This was in the context of COVID:

Nanjikana said he has taken some positives away from the experience, such as a forced break from the chaos of a global pandemic.

“I had no idea what was going on while I was out there. I didn’t hear about Covid or anything else,” he said. “I look forward to going back home but I guess it was a nice break from everything.”

The comment says a lot about what some people think therapy is for, too.

Exactly. It's not reality people want to escape. It's honest reality people want to find and most people get lost on the way.

I mean for some it can help them accept and process reality a little better.

Well, to be fair, neither will getting lost at sea

Yeah, wtf does therapy even do? My brain is fucked because of the reality of my situation not because I have some dysfunctional mindset I need to work through. It's all external factors. Having to grind away at a job I hate just to scrape by while everything continues to get more expensive, billionaires burning the world, and our government falls to fascists is fucking hell. You'd have to be crazy not to have a fucked up mentality. Am I supposed to spend even more money I don't have just to talk about my problems?

Alternatively being able to completely disconnect from all this shit for a month where I have no choice but to simply focus on survival sounds pretty great.

Too bad he got rescued a day early then.

I went to therapy and found a bunch of NEW things that I was (successfully) suppressing.

I PAID to have MORE problems. I can't afford ME.

Therapy allowed me to let my guard down enough to see who I really am. That was pretty invaluable. Not easy or fun, but worth.

I don't think it's just as simple as going to therapy but I've been in therapy for years and I'm the happiest I've ever been. I really got to work through stuff that I had been dealing with for years. I think it's hard to figure it out on your own, but I don't think a therapist is the only thing you need.

Just do AI therapy!

It will tell you you're great, and you won't have to risk any emotional vulnerability with a real person!

If you have very thoughtful friends or family members that you talk to and can be honest with about.... Everything, then that fits the bill.

Also if it's just the "someone to listen to you" thing there are other free alternatives e.g online (with the extra anonymity, which is nice) or to a catholic/orthodox/high anglican priest, or to a volunteer counselling group (one big one exists in my city).

If you're not willing or feeling the need to give it a try, I would recommend reading about psychological concepts. Or just watch someone such as Daniel Mackler and you might learn to heal yourself through osmosis.

Shit moves so fast you'd come back to a completely different world. Itd be like the planet of the apes

Until the next storm.