Amala Ekpunobi

And I don't even have to make a guess as to the politics, the personal politics of this individual.

I think we all know.

I think we can all tell.

And it's very interesting that across political lines, it becomes very clear who more often engages in this behavior and it's left-leaning liberal people.

And I don't know if it's because the politics sort of dictate that behavior.

I don't know if it's because the politics also coincide with a heavy dependence on things like

therapy or that the politics maybe coincide with other mental health issues that one could be dealing with.

And this is not to place a heavy amount of judgment on this woman.

It's just to say, this is kind of the natural conclusion of this sort of political structure mixed with the social structure of those politics mixed with the therapy culture.

And then, you know, this is where we land.

I see it.

therapist i guess or at least did not have the tools and skills to deal with you both in the same setting and i'm gonna leave room for the idea that her mom could be so extreme that no therapist could deal with her but i think i'm leaning towards your therapist was just probably not ready to take on the task of giving therapy to the two of you and i have to make this comment about therapy

I am not totally anti-therapy.

I have people in my family who go to therapy.

They claim that it is quite helpful for their existence, their flourishing, and it's to their benefit.

But I think there are some markers that your therapist needs to meet before they become your therapist.

One, they have to be smarter and maybe a little bit more well-adjusted than you are and have not only a self-awareness, but just like positional awareness to the stories that they're going to be hearing in and out of therapy.

Two, they have to want to get you out of therapy and not have you there the entire time that they are a therapist because it seems like a lot of people are not building a track for you to get out of therapy.

And I guess three, and this is very difficult for probably any therapist to be able to figure out, but they have to know that you are being honest.

They also have to be honest and they have to leave space for all the other perspectives that are not being said in your therapy session that you are maybe misinterpreting, which is a very, very tough, tall task.