“I know it’s unfortunate, but alcohol does put you in a vulnerable position. When young girls drink, they leave themselves open to assault and rape.”
Seeking therapy isn’t easy for many people. And if you’re one of the 40 million people who live with anxiety, depression, or any number of other mental health issues, it’s even more difficult.
So, it’s upsetting when, after getting in touch with insurance companies (provided you even have insurance), after making calls to the therapist’s office to set up an appointment, after waiting for days or weeks to receive care for problems that have plagued you for months and years, after securing child care and ensuring you can take the time off work, after making the drive 30 minutes across town to make the appointment, and then after filling out paperwork, you find out that your therapist is part of the problem(s) that sent you there to begin with.
I’ve spent much of my life (and all of my adult life) struggling with some form of anxiety or other.
My early teen years were spent experiencing a number of gastrointestinal issues all related to stress, thanks to the cruelty of kids who thought it was OK to frequently (and maliciously) comment on my looks, my musical tastes, and my inability to stand up for myself.
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I sometimes think too much gets labelled as victim blaming when it is common sense risk prevention. But not in this case. That was a BS comment by the therapist and I really hope you reported them for it.
Perhaps this therapist felt you needed to take some ownership or control over negative events in your life, Drinking to much at the concert... You, wanting to bail on your pals and go home...you, agreeing that the poor acquaintance should also leave the concert and drive you home.... You, getting into an argument with this undoubtedly annoyed person who is missing the concert he paid for to take you home....you, choosing to get out of that free ride home....you. The taxi was absolutely NOT you, that was 100% on the driver.
And you are the problem with the victim-blaming culture.
And you are an enabler of helplessness, an enabler of defining ones self as a victim and nothing more.
And you have no idea what you're talking about. The therapist's actions were highly unethical, dangerous and potentially damaging!