I Go To The Psychologist And I’m Not Crazy

“I go to the psychologist and I’m not crazy. Furthermore, mad is a discrediting figurative label that no one should use to label people with mental problems. I go to the psychologist to help me change my light bulb, which seems to be burned out by the circumstances.

I go to the psychologist because I need to get my thoughts in order, manage my emotions, and learn to live better. I go because it makes me feel good, because it helps me to acquire resources to face life and seek well-being.

I know the sound of stones hitting my feet and obstructing my path, I know the burning sensation of not finding meaning in life, of not being able to put a name to feelings, of not stopping thinking that everything can go wrong, of not finding a way out in alley of life”. 

This could be the speech of anyone in therapy. No matter what your motives are in therapy, THERE IS NOTHING NEGATIVE ABOUT DOING IT. On the contrary, it takes a lot of courage to take the step and allow a professional to help you untie your most intimate knots.

The Stigma of Mental Health

Going to therapy is frowned upon. In fact, if you go, it looks like society is pointing the finger at you. However, many professionals note that it is not necessary to have cancer in the uterus to go to the gynecologist. Why don’t we go to the psychologist when we feel bad (ie, anxious, distressed, or blocked)?

Perhaps because overcoming certain problems is not as easy as taking a pill. Perhaps because we live in a society of quick fixes and the pursuit of the happiness pill. Perhaps because we too easily dismiss the importance of talking about an internal pain that we don’t know how to put a name to.

It turns out that  we have an enormous sense of invulnerability in relation to psychological problems. Emotional difficulties seem secondary to us and, therefore, we do not allow ourselves to go deeper into them. Besides, doing this seems like a sign of weakness.

We put our hands to our heads when the infection is more difficult to cure, but we don’t realize that, obviously, if we had attended to the symptoms and signs that indicated that something wasn’t quite right in time, then the pain wouldn’t have been extended in this way.

We have to be very brave not to ignore a pang in the stomach of our emotions. It takes a lot of courage to open our minds and our interiors to a professional. It takes a lot of courage to recognize that there is something we have to change.

Because in many cases the questions are the ones that find the key to our progress. Because the support of a psychologist is essential when it comes to giving coherence to our difficulties and, thus, articulating their overcoming. We don’t always have a mental disorder when we need therapy, and psychology is not based on common sense.

What we achieve through psychology in therapy goes beyond ordinary listening. It’s not an intimate conversation. It is about changing the lamp of a balanced frame that stabilizes itself from objectivity.

There lies the key to psychological merit, in professionally following the search for answers,  in creating questions, in knowing emotions, thoughts, qualities, resources and flawed standards. Therefore, this is a wonderful path for anyone who has the courage to explore it.