Finding Sanity Thanks To Group Therapy

By Charles Murphy


The thing about human bodies is that they are breakable, infinitely so. One wrong step, even just a half inch mistake, can totally break a leg. Totally random, totally stupid, and totally possible. So much so that it happen basically every single day. However, as fragile as bodies are, minds are even more so. But when those minds break, they can be put back together. The fractures can be mended, but it takes help, which may come in the form of group therapy Colorado.

Therapy is talking. That is what it is. It is speaking to a professional, opening up about anything and everything of bother, and then maybe the therapist will offer a solution. Then maybe the problem that drove a person to therapy in the first place can get itself solved.

Group therapy is just like the regular kind. Except in a group setting. A bunch of people sit around, sometimes in a circle, and then share their feelings, emotionally unload to each other in essence. There will sometimes be free coffee and donuts, or some kind of snack item. They can be found mostly in recreation centers or in church basements.

When most people picture group therapy, many of them will see in alcoholics in their minds. This is one of the most common forms of counseling in the world. Now, while alcohol is perfectly legal for adults, that does not mean that it has no ill effects. People can become so addicted to alcohol that they can destroy their whole lives.

Even more potent an addiction is that to drugs. Now, certain drugs can be much worse than alcohol. Some drugs are a little bit better, but the really messed up kind can really hit the system hard. At that point, brain chemistry is altered, not completely, but enough that a person can care about nothing except for their next high.

But sometimes, there can be a different malady altogether. Things like grief. Now, a lot of things can cause this. Individuals who are sick, like with cancer, can go to group counseling, in order to prepare them for losing their battle with the disease or to help them while they are still fighting. But group counseling can also be for those who are left behind, who have lost someone, and need to move on. Being around others who have suffered similarly can help.

Now, PTSD can also require counseling. Again, the natural empathy and social drive makes it so that opening up in a group setting can be very helpful. While most soldiers will never be anywhere near a battlefield, for every single combatant, there are at least ten logistics personnel who stay at the base, those that do will understand it in a way that no one else can.

But talking is not all that is done. Sometimes, the people who seek help are made to do activities. Little things, like maybe keeping a journal, or maybe even some form of arts and crafts.

The world is not fair. It never has been. Bad things can happen to anyone and everyone. But there are ways to find a way out of the hole.




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