Recently I saw a hot post on the Internet
"Who needs to see a psychiatrist?"
The comments were all strange, and one person even said bluntly, "I don't feel that I am sick, but my daughter insists on dragging me to see a psychiatrist."
One of the highly praised answers said this:
"Only those with mental illness need to see a psychiatrist."
Such remarks are common among practitioners in the psychological therapy industry, but if they are said too often, does it mean it is definitely correct?
According to incomplete statistics from the World Health Organization: Nearly 11 billion people around the world are suffering from mental health problems to varying degrees.
Every year, 3 million people die from alcoholism due to depression. At the same time, an average of one person dies from suicide every 40 seconds.
Among these people, only a few have participated in psychological treatment, and more than 75% have never enjoyed any treatment.
3 Big cognitive misunderstandings in psychological counseling
1. Only when the brain is abnormal will you see a psychologist
Many people's knowledge of psychological knowledge is basically close to zero. They believe that only physical pain requires seeing a doctor, and psychological problems are not diseases at all.
In the eyes of others, most people who seek psychological counseling are normal people, at least they don't look strange on the surface.
They often want to solve these problems through psychological counseling when they encounter difficulties that are difficult to solve.
These problems include: study, work, life, interpersonal communication and life planning, etc.
For example: Zhang Ling's husband cheated, Zhang Ling was very painful for this, and wanted to heal through psychological consultation
Generally speaking, when cannot successfully solve emotional or psychological problems by relying on personal strength, then he needs to see a psychologist. Improve through the plan given by the psychologist
2. Psychological counseling is pure chatting, which belongs to fraud
The psychological counseling industry is controversial in society, and too many people choose to look at it with colored glasses
After all, in their eyes, psychiatrists do not need to stand on the operating table to perform incisions and stitches on patients, nor do they need to take pictures and take medicine for you. They all rely on one mouth
So, they believe that psychiatrists are inherently "liars" and so-called psychological counseling is a "scam"
However, real psychological counseling is not as simple as everyone imagines. It is not something that can be summarized by a simple chat between a doctor and a patient.
When you are chatting with a psychiatrist, he will judge your current state through your tone, expression, emotion and behavior.
In fact, the psychiatrist can find his own theoretical support through every word you say, and then use it Purposeful questions to you
Of course, verbal therapy is only one aspect of psychological counseling. Psychological counseling can also assist in treatment through psychological testing, music intervention, painting intervention, and some physical and drug therapies.
3. Psychological counseling can help patients Healed on the spot
Many people go to see a psychiatrist with the idea of "radical cure"
They believe that mental illness is the same as physical illness. Through a doctor's examination, diagnosis, and prescription, the disease can be cured
However, psychological treatment cannot be achieved overnight.
Its formation is a long-term process. Any mental illness cannot be completely resolved through one or two simple conversations.
Psychological counseling takes time to ferment, and its effect is gradually effective. It includes various stages such as establishing a trusting relationship between the psychologist and the client, and the client clarifying the problem and solving the problem.
Therefore, if you want to completely recover from psychological problems, you must be prepared to fight a "protracted war"
