Posted by pegasus on April 10, 2006, at 10:36:50
In reply to Re: I'm sorry..., posted by special_k on April 10, 2006, at 3:45:51
Hi special_k,
I'm glad to hear that you had a productive day. It sounds like you're exploring some reasonable options. And, IMHO it's totally valid to consider whether you can afford expensive therapy. It sounds like you're concluding that you can't afford it. Which is totally your call to make. Being a student can be very difficult. But at least it's a temporary financial difficulty, and hopefully you'll have more resources in the future.
It's easy to be angry at therapists or the mental health system, or whatever, for not making therapy more available for people who are struggling, isn't it. I really wish that everyone who needed therapy could have unlimited access to it.
And yet, I guess it's not fair to ask therapists to sacrifice their own financial health for it. Not that I'm saying that's what you're doing. This is just where my mind went when I started thinking about this topic. I want them all to offer free therapy, but I want them all to be financially comfortable too. I've gone off to perfectland here, haven't I?
As long as I'm here, I'll imagine you as a student with an independent income that allows you to have whatever therapy you want, and all the socialization with the big names you could want, and buying them drinks and . . . heck, why don't you subsidize their research or something too! Then later you'll get a fantastic job that you love, and that lets you afford a wonderful therapist who helps you overcome all of the difficulties in your life. I love perfectland. (I'm truly not being sarcastic here, if it sounds like that. Just imagining a better world.)
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