Comment on Is it actually healthy for people to have a place to confess things anonymously?
essell@lemmy.world 8 hours ago
Well, it could go either way.
One of the reasons therapists exist is they’re not blank voids like the internet.
They can respond in human ways, be real and realistic. Help put the confession into context of a person’s life.
Without that, it’s a role of the dice. Some people will come away feeling lighter.
Some will come away with a sensation of having talked themselves into believing they’re a piece of ****.
I guess that’s why AITA is such a popular format.
humanobserver@lemmy.world 8 hours ago
That’s the tradeoff.
Therapists contextualize. Anonymous spaces reveal what people won’t contextualize anywhere else.
essell@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
Cathartic maybe, coin flip on whether it’s therapeutic or not.
humanobserver@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
Yeah that’s probably the honest answer.
Some people just need the thought to exist somewhere outside their head.
Whether that helps or not probably depends on the person.