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[–] [email protected] 96 points 1 year ago (38 children)

Therapy doesn't fix any of the most pressing issues I have. I'd wager about 85% or more of my stress is economic or environmental in nature. My big three worries are how am I gonna afford a house by myself, how am i going to be able to retire on little money and without kids, and is the envrioment going to lose the ability to sustain human life while I'm still alive and on nothing more than a fixed income.

I don't need to journal my thoughts and pretend the outside world doesn't exist, I need some damn material security in my life.

[–] Ookami38 32 points 1 year ago (32 children)

The thing therapy has helped me with in regards to that is feeling okay despite it all. Being content despite not having all of our wants and needs fulfilled is a valuable skill.

[–] archon 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Or in other words, "it is what it is".

[–] Ookami38 0 points 1 year ago

It is what it is, with more steps, some emotional processing, and some self-analysis to find out why it being what it is is so annoying to you, maybe.

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