Therapy's getting too expensive

Weed is barely a psychedelic, and it shouldn’t be used as a litmus test for what mushrooms or LSD are like. I credit LSD with helping me recover from heroin addiction, and later it led me to a spiritual practice that has greatly enhanced my life. It isn’t a magic pill, but LSD and mushrooms can shake you out of your fixed perspective to help you see things differently.

For me, it made me realize that I didn’t want to escape life, but rather find a way to be more deeply invested in it. It made me want to find tools to pursue the mystery of the reality we all live in. It helped me have honest conversations with friends that in turn led me to a better understanding of who I am. And finally, taking LSD and going to the opera is one of the most beautiful experiences I have ever had in my entire life, and I highly recommend it to any experienced tripper who knows themselves well enough to handle it safely and respectfully.

It was a catalyst that opened up a richer way of living for me, but I don’t think it would have had that impact if I hadn’t followed it up with other tools like meditation, ceremony, talk therapy, and studying philosophy. That said, I never would have done those things without my experiences on LSD, and to this day, I still take some every few months to boost that feeling of wonder.

Any medicine can be abused, but they are intended to heal. I firmly believe LSD is a very powerful healer, and sometimes it is exactly what you need to see through the trance of reality we all get stuck in sometimes.

As a person who went to therapy, it helped me develop as a person, and I think everyone should try it, but sucks what happened to you, hope the best tho :)

Mental health care in the Netherlands is really terrible. I’m surprised you even got 3 sessions without being on a waiting list for months first. I guess you went to a ‘praktijkondersteuner’ at your GP? Those know fuck all and really aren’t any help. I had one literally tell me “usually I help people figure out what’s bothering them and once they know they can solve it, but you already know what’s bothering you, I can’t really help you”. Then I was put on waiting list for months, talked to a different guy for 1 hour, back on another waiting list for months.

At one point I literally called them and asked why it was taking so long (after waiting for months) and they said: oh, we have an opening next week, you can come then. Like, WTF, if you had an opening, why did I only find out after calling when you have a literal list of people waiting for evaluation? In the end I went to a psychologist (one of those ‘Sjakie’ types) for a year or two, which didn’t really help at all. Until they told me they couldn’t do anything more for me.

I get the feeling that if you want real help you need to go to a private practice an pay for everything yourself, which is crazy expensive.

I'm in the same spot you are in. I can't even force myself to apply to jobs. Only reason I'm not homeless on the street is my friends and family. And it terrifies me that I'm gonna get the same treatment.

Therapy is the biggest scam/grift that isn't religion or politics. I put it on the same level as Astrology for it's usefulness and scientific legitimacy.

It's just yet another money vaccun to suck you dry.

When was the last time they cured someone? That's right never because to cure someone would stop the money train rolling in. They expect you to go to them forever. Fuck em all.

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That's about the average price for a tab of acid.

Oregon be holding it down tho!

"I will use this $5 to feed my starving family for the next week, what troubles you my Western Child?"

"Damn Doc, couldn't be me, I spend that on a bag of chips. Doc, I feel better already for not taking such an L, you have a good one 💯"

I don't know if you can threat people of different cultures in psychology. Like, for example, an Indian therapist is not going to understand the problems an American have because the culture of both are pretty different, and the solutions the therapist propose maybe dosen't make sense on an American context. Imagine trying to explain to a non American therapist that you have anxiety of being shooted on school or in a traffic incident, that kind of things are pretty foreign for the majority of the rest of the world, even for third world countries.

I'd feel a little bad complaining about my problems to someone working for so little.

It exists. But you will encounter a few issues:

1. $5 is not very much money in 3rd world countries either. If you want to speak to someone with a doctorate you can expect to pay a little more than that.

2. health insurance almost certainly won't cover any percentage of a session with a therapist that isn't on their books

3. tax. A healthcare professional is generally looking after their own books too. So the only way they will bother dealing with Americans is wmthe incentive of earning in dollars anyway

4. like others have said, culture differences will play a role in the kind of care you will receive.

5. recommends for a psychiatrist or meds will need a prescription and that won't work across borders. You will need to get referred locally too.

6. a licensed therapist may not be licensed in your country, or worse, may be a hack or a scammer

But it most certainly exists. I've got a mate that treats people overseas. I believe there's also an app that connects you with someone available too. Betterhelp, Talkspace to name a few.

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The third world psychologist be like: