tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post6033073411337156430..comments2024-03-26T06:17:49.527-07:00Comments on Had Enough Therapy?: Psychological ProtectionismStuart Schneidermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12784043736879991769noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-38899645393223532902017-04-01T23:10:49.611-07:002017-04-01T23:10:49.611-07:00The problem with this kind of psychology (magazine...The problem with this kind of psychology (magazine advice columns) is that it too willingly throws everyone into the same boat. Yet, not one person is in the same situation as another. So why always this assumption? Because general psychological advice (aka pop-psychology) could not exist without such generalizing. Otherwise, psychology would be limited to private treatment. Which is, of course, the only true & helpful psychology.<br /><br />The main problem here is how your assumption is that traumatic experiences are the same for everyone. Which is most certainly not true, obviously. You forget that some people are targeted & attacked more than others. That, in some of the more extreme cases of victimization--which cases increase in number as human population increases--individuals experience real reasons for not trusting others.<br /><br />So the answer to your title question is "yes." There are people out in the world who very well deserve to say they've had enough of this half-assed, over-generalized version of magazine advice "therapy."Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12247920892774548571noreply@blogger.com