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I want to attend therapy for the first time! What are some things I should know before signing up? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by sprigatito_bread@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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For context, I (23M) live in the United States. In Ohio. A bit concerned about privacy because of the whole Nazi problem and the fact that I live in an abusive household.

I've been working on myself a lot recently and realized that I can't do this alone anymore (or rely on Internet strangers to talk about my issues). I feel like I finally have the strength to ask for help in the real world. I've just never done this before. What's it like? Is it warm and fuzzy, or cold and analytical? (Does it feel like someone is providing care and comfort, or is it more like an emotionally detached scientist meticulously studying you and scribbling down notes while mumbling "Hmm, I see, I see" while you yap at them?) Do you start to see results right away, or are things slow at first? How much stuff is recorded in a database that other systems can look up?

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[–] solrize@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Nothing is automatically getting sent to like a government database, if that’s what you’re concerned about (at least, not in the USA - but I assume/hope it’s similar in most places?).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vastaamo_data_breach :(

Added, pre-computer: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Ellsberg#Fielding_break-in

[–] Hazor@lemmy.world 1 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (1 children)

Neither of those are examples of government databases though? The first was a (disturbingly, comedically) poorly secured private database, and the second an instance of a single individual being targeted and their records accessed illegally...

Certainly, data breaches happen, but I'm not sure what your point is specifically.

[–] solrize@lemmy.ml 2 points 11 hours ago

Oh I see what you mean. Point only was the therapy notes aren't guaranteed to be private. Right now there are pretty good legal protections. But as another matter, laws or their enforcement can change.