The Emotions That Are Eating Us Alive
June 24, 2025 by K.C. Aud
What comes to mind when you think of psychological therapy? Is it the expensive leather couch, a stuffy-looking doctor with a clipboard, and a quiet room that looks like a law office? Or is it a military doctor with an orange pill bottle covered in warning labels?
When you hear someone say “Let’s talk about your feelings…” do you picture a circle of people in a church basement, sitting in folding chairs with little foam coffee cups in their hands while a harmless-looking person talks them through breathing exercises? Or is it a chaplain that you can’t bring yourself to trust because he’s part of the same system that put you where you are?
For me, it’s a bit of each. I have been on a couch while a very kind woman tried her best to help. I’ve been given pills that sent me over an anxiety cliff because there weren’t any counselors in network within driving distance or available when I was off work. I have sat in that awkward uncomfortable circle trying not to lose my mind while being embarrassed that I was there in the first place. I have talked to chaplains who essentially told me to stop striving and be happy I exist.
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