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We talk too much about it. It becomes an option because people know about it.

People really want someone to soothe their pains and hurts, to make them believe someone cares enough about them to listen and help. We give them therapists who are paid for categorizing people's state of mind and for operating within the legal, moral, ethical, and legal parameters of their profession. Some enjoy the power, prestige, money. These things are not the same as caring about someone.

People need to be taught to think clearly, to monitor their own thoughts, to act decisively and feel empowered to improve their own lives.

I'm not a mental health professional. Obviously.