sat in silence for the next 5 minutes. Like… pic.twitter.com/cujuDuEN5g
— Lula Dualeh (@iRunWithLula) February 21, 2019
I have that same problem about being direct and not caring who it hurts, so that one really hit home.
Great advice Lula! Thank your therapist for me! ???