For a long time in our country, working with a psychologist was considered something out of the ordinary. Many people still think that all problems can be solved on their own, and communication with specialists is a waste of time and money. And for some, there is a danger that relatives and friends may start to look askance at you. What is the "danger" when referring to a psychologist?
The first step is to understand that a psychologist is a person who can really help to deal with those life questions to which you cannot find an answer on your own, bringing yourself to a state of neurosis.
Someone thinks that, having opened up to a stranger, he will become vulnerable and unprotected, and, having received the necessary recommendations, he will not be able to fulfill them and will become even worse. For some, a psychologist is a person who “climbs into the head” and makes a diagnosis. But a psychologist is not a psychiatrist and he does not make diagnoses. And any normal person who needs the opinion and advice of a professional, and not a “mentally ill” person, as some think, can turn to a specialist for help.
Knowing yourself, revealing your inner potential, getting rid of fears, addictions and looking for solutions to complex life problems - this is what a psychologist will help you with. So what kind of "danger" lies in wait for that decisive person who goes to see a psychologist? And it is that after working with a specialist, your life will begin to change. And it will be a completely new, unfamiliar experience that will come as a result of realizing your problems. It would seem ridiculous after all. But no. For so many people, such changes are like fear.
After working with a psychologist, people who, as it seemed to you, were friends to you, may disappear from your life, but in fact only interfered with your realization, lowered self-esteem and envied you in every possible way or "put a spoke in your wheels." You’ll find that you’re not liking to maintain idle talk, spread gossip, or speak negatively about people you may not even know intimately.
You will want to receive joy from life, be more in the circle of like-minded people, look for new acquaintances and expand your horizons. You can hear from loved ones that “something is wrong with you,” although, in fact, everything is so and everything is correct with you. You just no longer depend on the opinions of people who are not interesting to you or whom you used for your own purposes, hiding behind imaginary friendship.
Perhaps you will finally understand that there is no longer any strength to work at a job you do not like. And this can be dangerous for those who are not ready to change something in their life, and went to a psychologist only so that he would take responsibility for everything and accept your negative emotions, experiences, without forcing you to act and radically change something. then in life. In this case, the psychologist will be a waste of time and money for you.
If you really came to a specialist for help, with full responsibility for your actions, and he helped you sort out your experiences, after which you decided to quit your unloved job and start a new life, then there is no danger for you, and you got what they wanted.
If you turned to a specialist for help to improve relationships with your partner or loved ones, then the danger is that your relationship may end completely, and not improve. If you clearly see that you are dependent on a partner or relatives, that this dependence is destroying you, you will not want to continue or develop such a relationship. As a result, you may even be accused that if you had not gone to a psychologist, everything would have been fine, and now everything is bad. But it became bad for others, not for you. You will become ready for new, bright, full-fledged relationships and a normal life without conflicts and constant quarrels and showdowns.
Turning to a psychologist really carries a "danger", but only for those who are looking for simple ways to solve any issues and are not really going to change anything in their lives.
