>>84749634
women operate on consensus. to them, a successful interaction is one where someone "validates" them instead of solving a problem or gaining new knowledge.
therapy is a perfect way to extract cash from women, because they can endlessly come up with shit to complain about.

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>>84749634
>redpill me on therapy
Therapy is talking about the problems in your life with someone you pay to listen to you
>also why do women tend to go on it more?
Women love talking about themselves
>what are we men missing out on?
Refer to Ans.#1

>>84749634
>why do women tend to go on it more?
i think it has a lot to do with women's social and emotional nature.

people generally pay a therapist to:
pick their knowledge on how your condition works.
to express things to someone in confidentiality.
to get an outside point of view.
to be studied.
and to complain and get validation, yes.

(neurotypical) women are more likely to understand how their emotions work and how to communicate them, imo.

for men, it works different and is more difficult. men have to learn something foreign to them in order to gain anything from it. it's like learning a new language.

i am also in the camp that most therapists are not great at their jobs. they validate way more than they should, versus being straight with their clients. they use soft language and beat around the bush and aren't direct. men just communicate differently and emotions are more repressed.

a good therapist should understand this and help men understand it, too. male therapists should be more helpful than women, as they will be able to translate things over to the male brain easier.

it's not much of a redpill, but talking about your mental problems doesn't fix anything.

Imagine thinking talking about having pneumonia cured having pneumonia, that's the equivalent of thinking that you can somehow fix your mental problems by talking.

>>84749655
the real explanation is that women love pointlessly talking about their lives, and that's all therapy is.

it's a gacha basically. you can get lucky and find a therapist who makes one or two key insights based on first impressions, and you can actually have food for though, or you get some pigfuck who makes you whale until they tell you why everyone hates you (because you're the type to whale for therapy)

>>84749773
you're just repeating what i wrote

>>84749634
as long as you have an inner voice, can rotate an apple in your mind with no issues, self introspect and engage with your own metacognition, you don't miss on anything. but if you're ignorant and operate in life, like a mindless npc, then it can help you with introspection of your inner self.

>redpill me on therapy
Somewhat useful for self-analysis and self-awareness, then it plateaus.
>also why do women tend to go on it more?
Somewhere to piss and moan.
>what are we men missing out on?
See first answer.
I had it five times in 15 years.
Diagnosed as depressed and anxious in my teens.
Once I realised I was an autist in my late 20s, I realised I was hopeless.
Being a hermit and accepting my perma-NEETdom was the best thing I could do.
The inceldom is still soul-destroying though.

>>84750092
>I had it five times in 15 years
5 sessions? or 5 different periods?

theraphy works on normies because they don't have inner speech

that's literally it

they can't form their own thoughts. they need someone to tell them something before they can act on it like cattle.

Jewish garbage that replaces/subverts family and community

You have to have the right therapist that will call you on shit like your defense mechanisms. Almost all don't do this. Also, don't expect them to magically cure your problems. They're not there to do that: that's for you to do. If they do tbeir job correctly, they'll listen, call you on your bullshit, and give you tools to help in your situation. It'd be pointless if they fixed you as you don't learn how to help yourself.

>>84749634
it kinda works but only if you're normie. women are normies by definition.

>>84749634
therapy is for tards that don't have any self reflection

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can we get some actual woman's perspective here

>>84749634
Women evolved to be more hopeful and thus spiritual, praying and worrying about the man / group of men who would go out working or warring in order to bring home wealth and therefore food back to the home, while also protecting them from being raped or killed by other men
This has gifted them with staggering levels of naivety and retardation, allowing them to accept change with ease and believe bullshit being served to them if its pivoted in such a way as to be helpful instead of harmful, and they're the perfect candidate to be gullible and impressionable enough to believe it
They're also very, very good at convincing themselves and other women that something works, which is why women embrace therapy wholeheartedly, even if said therapy is bullshit like standing in a forest naked while doing squats and bellowing to recharge their sexual energies or whatever
This is also why they're more likely to believe in shit like spirit readings, mediums and zodiac signs - all women are believers, but the truly retarded ones go full blown wiccan and shit
Men generally are more grounded and capable of seeing through bullshit, which is often spun as mere cynicism or pessimism
Therapy for men is useful via learning techniques which they might not already know, such as a breathing or counting technique, or a form of anger management via temple massaging, but the actual "clap your hands if you believe" tier shit that tries to trick your brain into thinking you're unique, special, worth as much as anyway, truly equal, and that the people around you are suffering just like you, and that things will get better just because of time and nothing else, that is the domain of the woman who didn't receive competency and had to replace it all with cope

>>84750157
>5 sessions? or 5 different periods?
The latter.

>>84750741
>can we get some actual woman's perspective here
I did: >>84750212. Most therapists are absolute shit and act more like a friend instead of a professional. Like my first therapist was a stupid bitch would say stupid shit like:
>that's okay, it's okay to feel that way
No, it isn't okay for me to feel like shit and take my anger out on people.
>a nice hug helps!
Maybe, but I'm not a touchy person and I freak the fuck out when someone is in my personal space.

Then, there's the my second that I lucked out on:
>okay, cool. But what did they do to deserve your anger out in them? Your displaced anger is compulsive and it will eventually drive everyone away from you. Here's how we're going to work on it..
Nice! Got some great practice in and I'm thinking before lashing out.
>You freaked out again? Okay, cool. But do yiu think they purposely did that. In their mind, are they saying: "haha, there's anonette coming, let me pass by her in the bread aisle so she can have a meltdown." Fuck no. That's you projecting your insecurities onto others. Here's some exercises we're going to do, and I want you to practice them until our next session."

See the difference? A good therapist called me out on my irrational shit. The bad just affirmed it. It all depends on who you get. Good luck, as most are like the first.

Therapy is only useful is your therapist is qualified and not a retard. If you're smarter than your therapist, it's not going to work

A paid yesman if you want help do it yourself. They have a vested interest in keeping you "sick" and confused

>>84749634
>redpill me on therapy
Do you think your problem can be solved by talking about it with a stranger? if yes, maybe it wasn't really a problem to begin with, certainly not one worth spending money on to solve it. If not, therapy is useless
>also why do women tend to go on it more?
Because they're retarded
>what are we men missing out on?
Nothing. Take it from me, i've been there

Women go more because women are narcissists and love a yes man soundboard.

>>84751667
>problem can be solved by talking about it with a stranger
i cannot think of any problem like that
being lonely perhaps?

>>84749728
This picture always triggers me because the rain dance wasn't even performed to 'summon rain'.

>>84751569
>It all depends on who you get
that sounds grim
is the 2nd one older or is that irrelevant?
same gender?