I'm seeing a therapist...

I'm seeing a therapist.

How does that land with you?

➡️ Wonder what's wrong? I hope it's nothing serious.
➡️ I didn’t realise things were that bad - there must be some big stuff going on under the surface. I hope they’re all right.
➡️ Why do they need therapy? They seem fine to me. Maybe they’re just overthinking things 🤷🏻

Perhaps...

➡️ Great! *awkward silence* (I don’t really know what to say about it. Ooh, look at that crack in the ceiling. Fascinating...)
➡️ That's awesome for them. I wish I could face my own issues but I really don't wanna go there...

Or maybe...

➡️ Bandwagon... 🙄🙄
➡️ Everyone has problems, suck it up like the rest of us...
➡️ See you in 3 years, when you're still talking about your 'trauma'. Just don't bore us with it!
➡️ Handing over your money to some charlatan - ha, good luck! People can talk about their feelings for free, FFS.

I have to confess, before I accidentally had therapy (as you do) and accidentally became a psychotherapist (as you do) - I probably would have ticked many of those boxes, too.

🧠 I thought that therapy was for people who were struggling - not me - I was FINE!!... (hahaha)

🧠 I thought it was something you did when you were on the brink of a mental breakdown, having a terrible time in life, and maybe addicted or the victim of something awful

🧠 And if neither of those things applied, then you probably just liked talking about yourself a bit too much and should talk to someone with REAL problems, get some perspective and crack on.

I know - cringing on behalf of my past self.

But these ideas were well trained in to me through our British 'That's not something we do here, dear' stiff upper lip culture and the way therapy was modelled in my world growing up.

It wasn't something we 'did'.
It wasn't something we 'needed' or admitted.

And if we did, it was for something serious - and hell no, we wouldn't actually talk about it (because that's how rumours start and then we're really in the sh*t).

The shame and misinformation around getting help with your mental wellbeing was rife - and wrong.

And although it's shifting... it still permeates our collective psyche far too deeply.

Here's the truth.

We could ALL benefit from therapy.

It's not just for 'sick' people.

Society is sick - there's huge collective anxiety - and we're all susceptible to that, whether we realise it or not.

Neither is it:

🧠 Painful or traumatic
🧠 All talking about your problems or yourself
🧠 Necessarily even done through talking, full stop
🧠 Reserved for people who had a difficult childhood
🧠 A last-resort thing just for rock-bottom
🧠 Shameful or self-obsessed
🧠 About dredging up stuff you're better off ignoring

It can be surprisingly quick, effective, and dare I say 'fun'.

'I'm seeing a therapist because it will help me make the best of my mind, grow and feel fulfiled'.

That's what I want the narrative to be.

That's what The Better Brain Company is here for.

Isn't it time we all believed in better?