#normalize therapy

How did... I don't even have his SAVE open....Ignore him nonny.

So yeah, Darren's background isn't a pretty one. He had a brother, however his brother didn't live to see 18. Where Darren grew up, the life expectancy for brothas like him was about 24 years on average. Its shameful. The only family he knew was his mother who passed away when he was still a teenager, maybe around 16? She never said much about his daddy only that "he ain't shit". Darren knew his dad was in prison but he never met him and heard many years ago that prison eventually became his daddy's graveyard. Its a tragic tale honestly but a testament to how far he's come. Its just him against the world.

1) I have a safe space to talk about my emotions and feelings without feeling judged.

2) I can talk about my day without feeling like a burden and my therapist is really nice, she listens and is supportive.

3) she helps me understand what I'm feeling and helps me so that I know myself better.

4) she tells me about healthy coping methods so that I have a way to let out my emotions and not keep them bottled up.

5) Dealing with my past trauma and she helps to figure out stuff and how to process trauma & process emotions + how to overcome trauma.

6) she has taught me a lot about self compassion & being kind to myself.

7) therapy can be really hard sometimes but she always asks me how I'm doing or if I need a break to breathe and drink water and asks me if I wanna stop talking about the particular topic.

8) teaching about the importance of boundaries and saying no.

9) saying things outloud makes you understand them in a better way.

10) You can talk about whatever you want for one hour without feeling guilty, or anyone else invalidating your pain or making it into a competition.

11) she made me realise that I deserve to be happy, I deserve to feel loved, I deserve good things and I can recover, I can move on.

12) being more present in the moment and being myself.

13) Not being afraid to have my own opinion, and voicing it, in public and in personal ( around people I know).

14) therapy saved my life.

These are some of the few reasons why I personally love therapy, it can be hard, and exhausting, but you grow so much and learn so much about yourself, it's so worth it.

talk therapy isn’t for everyone but personally it’s made a huge difference in my life (admittedly combined with various medications) but there is SOME TYPE of therapy that I genuinely believe could help with almost everyone’s problems.