Why therapy is better than ever in the digital age

Even if you’ve never gone to therapy or dislike the concept based on prior experiences, now’s the time to test the waters.
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Even if you’ve never gone to therapy or dislike the concept based on prior experiences, now’s the time to test the waters.
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After growing up in a community that frowed upon therapy, coming to UC Berkeley has taught me that therapy is not an act of weakness but of strength.
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We all must understand that feelings of anxiety and depression are not a choice. Often, they require a medical diagnosis.
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I have never dealt well with change. My usual response to change is to curl into a ball and cease to function until I finally get used to my new reality.
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I know we’ve had a rocky relationship in the past, but I wanted to write to say how much I’ve grown to love you.
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If mental illness has ever touched your life in a serious way as it has touched mine, you know that most of society’s perceptions and discussions about mental illness are less than ideal.
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I have received a plentitude of terrible advice in my time as a Chronically Mentally Ill Person. One of my favorite (not at all appreciated) pieces of advice (that is not at all advice) is “It gets better!”
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The idea of zapping my brain felt like a last-ditch effort, as though my depression had become an unsolvable problem that required an extreme solution.
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I thought about how I was taught that our outcomes were predetermined by a higher power. I realized that God did not have a map of my life. Rather, God’s plan was to allow me to regain agency in my life.
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It wasn’t until I started journaling and addressing the root of my pain that I realized how my trauma had impacted my sex life. Being a survivor of violence has meant unlearning my dangerous coping mechanisms and unpacking my unhealthy relationship to sex.
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