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If you get, say, depressed because of your life being constant shit, how will going to a mental institution help? How does therapy help?

It's not like therapy is going to solve the problems you face in life, like lack of money, friends, bad job, etc? I guess I'm asking what is the purpose of therapy and mental institutions?

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[–] Cringe2793 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

In du cases the mental mechanisms are not helpful but detrimental.

I'm sorry, I don't understand this, could you explain more? Shouldn't people develop mental mechanisms to cope with things? Or am I understanding it wrongly?

[–] Tarquinn2049 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Humans are not good at solving their own mental problems. Trying to do it on your own can often just get you deeper into the same rut, or cause new problems. Sometimes family and friends are able to help, but for most people that is also not an option or not helpful.

Your brain is in control of how you interpret the entire world around you, when it starts interpreting things incorrectly, there really isn't much that can be done from within that world view to fix it. How can you get yourself back to right, if you don't know what right even looks or feels like anymore?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Yes, developing coping mechanisms can be helpful and fruitful.

Other mental mechanisms were useful in the evolutionary past, or are useful in some cases, but not others.

Anxiety can be useful and important in selective situations. But when it generalized or fears the non issue it becomes unhelpful or problematic. When it has negative impact on us without usefulness we call it a disorder.