How do I know I need therapy?

Most of us face struggles in our daily lives. The stress might be about your studies, your relationship with people close to you, worries about your career, health, future, past, or your pets! 

We are dealing with a bunch of different challenges that test us every day. 

To manage this stress we do what we can. We exercise, we eat ‘clean’, we try to scroll less, we try to sleep soundly, and so on. Oftentimes these coping mechanisms or our first aid measures for our mind help us a great deal. 

However, sometimes you just “can’t get yourself to do anything” or “nothing you do helps” to feel better, to feel rested, at ease. 

When deciding whether therapy might be the next step, you can ask yourself two important questions. 

Firstly, is the problem distressing? Simply put - is the concern bothering you. A problem for me, may not be a problem for you. Similarly, what you think is an issue may not be for someone else. And that’s completely fine. What we need to focus on is if it’s bothering you, then it’s worth exploring and talking about. 

And secondly, is it interfering with some aspect of your life?

A simple example would be “I don’t feel confident, which is making me stay silent at my office and it hampers my work”. 

Or “My partner and I keep breaking up and getting back together, which is turning out to be a frustrating and confusing situation for me - I don’t know what to do!”

Our thoughts, behaviours, emotions, past experiences are heavily intertwined and they influence each other. And therapy can help you understand your own patterns and needs.

Exploration of these guiding questions can help you decide if you can benefit from therapy.