I don’t want to just hear myself talk for an hour, which is usually what therapy amounts to for me anyway. I want other perspectives. I want to hear other people whove been through what I’ve been through talking deeply and honestly about their lives. And I want enough perspectives that I can figure out for myself what modes of thinking, strategies, etc, I might make the most use of.
The problem is most people are incredibly closed. Myself included. We don’t talk about our internal mental life as it relates to the outside world. Well, we do - but not with much transparency. And we don’t talk about our personal histories, our childhoods, our teenage years, etc. We don’t talk about the intimate details of our lives.
(And we really shouldn’t; to be clear. Not in a way that can be traced back to us. Much of personal histories are deeply embarrassing.)
And yet, we’re supposed to figure out on our own what’s normal and what isn’t.
I feel like I’ve spent literally years learning things that other people figured out a long time ago.
I’ve been thinking for a while about making a website that’s 100% anonymous (but moderated), but encourages people to write honestly about their own lives.
No advice. It wouldn’t be about advice. It’d be only a repository of individual experiences.
I feel like such a site, if done well, could be a real boon to people who are struggling to figure out life, as I was.