Free therapy is rare, but it does happen, and it’s great. And that goes double when the advice makes you feel a hundred times better about your day (and maybe life).
And since people shared tidbits from these 15 great sessions online, you don’t even have to pay!
At least, not this time.
15. People can need help while learning to love you the way you need to be loved.
Today my therapist shared this with me: it's okay to make your needs known in friendships. operating in fear of showing your true self will leave you miserable and longing for love you could have from the people who love you now. Give people direction and teach people your needs.
— Jasmine The Great
(@ImTheReasonWhy) June 14, 2018
14. Keep your gaze forward.
Over the weekend, I concluded my "last" session with my Talkspace therapist and I told her that although I'm proud of my progress, I wish I knew all this sooner.
And she said, "Be proud of the woman from the past who decided to stay on the journey."
— Morgan Jerkins (@MorganJerkins) June 17, 2018
13. Pick and choose what works.
12. There’s no right way.
My therapist told me that those of us who suffer from an obsession with perfectionism need to determine who we are outside of what/who other people say we are. Whether it be title, position, stop looking for outside affirmation that you’re doing it “right”
— Mrs. Grotke (@__BHB__) July 17, 2018
11. Stop doing things you don’t want to do.
“If it’s not a definite yes, it’s a no.” — my therapist
— juliana pache (@thecityofjules) July 27, 2018
10. That “what-if” game works both ways – who knew?
My therapist taught me to interrupt my anxious thinking with thoughts like: "What if things work out" and "What if all my hard work pays off?"
So, I'm passing that onto you wherever you are, whatever you're leaving, or whomever you're becoming.
— Sinclair Preston Ceasar III (@Sinclair_Ceasar) April 11, 2018
9. Do the thing.
when my therapist told me this, it blew my mind
you can just tell them "so this is the plan! I hope you can make it!"
and then DO THE THING whether or not they show up
seriously as someone whose prime directive is TAKE CARE OF PEOPLE NO MATTER THE COST TO ME this blew me away
— Sarah Hollowell
(@sarahhollowell) June 17, 2018
8. Blame evolution.
7. Permission to do it your way.
6. Actions speak louder.
I just got some really cool advice from my therapist that I thought I’d share
view your relationships as a silent film. when there are no words to fix problems, what do their actions show? do they align with their words? silence their words and watch
— aubrey casey (@itsonlyaubrey) October 3, 2018
5. Know your value.
4. It could work for you, too.
Not too long ago my therapist asked me what I thought might happen if I stopped judging myself and just did what works for me. That shit is working.
— Ashley C. Ford (@iSmashFizzle) October 6, 2018
3. Coping mechanisms for the win.
This is why I love my therapist pic.twitter.com/1bj0qT9paD
— king rat (@burnbegin) June 26, 2018
2. Be kind.
Me: *saying mean judgmental things about myself*
My therapist: If one of your friends said those things about themselves, what would you say to them?
Me: I'd tell them to be nicer to them-
Me:
Me:
Me: Oh my god you did it again you fantastic bitch— Kendra
(@kendrawcandraw) July 30, 2018
1. You can’t fight who you are.
My therapist said to work with who u are not against it. As it relates to how u learn. What rest u need. Your most productive hours. Just work with how u are (if it’s not toxic), instead of fighting it.
— Stallion•ish (@DeeRene_) October 1, 2018
I know you’re going to have a great day now!
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