a few days ago I was having a perfectly nice conversation when they said something only semi jokingly about how putin is “just a guy who needs some therapy”

that sparked just a few thoughts

i. therapy is literally not for everyone! I have heard many horror stories (esp from non-men of course) about therapy/therapists gone wrong, and moreover some of us are just ding donged treatment resistant yknow?

ii. let’s say it was for everyone. in this country (klanada) mental health coverage is shit and employer benefits are often not much better. therapy is fuckin expensive. if you can qualify for low cost therapy good for you, btw it’s all over a computer screen now (no offense to any but I just can’t with that). the idea that it is just a thing you can magically “get” and there aren’t barriers, also very annoying.

iii. the liberal hyperbolic concept of therapy as cure all (see above example) is one thing but I also hear this kinda simplistic totalizing stuff from leftists all the time and it makes me question whether they’re really “empaths” or whatever

ok rant over thanks