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this post was submitted on 29 Jul 2026
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i think a therapist should be able to help their patient with feels that are the correct reactions to a situation, without resulting to a "why aren't you over this already?"
i bet this specific form of anger also makes the patient feel incredibly hopeless, so their mind has a choice - to feel anger, or despair, they chose anger, and it needs to be worked through in a healthy way, not just gotten over with
What is a healthy reaction to the realization that you live in a society that does not care for you? That rewards sociopaths who will lie for their own wealth and power in ways that kill millions?
i've got no idea man. maybe trying to do activism?
my imperfect solution was to limit media intake, i'm fully aware i'm just holding hands in front of my eyes pretending i don't see - but you know what, i'm no longer depressed, i'm no longer riddled with anxiety... so i guess plugging your ears and going lalalalala works. (i have to add that i do my best to stay kind of informed, but not too much. basically whatever memes give me, i'll know)
I can't say you are wrong.
One where you channel the anger into positive change. For some that's volunteering and doing something to help the cause they're so angry about, for others it may be working hard to emigrate to a different country that doesn't embrace disease as a virtue. That's where the therapist can help, not by invalidating the patient's feeling, which everyone should learn in psychology 101.
Probably looks a lot like this:
https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1917/staterev/
That's basically what the op is about. Anger is an appropriate reaction and the therapist is treating it like it isn't.