01/08/2020
Here’s something that’s been hitting me pretty hard recently.
Okay so I’m coming up to my one year anniversary of qualifying to practice therapy - which is actually crazy when I think about it.
The last four months I’ve had more clients than ever before, and it’s been amazing as well as intense.
Something that really motivates me is the responsibility that comes with this job. Like, it’s actually someone’s life your helping make sense of.
Another human being trusts you to sit opposite them and explore their deepest thoughts, feelings and experiences, together.
If that ain’t a privilege, I don’t know what is.
However something else has also hit me. How vulnerable we are when we seek help, and look, this isn’t me speaking as a therapist, this is me speaking as somebody who has struggled with their mental health.
We are looking for answers when we are vulnerable and well.... I feel a bit sad to say that it feels the answers our system wants to give us is that we are broken. That if we suffer it means something is wrong?
I mean that’s the real Fcking crazy thing right. A society that places profit over human connection, productivity over compassion, that legalises toxic drugs and bans natural remedies.
And we are the broken ones?
Krishnamurti said to thrive in a sick society is no sign of health, and in a system that incentivises Psychopathy maybe it’s good to be struggling.
I’m not sure about you guys but somethings shifted during this pandemic. The bullsh*t is staring us in the face.
I guess the question is, how do we actually work to create change, how do we actually build a society we are proud of?
We’re in a transition period right now, and I’m pretty certain in a few years our generations shall get a shot at building something new.
And I’ve got a feeling, it might be something to be really proud of.
Hang in there ❤️ we’ve all got this.
