Becoming hella conflicted with my professional values and my personal values.
Those of us who work within mental health uphold confidentiality and the transformative process that is ongoing therapy, cool. Problem is mental health isn't something that is really taken seriously until a celebrity has issues or a white man blasts up a place. As a result therapists don't usually make much right out the gate (in most states minus cali) although they are required to have advanced degrees and hella clinical training. Niggas usually don't make much until they get their final license 2 years after working or if they get their doctorate.
With that being said, Ive been noticing that a lot of mantras, sayings, practices, etc. from therapists have been getting spewed out all over social media by celebrities, socialites, SM models and comedians. Anyone with a platform really. So this is a good thing in part because it centers mental health in discourse these days, folks start to grow, heal (hate using this word now), and evolve. This helps individuals and communities which is why a lot of us got into the field.
Oh the goddamn flip side, a lot of people are getting platforms or boosting platforms by posting about topics/sayings they experience with someone in the field without having to cite this person or even acknowledge that they're seeing a professional. Niggas legit are getting money, the opportunity to make money, or a following (that a therapist with their own practice would greatly benefit from) while the public is steady trying to pay us ZILCH when we first start out!Especially in comparison to other professions.
Yeah I know Im supposed to want everyone to be good but I don't want to fuckin work either. Im tryna get wealthy too. I can't even do the shit within my profession until a decade later but some random can post some tweets and become popping!?
Yeah a therapist can just create a SM page but that shit seldom works out because SM isn't really designed for folks like this. Yeah creative theft is at an all time high, everything is borrowed, nothing is new blahblahblah so I shouldn't even be bitching but I am lolz,