I never went down the therapy road. Arguably, I should have decades ago. But I did not. Today, with family estrangement raging in the United States, what I see is that the mental health types tend to pick sides. That is to say, some therapists choose the parents with their what's the problem attitudes. And other therapists choose the adult children and advocate for no contact.
In a way I am glad that I did not go into this system. Of course it took me decades to arrive at and confront my own issues. And alone, I have probably done this very late and rather poorly. But I think it would have been counterproductive to have one of these all too common mental health professionals who take sides. And let's be honest, these supposed professionals often bring their own issues to their clients' situations.
I noticed this early on when I started researching the topic. Articles, books, videos, and even whole communities tended to come down on one side or the other. I read everything I could on both sides. The bifurcation did not really affect me as I was reading everything. But today looking at the body of resources available, it is obvious, everything tends to be on one side or the other.
I would say, that's fine, as in a courtroom, the truth comes out in the adversarial nature of the process. But in a courtroom, the jury hears both sides. In this mental health conflict, it appears that each side only hears what it wants to hear.
Now I recognize that this may be limited to mental health mid-wits attempting to collect clicks and views on the internet. I mean, we are not talking about Jordan Peterson or Steven Pinker here. For the sake of general mental health and family dynamics, I certainly hope that is what is going on. But it does seem pervasive.
Grok has more.
This cannot be good for families or for society.
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