There’s nothing better than free therapy, and that goes double when the advice makes you feel a hundred times better about your day (and maybe life).
And since people shared tidbits from these 15 great sessions online, you don’t even have to pay!
At least, not this time.
15. People can need help while learning to love you the way you need to be loved.
Today my therapist shared this with me: it's okay to make your needs known in friendships. operating in fear of showing your true self will leave you miserable and longing for love you could have from the people who love you now. Give people direction and teach people your needs.
— Jasmine The Great | Brand Strategy & Marketing (@lmTheReasonWhy) June 14, 2018
14. Keep your gaze forward.
https://twitter.com/MorganJerkins/status/1008478532014608384?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.buzzfeed.com%2Fannaborges%2Ftherapy-lesson-tweets
13. Pick and choose what works.
12. There’s no right way.
My therapist told me that those of us who suffer from an obsession with perfectionism need to determine who we are outside of what/who other people say we are. Whether it be title, position, stop looking for outside affirmation that you’re doing it “right”
— Mrs. Grotke (@__BHB__) July 17, 2018
11. Stop doing things you don’t want to do.
https://twitter.com/thecityofjules/status/1022870860452048896?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.buzzfeed.com%2Fannaborges%2Ftherapy-lesson-tweets
10. That “what-if” game works both ways – who knew?
https://twitter.com/Sinclair_Ceasar/status/983876811523280896?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.buzzfeed.com%2Fannaborges%2Ftherapy-lesson-tweets
9. Do the thing.
when my therapist told me this, it blew my mind
you can just tell them "so this is the plan! I hope you can make it!"
and then DO THE THING whether or not they show up
seriously as someone whose prime directive is TAKE CARE OF PEOPLE NO MATTER THE COST TO ME this blew me away
— Sarah Hollowell 🦝 (@sarahhollowell) June 17, 2018
8. Blame evolution.
https://the-bi-writer.tumblr.com/post/175089835225/something-useful-my-therapist-told-me-our-brains#notes?ref_url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/annaborges/therapy-lesson-tweets#_=_
7. Permission to do it your way.
6. Actions speak louder.
https://twitter.com/itsonlyaubrey/status/1047609825880756225?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.buzzfeed.com%2Fannaborges%2Ftherapy-lesson-tweets
5. Know your value.
https://petalya.tumblr.com/post/171251036430/petalya-in-therapy-my-therapist-and-i-were#notes?ref_url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/annaborges/therapy-lesson-tweets#_=_
4. It could work for you, too.
https://twitter.com/iSmashFizzle/status/1048560527549628416?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.buzzfeed.com%2Fannaborges%2Ftherapy-lesson-tweets
3. Coping mechanisms for the win.
https://twitter.com/burnbegin/status/1011473218836803586
2. Be kind.
Me: *saying mean judgmental things about myself*
My therapist: If one of your friends said those things about themselves, what would you say to them?
Me: I'd tell them to be nicer to them-
Me:
Me:
Me: Oh my god you did it again you fantastic bitch— Kendra (@kendrawcandraw) July 30, 2018
1. You can’t fight who you are.
My therapist said to work with who u are not against it. As it relates to how u learn. What rest u need. Your most productive hours. Just work with how u are (if it’s not toxic), instead of fighting it.
— gay & tonic (@DeeRene_) October 1, 2018
I know you’re going to have a great day now!