Is it normal that loads of people i know go to therapy
I’ve found out that loads of my friends and one of my ex boyfriends who I still talk to are all in therapy for various issues. It seems like most young people nowadays are in some sort of therapy or counselling.
For example, one of my friends sees a therapist for her ‘panic attacks’ and anxiety’ and my ex boyfriend has ‘PTSD’ and ‘depression’ which he says he got from being bullied at school when he was a child. I feel like they are over reacting and are just over emotional people who need to get over themselves and toughen up.
They are also always usually the kind of people who cry in public and make a big embarrassing scene. One time I was out at this festival thing in my town with the friend I have mentioned and she randomly started screaming and crying because she didn’t like the crowd. It was pathetic and I just walked away until she had finished her outburst.
Also the ex bf would cry every time I told him I didn’t love him and wasn’t planning to stay with him forever, then he would tell his therapist that he wanted to shoot himself.
I also know several other people who see some sort of counsellor. Surely all these people are just over reacting/over emotional and taking advantage of NHS services they don’t actually need just because they think it looks cool and edgy to be in therapy.