I've been doing (great!) mentoring sessions all day, and I think today is the first day I outright suggested to somebody they should see a therapist, not just me.

The need to see a mental health professional is not tied to having experienced trauma or having clear "trouble at home" - sometimes it's just the solution because you are having consistent difficulty figuring out your overall life direction and find yourself changing direction aimlessly or procrastinating or feeling unfulfilled no matter what you do. That's not something a mentor like me can necessarily fix. There are complicated underlying causes of stress and anxiety I might not be able to ferret out.

Normalize seeking mental health care.

@hacks4pancakes this is so true, and one the 1st therapist isnโ€™t a fit try another one. It wasnโ€™t that long ago that I had to accept, that that 1st therapist was right but I wasnโ€™t ready for that discussion. But now I have one who got me there on my own
@lil_lost @hacks4pancakes the only shitty thing is that you'll have to start from scratch and have to tell your origin story all over again. But it's better than not seeing help. ๐Ÿคทโ€โ™‚๏ธ
@hacks4pancakes @stephanb that part does suck especially if they want to focus on trauma you feel you are past.
@lil_lost @hacks4pancakes yeah. It's what's keeping me from going to another one atm. ๐Ÿคทโ€โ™‚๏ธ