i can't take it anymore!! every time i think about therapy, my wallet screams at me. it's one of those things that everyone tells you is great, sure, but who actually has the cash for it?!?! "just go to therapy" they say, as if i'm sitting on piles of money ready to burn. have these people seen the average cost of a session these days? like seriously?? i've got bills to pay and mouths to feed (well... ok maybe just mine) and throwing hundreds at a therapist isn't exactly feasible. yeah, there are sliding scale options and whatever, but even then we're talking cash i don't have. half the time i feel like therapists are talking in another language with all their fancy 'cognitive restructuring' stuff. what happened to good old-fashioned advice?! do i really need someone with a phd telling me that sleep and exercise will fix everything? wow!!! groundbreaking!!!! honestly it's hard not to just laugh sometimes when they come out with such obvious suggestions like they're dispensing life-altering wisdom.

well here's some wisdom from me: stop pretending this is something accessible for everyone. not everyone can be 'mindful' when the only thoughts swirling around are how am i gonna afford rent next month or what's left to scrape together for groceries this week? it's easy for folks who can throw money at problems but for us less privileged peeps, reality checks in every single day!!!

and while i'm on this rant... emojis in communication? people say it helps express feelings better through text but do we really need a little smiley face or sad face telling others how we feel??? could you imagine therapists using them too? hey maybe that's where we're heading: therapy sessions via emoji texts because actual face-to-face costs too damn much! haha now there's an idea to save money eh?!

so here i sit typing away like some online cliche hoping someone somewhere gets it (or at least finds my rant mildly entertaining). words are cheap after all unlike therapy sessions :) smile or frown emojis not required thanks very much!

i'll keep laughing about this absurdity because what else is there left apart from crying over my empty-checking account right????

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