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Sympthsical

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19. There are a lot of terrible therapists in this world
Tue Mar 31, 2026, 02:08 PM
Mar 31

With all kinds of bad theories, bad practices, and real bad woo.

Ask me how I know. And if personal testimony isn't sufficient, well, *gestures to the entire internet*

But we're talking about discussions during therapy. Orientation is a tricky thing. You very well could have a young gay man - or hell, an older one - in there wondering if they could change, or be more bisexual, or have fewer sexual thoughts, etc. Maybe they're not ready to come out of the closet - to their families or themselves - and they're just trying to find coping mechanisms to make their lives just a little bit easier.

Again, ask me how I know. I was a teenager really going through it, and it was probably the most depressed I have ever been in my entire life. I eventually found a really good therapist who probably saved me from harming myself. And our discussions would've raised some bureaucratic eyebrows under this kind of law, no doubt at all.

Do you really want the government in there? I do not.

People are looking at this ideologically instead of therapeutically.

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Its junk science, all of it. Johonny Mar 31 #1
Suicide the final outcome? yankee87 Mar 31 #3
We need to fire all of Rupert Murdoch's clowns at every level. Initech Mar 31 #2
Weird ruling. Free speech behind a closed door medical treatment. bucolic_frolic Mar 31 #4
This message was self-deleted by its author Sympthsical Mar 31 #5
Was hate speech ever illegal? pcdb Mar 31 #12
There is not a "hate speech" exception to the First Amendment. tritsofme Apr 1 #28
It was pretty clear cut in this instance Sympthsical Mar 31 #6
The law protects abhorrent speech too EdmondDantes_ Mar 31 #7
Except they clearly don't believe that dsc Mar 31 #8
Perfect answer yankee87 Mar 31 #10
Sotomayor and Kagan didn't cocur with that decision Jose Garcia Mar 31 #13
No they didn't but Alito, Thomas, and Roberts surely did dsc Mar 31 #14
But they both did concur with the cons in this case. Celerity Mar 31 #15
Disagree yankee87 Mar 31 #11
There are a lot of terrible therapists in this world Sympthsical Mar 31 #19
Kagan touched on this in her concurrence Shrek Apr 1 #27
Therapy itself is questionable gulliver Mar 31 #9
This message was self-deleted by its author PeaceWave Mar 31 #17
I've no doubt you've met more than your share n/t Torchlight Mar 31 #23
Questionable at its best. Cerulean Southpaw Mar 31 #18
There are good and bad therapists Sympthsical Mar 31 #20
Your point about the importance of social support... gulliver Mar 31 #24
Absolutely. Those are the bad ones. Sympthsical Apr 1 #26
In every profession there are the good and bad luv2fly Mar 31 #25
I Wonder if this will Pave the Way... NEOH Mar 31 #16
Sad, but true yankee87 Mar 31 #21
Deadline Legal Blog-Supreme Court sides with Christian counselor over Colorado on 'conversion therapy' for minors LetMyPeopleVote Mar 31 #22
I am EXTREMELY disappointed that Justices Kagan and Sotomayor went along with this . . . markpkessinger Apr 1 #29
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