april_flower comments on Open thread, 21-27 April 2014 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: april_flower 22 April 2014 10:26:52PM 0 points [-]

So continue burning through therapists in the hope of being understood. Is there any shred of evidence that I should try psychoanalytic treatment again? From my impression the effect of it is similar to homeopathic treatment.

Sorry, but there is really no answer to the question as posed.

How can I restate it to get a more answerable question?

Comment author: Lumifer 23 April 2014 12:34:46AM 1 point [-]

So continue burning through therapists in the hope of being understood.

I don't know. Note that this answer is different from "continue with what you were doing". One of the points here is that any advice has to be highly personalized and generic recommendations are quite useless.

As an aside, are you looking for a therapist to understand you, or to effect some change in you?

How can I restate it to get a more answerable question?

I don't think you can get a useful answer from strangers on the 'net.