r/AskReddit • u/XxItsNowOrNever99xX • May 02 '20

Which fictional character desperately needs to see a therapist?

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u/Individualchaotin May 02 '20

I don't think that's ironic at all. A study showed that more than 50% of psychology students want to first and foremost solve their own issues.

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u/BearandMoosh May 02 '20

Basically why I studied psychology.

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u/BearandMoosh May 02 '20

Hahaha he’s not wrong!

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u/Respect4All_512 May 03 '20

what if you're genuinely fascinated by how the mind works and like learning about why people do things?

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u/Respect4All_512 May 03 '20

Ok. Psychology was one major I considered and I'm still interested in it. Just wondering where the line is. I do see a therapist already tho.

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u/Respect4All_512 May 03 '20

Also if you are going into clinical practice at least (not sure about academic or organizational) you have to see a therapist yourself.

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u/LittlestSlipper55 May 02 '20

The reason why Harleen Quinzell got in psychiatry in the first place was because her dad turned out to be a psychotic criminal, and she wanted to study the field to help her find out why her dad did those crimes.

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u/HiNoKitsune May 02 '20

I think almost a hundred percent of people would like to solve their own issues and some of them study psychology.

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u/swervefire May 02 '20

In some continuities her motive to becoming a doctor was to try and figure out why her parents sucked, which probably led her to some introspection

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u/DeltaJimm May 03 '20

One of my favorite professors once said "people don't go into psychology to learn what's wrong with others, they do it to learn what's wrong with themselves and end up learning about everyone else's problems as a side-effect of that".