{"id":4077,"date":"2016-02-01T13:49:53","date_gmt":"2016-02-01T21:49:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.childabusesurvivor.net\/reviews\/?p=4077"},"modified":"2016-02-01T13:49:53","modified_gmt":"2016-02-01T21:49:53","slug":"link-22-messages-people-think-dont-deserve-therapy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.childabusesurvivor.net\/reviews\/2016\/02\/01\/link-22-messages-people-think-dont-deserve-therapy\/","title":{"rendered":"Link &#8211; 22 Messages for People Who Think They \u2018Don\u2019t Deserve\u2019 Therapy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:2520,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/ift.tt\\\/1TxE6Av&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/ift.tt\\\/1TxE6Av&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Sometimes the first step is the hardest. A step towards acceptance. A step towards treatment. A step towards recovery. When you live with a mental illness, often times that step involves therapy.<\/p>\n<p>But therapy can be a scary concept, especially if the same voice in your head that\u2019s fueling your mental illness is saying you don\u2019t deserve it. There\u2019s always someone worse. It would be a waste of time. Therapy makes you weak.<\/p>\n<p>But who cares if there\u2019s \u201calways someone worse\u201d? Therapy is not a waste of time, and it certainly doesn\u2019t make you weak. 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