So I was browsing through a therapy sub earlier today and one post said something along the lines of “how much therapy sessions would be ideal”. The comments were concerning. Most people were saying stuff like “3 or more times a week” or “daily” and were saying stuff about their therapist like one would for a religious figure or deity. I was more stunned as most people were admitting they already saw a therapist a few times a week. I commented my preferred sessions and expressed my concern about the dependence people there seem to have towards their therapist and how some seem to use the sessions as a social outlet or as their exclusive coping mechanism or otherwise show they haven’t learned valuable skills to use outside the office. I was promptly downvoted and was replied to by someone who said that all those sessions are needed “because we are going through heavy stuff”. Just when I was having hope that the mental health community was becoming more skeptical (due to the growth of skeptical posts in such subs), I then get reminded how bad of a state everything still is. The dependence on therapy is really disturbing to see.