You Don’t Have To Be Crazy To Go To A Psychologist.

Part of the problem that leads some people to be unhappy for months or even years is that, no matter how bad they feel, they do not consider seeking professional psychological help. “That’s for crazy people,” they think, and at the end of the day what happens to them is not so serious nor is it based on such irrational patterns of behavior.

But, this is a mistake. Without knowing it, these people harm themselves and may even harm others if they spread the idea that psychology services are only for extreme cases in which contact with reality or with the possibility of understanding has been lost. to others.

The good news is that Psychologists can work to help people be happy in ways that many people do not expect.

Why don’t you have to be crazy to go to a psychologist?

The idea that the psychologist’s office is the place where “crazy people” go is wrong for many reasons. First of all, you have to ask yourself something basic: what exactly does being crazy consist of? The concept of madness is not used by behavioral and health sciences for a very simple reason: it is just a mirage, a set of topics and stereotypes that have been used historically to refer to people with unconventional behaviors.

In fact, What was considered madness a few decades ago could include behaviors that are not only common today. but even well regarded, such as dedicating themselves to traveling instead of working in a stable place and starting a family after a certain age, or creating original and ground-breaking music.

Thus, the only thing that people who have been considered crazy have had or have in common is the fact of having suffered stigmatizing attacks for the simple fact of deviating from the norm in some aspect.

What happens if we assume that being crazy simply consists of having developed mental disorders, such as social phobia, bipolar disorder or Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder? Even with this extremely benevolent definition of what madness is, it cannot be said that the work of psychologists is limited to this. And, although it may be surprising, what we psychologists do in our interventions with patients It goes beyond the world of mental health or the treatment of psychopathologies. In this video you can see some examples.

So… what is the point of having professional psychological assistance?

From what we have seen so far, the work that psychologists do is not limited to treating people with problems that can be considered psychological disorders, that is, clinically relevant phenomena. And the emotional, behavioral and relationship problems go beyond the world of mental health.

So that… What exactly does the work of a psychologist consist of? In addition to enhancing the well-being of those who have developed psychopathologies and even neurological disorders, our work is, in short, to apply psychological knowledge and intervention methods to help people be happy by introducing changes in their own ways of behaving, to feel and relate to others.

You will probably have realized that this task is very open and adaptable, as it does not necessarily start from the detection of psychopathologies. Indeed: our work as psychologists is characterized by flexibility precisely because human behavior, everything we can do, feel and think, is extraordinarily diverse.

This is also why psychological intervention is always a process adapted to each person and their circumstances. And since each individual experience is unique, what we can help people with is also very varied, because what separates us from happiness or prevents us from functioning well in life takes different forms.

In short: it is not madness, it is human complexity

The term madness, in popular use, not only has no scientific value: it also does not reflect the complexity of the type of problems that psychologists help to overcome. For better and worse, humans are beings capable of an extraordinary ability to respond to the environment, but sometimes we get “trapped” in situations that have been created from a combination of our previous actions, our biological predispositions, and what happens. around us.

In therapy sessions, psychologists help to “undo” these psychological problems and take advantage of our potential to adapt, managing to gain autonomy and therefore room for maneuver to get closer to happiness.

Are you thinking about going to psychotherapy?

If you notice that you are going through a bad time or there is any aspect of your life that you would like to improve and it is related to your management of emotions or your behavioral patterns, we invite you to contact our team of professionals, Psychologists Majadahonda.

We provide psychotherapy services to adults, adolescents and children, as well as Mindfulness or couples therapy sessions. To find out more about our center, or our contact information, access this page.