I have mixed emotions
about psycho therapy. On the one hand I wonder about it effectiveness
but on the other hand it provides an outlet for feelings either
submerged or talked about with friends/relatives who can offer little
help. The professionalism and objective removal of the therapist from
one's life makes talking, I believe, easier. One can simply "get it off
one's chest." Those who go to therapy often feel a sense of relief and
do feel better after the session. I wonder, though, about a permanent
fix. Is there one? For some there may be. A lot, too, depends upon the
therapist. There are many incompetent ones out there but occasionally
there is one who helps at least a little or even a lot to relieve some
of life's burden and find another way to cope.
There
is no shame in asking for help. In fact it is a strength. If the
shooter at the Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland had an effective
therapist for an extended length of time one to whom he could vent his
anger I cannot help but think it would have prevented the mayhem. We
cannot know for sure but what we can know is it would not have hurt.
We
also know the removal of access to the military weapon of the AK-15
from all hands is the real remedy to, as evidence shows, cut down the
number of horrific shootings. It is a no brainer to me. Why is it not to
so many Republicans who really could do something? One word answer to
that: NRA money and barrels of it filling their overflowing campaign
coffers with cash! There oughta be a law against that!
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