Maybe a certain percentage of people *like* talking about their problems to a therapist, they find comfort in the process itself, while many people just don't like talking about their problems to a therapist and prefer to deal with those problems in other ways. It's possible that those who like talking to a therapist have certain characteristics that also make them more likely to be leftist or liberal. Perhaps talking to a therapist is in fact helpful for the people who genuinely like it, but of more dubious value for people who don't like the idea of talking to a therapist. People are diverse, especially personality-wise, and what works for one type of personality might not for another one.
Now, I think it's pretty much a fact that some people have biochemical imbalances in the brain, and medication can be very helpful to such people. There's value in trying to determine if you or a loved one is such an individual. I myself take mild anti-anxiety pills and they have improved my quality of life, at least a little bit.
But just having regular talks with a therapist about concerns in my life... that doesn't really appeal to me. I've never really felt comfortable with the idea of unloading my emotional concerns on someone who isn't a close friend or family member.
I also think conservatives have more access to religion, which of course isn't exactly the same thing but serves many of the same purposes in terms of dealing with life's dark side. Pastoral marriage counseling used to be a thing, and certainly religions like Christianity have things like prayer or accepting it as part of God's greater plan you can do when a loved one dies.
Ok but give me your honest opinion: do you think therapy is good most of the time for most people that are in thought spot in life? For children too?
I personally just find the whole therapy culture fake and gay, so I don’t need stoooodies as a justification to reject them. But Here is a study that suggest that some form of therapy applied on children is just bad. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37804543/
Don't need a headshrinker or their pills to deal with modernity. I find my own answers in books.
Maybe a certain percentage of people *like* talking about their problems to a therapist, they find comfort in the process itself, while many people just don't like talking about their problems to a therapist and prefer to deal with those problems in other ways. It's possible that those who like talking to a therapist have certain characteristics that also make them more likely to be leftist or liberal. Perhaps talking to a therapist is in fact helpful for the people who genuinely like it, but of more dubious value for people who don't like the idea of talking to a therapist. People are diverse, especially personality-wise, and what works for one type of personality might not for another one.
Now, I think it's pretty much a fact that some people have biochemical imbalances in the brain, and medication can be very helpful to such people. There's value in trying to determine if you or a loved one is such an individual. I myself take mild anti-anxiety pills and they have improved my quality of life, at least a little bit.
But just having regular talks with a therapist about concerns in my life... that doesn't really appeal to me. I've never really felt comfortable with the idea of unloading my emotional concerns on someone who isn't a close friend or family member.
Most therapists are liberal, as you allude to.
I also think conservatives have more access to religion, which of course isn't exactly the same thing but serves many of the same purposes in terms of dealing with life's dark side. Pastoral marriage counseling used to be a thing, and certainly religions like Christianity have things like prayer or accepting it as part of God's greater plan you can do when a loved one dies.
Ok but give me your honest opinion: do you think therapy is good most of the time for most people that are in thought spot in life? For children too?
I personally just find the whole therapy culture fake and gay, so I don’t need stoooodies as a justification to reject them. But Here is a study that suggest that some form of therapy applied on children is just bad. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37804543/