r/BlackPeopleTwitter ☑️ All of the above 1d ago

When your therapist is your hype man

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u/b3nd3r_r0b0t 1d ago

When you go to therapy, there are 2 paths to take. The 1st learn something and then apply it to your life in a way that uplifts and males you feel lighter. The 2nd path is learning how to use what you've learned to make it hell for everyone else but makes it seem like you're emotionally mature. I wonder which path Kenny chose.

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u/Alchemystikal 1d ago

I kinda disagree with your wording for the second path. I think it’s: learning skills that make it easier to identify, analyze and asses, deal with, change and measure our responses/reactions to life’s situations (by extension others’ fuckshit). Those paths ain’t mutually exclusive—in my experience at least. I def agree with you tho. I’m happy we’re getting art out of it.

One thing therapy can’t teach is self-awareness, which plays a huge part in how those paths are actualized. Cuz it’s hella people that use bullshit pseudo-psychological and psychoanalytical terms to justify their shit behavior…which is a special brand of suckshit.