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44 sats \ 1 reply \ @sox 11h \ on: journal-006 mostly_harmless
Once, in the same scenario, a friend said 'take care of your mental health', so in response to this, take care of your mental health!
It's clear that our job is subjected to copious amounts of stress, in our case, by our own unmet expectations. We end up being frustrated for a while and in some cases also angry at ourselves, then it happens that we succeed and move on.
But at least in my case, I don't reflect before or after moving on. This is bad. My psychologist always try to cheer me up, but words feel empty when you don't believe in them yourself. And maybe I should believe in them, otherwise I'm just wasting money in therapy.
Long story short, it's the reaction to our own unmet expectations, coupled with messed up levels of self-esteem, that fucks with our job.
(therapy is kinda cool btw, you get to talk to someone without being afraid of judgement or wasting time because you're paying them! We already talked about this, but it kinda is the only real cure)
My experience with therapy is that it only sets a lower bound on the suffering, but it doesn't make it go away by itself. For that, one needs to change their life, and that is only possible outside of therapy sessions. Therapy sessions are just advice, but the advice needs to be applied. At some point, I just felt like I knew what my therapist was going to tell me, so I didn't really need it anymore. And I don't want a new therapist because then I have to explain everything all over again. I don't want that. I've done it three times already.
I already know what I have to do, I just need to do it. 👀
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