Would more men be open to going to therapy if they had resources tailored specifically for them, and if the office had Emotional Support Animals for appointment use?

  • flambonkscious
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    1 year ago

    This was quite simply the greatest ‘not rant’ I’ve read in a long time. Really well reasoned and I completely agree (although, in New Zealand we don’t suffer from nearly as much pressure).

    One of the things that really keeps me repelled by conventional therapy in business hours is not just the time out from work, but it’s the emotional hangover that lasts hours or days in some cases. Fuck trying to pokerface my way through that one - one drop of verbal praise and it’ll be the ugly waterworks all over again…

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      1 year ago

      God, emotional hangover, that puts it so well. I did three sessions and I was a complete wreck the whole week after the 2nd and for a few days after the 3rd. My therapist is now taking an extended leave of absence and I don’t know if I have it in me to try again.