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Unless there is some extreme context here, I would immediately dump any therapist that said that. If I want to hear that trash I can talk to my relatives for free.
That head thing is kinda their job after all
You cant just dump one of the voices in your head… It doesnt work that way.
Rocket: “Why do you care so much about your mind?”
Starlord: “Because I’m one of the idiots who lives there!”
My problems are 99% mental and the rest are all in my head.
hate that, because EVERYTHING is in my head.
my head is the focal point between the abstract entity considered “me” and the entire universe intersect.
it’s a bullshit thought terminating cliché
tbf a good amount of smaller general issues can be in your digestive system, though then again that’s basically just an extension of your head what with the amount of nerves down there…
A therapist wouldn’t dismiss what you’re going through like this.
Depending on the goal both of you established for this problem, you could either use some kind of grounding techniques to bring you out of your head, use talk therapy to figure out why you are in your head (possibly trauma), or figure out if things like sleeping, exercising, or eating better would help you.
use some kind of grounding techniques to bring you out of your head
You mean like astral projection?
No, the opposite. When someone says “you are in your head” it means you aren’t present or you are away from reality. Grounding just means it allows you to focus.
Grounding is going to depend on the person. Some people workout, some people use all their senses in their environment.
Therapy can be too expensive for some people so they harm themselves. This is also a grounding technique and isn’t healthy.
When I started getting neuropathy this doctor said it’s all in your head. I got up and left.
Never even gave him the chance to say it was a joke.
Sure, but let’s be specific. Is it an ideological problem? That’s an easy fix as long as you’re sane, because even if you’re slow we can get there through logic/the Socratic method. Is it some ‘psyche scar’ that has deformed you profoundly and fundamentally altered the way you feel and react, like C-PTSD and insecure adult attachment styles? These wounds, they will not heal… but they can usually be ‘managed’, sometimes with a little help from your friends.
These wounds, they will not heal…
I beg to differ. I was (rightfully) diagnosed with C-PTSD, severe depression, agoraphobia and social anxiety. I’ve had it since childhood but between 2019 and 2024 it got much worse. I basically became a defeated shut-in.
I’ve been symptom free for months now. Like I’m almost a different person. Outgoing, brave, not ashamed to be visible and still humble. What’s happened to me can’t be undone but I’ve managed to make peace with my past on a spiritual level. I do feel healed.
Perhaps I’m wrong and I should be more hopeful, then. Congratulations on your recovery, it’s really admirable and heartwarming. Let’s f’ing go! 😁
Different effects from the same diagnosis, I most likely have C-PTSD and when combined with my autism it just makes a paranoid insular asshole, get along great with military veterans funny enough. But the problem is that I basically internally self reinforce to keep myself vaguely sane and any help I could get would be at best ineffective or at worst outright damaging. Core problem is that all of the damage was done in childhood and only started to manifest particularly badly when I became an adult. Namely my hatred for authority which makes getting and keeping a job a right pain.
But I’m glad you improved yourself dude, so long as at least some of us fucked over by life improve I see it as a win.
But the problem is that I basically internally self reinforce to keep myself vaguely sane and any help I could get would be at best ineffective or at worst outright damaging.
I used to think the same thing and I’m not trying to say this has to apply to everyone but at some point I realized my mental illness whispering to me “there is no help for you” is about as trustworthy as addiction whispering “one more can’t hurt”.
Core problem is that all of the damage was done in childhood and only started to manifest particularly badly when I became an adult. Namely my hatred for authority which makes getting and keeping a job a right pain.
I recognize this part from my own past as well. My hatred for authority also meant I lived life without any inner guidance. Always late, everything messy, horrible eating/sleeping schedule. For me reconnecting with my own authority towards myself (true authority that is soft and understanding but not neglegient) basically made the issues with external authority figures in my adult life melt away. It was never about those.
The rest like I said happened on a spiritual level. In my personal, lived experience the mind can fracture, scar, become inflamed and even rot but the soul always remains whole. It just gets buried below the trauma and needs to be unearthed.
