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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted, clever little truths, hidden in daily life.

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[–] Aielman15 20 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Years of therapy cost a LOT of money though, not everyone can afford that.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

As the pizza hoe mentioned, it's very country dependent. Where I live, therapists are, like other medical specialists, paid from taxes, so free at the point of use (not all of them, they need some licenses etc.). Or you can pay for them out of pocket if you want.

[–] derpo 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] derpo 1 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I agree but this is very location dependent. I live in India and an hour of therapy session costs around 15$(average bill if two people eat at a normal restaurant to put things into perspective).

If you can't afford that, don't worry as many not for profit organisations exist which will help you with free therapy. But this comes at the cost of therapists who themselves are paid like shit. But none of this applies to my friends because their job is ready to pay(your boss can't find out you go to therapy btw) in case they want therapy but they still are hesitant. It's more to do with how people will perceive you if they hear you're going to therapy.

[–] Aielman15 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Woah, that's awesome. I live in Italy and my therapist asked for €80/hour. I eventually had to choose between daily expenses, university fees and therapy, and the latter was, unfortunately, the one I decided to cut.