CLEVELAND — Brooklyn author Caroline Moss must think therapy is pretty great, because she tweeted asking people who go to therapy to share the best thing they’ve learned so that we can all benefit for free.
Thank you, Caroline, for this simple but effective gesture, because this tweet took off and has gotten tons of responses so obviously it's resonating with people.
The tweet, which was liked close to 45,000 times and retweeted almost 9,000 timnes by 11 A.M. on Wednesday, read: "If you go to therapy quote tweet this with the best thing you learned at therapy that way everyone else can get free therapy."
The responses were varied, covering everything from self care, to anxiety and confrontation management.
A Twitter user identified as Jill wrote: "If you can imagine the worst thing, you can imagine the best thing. Both things are imaginary. Say out loud verbally the positive outcome, repeat until it feels more real."
Twitter user @_sputnik1 replied reminding us that it's perfectly OK to live your best life, however you see fit. She says she learned society doesn’t need to be the one to set her schedule, and that she can eat breakfast at 11 and go to bed at 1am and that’s totally fine.
If you’re like so many of us who deal with anxiety, you may find this tip helpful from Twitter user KayBee. If you feel anxious, Kay Bee has learned to use all five senses to get calm again. KayBee tweeted: "Count five things you see. Four things you hear. Three things you feel. Two thinks you smell and one thing you taste."
And as we all try to figure out the best ways to cope with people we might disagree with, Dominic Mendez shared what could be a very helpful lesson. They have learned confrontation doesn’t have to be bad, or even an argument. A good way to refocus any worries about confrontation might be to make a list, centered around what the problem is, why it’s an issue and what can be done to fix it.
These are all such great tips, but it is important to note that this is all secondhand advice and every situation is unique, so there is no substitute for talking to your own mental health provider.
After all, mental and emotional health are just plain health, and are just as important as any physical checkup.
