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A thread of the posts by @cait.bsky.social. They read as follows:

I had my first talk therapy session with my new therapist and she hit me with the “you’re very self-aware” ☹️

not the “pleasure to have in class” of therapy

that’s right, I know all the tools and have developed countertools so they no longer work. welcome to thunderdome

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  • im_fine_sandy@nord.pubEnglish
    6·
    2 days ago

    I don’t the only that’s necessarily what your therapist was getting at.

    I’m not defending her stance on Israel btw. Also her stance on Israel might imply religious beliefs and that’s a whole other conversation.

    However, I disagree with the commenter that said self-awareness is a good thing.

    If you want to go through life empowering others, avoiding doing any harm of any kind, and leaving the world somehow better for your existence, then yes self awareness is a good thing.

    However, if you want to be happy, satisfied, and go through life being comfortable and not require therapy, then self awareness is most definitely not a good thing.

    That is to say, self awareness is highly correlated with anxiety and depression.

    • zarkanian@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      2·
      1 day ago

      However, if you want to be happy, satisfied, and go through life being comfortable and not require therapy, then self awareness is most definitely not a good thing.

      I have to disagree. Self-awareness made me feel better about myself, not worse.

      You know what requires therapy? Having a gnawing sense that you’re a failure or a coward or something like that. That’s what a lack of self-awareness will get you. That is to say, you’re going to have some opinion about yourself no matter what, and without self-awareness it’s going to be a distorted one.