The Benefits of Therapy
I always seem to post something during Mental Health Awareness Month and Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month, likely because I have more free time on my hands then. This year, I'm posting a bullet-point personal list of reasons explaining how investing in my own mental health has benefited me. Enjoy! -- How personal talk therapy has helped me: Helps me understand where negative self-talk comes from and teaches me how to replace it with neutral self-talk (stating observations) and self-compassion Disrupts familiar patterns of shame & guilt by teaching me how to recognize them Encourages me to think about the emotions and behaviors I have associated with sensitive topics, and teaches me to work through them instead of subconsciously dreading or avoiding them Explores and encourages me to trust my intuition and my own observations. Teaches me that I’m not responsible for anybody else’s emotions and/or behaviors — never was as a child, and never will
