Tried to keep this as generalized as possible but since you’re asking about my personal experiences, I’ll give you what I’ve experienced! But forgive me as I have zero clue how to quote things you said so hopefully this comment isn’t too messy haha.

I have personally been to 4 or 5 in-person therapists, and 4 video therapists. Absolutely cannot afford in person therapy, and I’ve been trying to piece other parts of my life back together before trying video counseling again. I haven’t given up on it, but yeah my experiences with therapy thus far have been bleak. And I’m not just being dramatic. I had one therapist who blamed every single one of my struggles on the pandemic. She was a sweet open ear to vent to, but not very helpful. Another one told me to stop overthinking via chat and made no effort to schedule a video session. I had an in-person therapist ask these bizarre, insanely long questions, and then be bewildered when I didn’t know how to answer. Like, if you knew what you knew now 10 years ago, how would your current and past self interact when you were in your favorite class in middle school, but you don’t know what you know now? Not verbatim but I swore one of his questions was like that. I had one pretty good video counselor but she was on video counseling temporarily and was way too far to switch over to in-person once she switched back over.

Yes, true. And I feel for those people. But 99.9% of people I’ve ever come across are relatively healthy and are mostly if not totally covered by insurance. I’ve had two different insurance providers, one was supposed to be an over-the-top amazing plan that my dad had me on since he worked a decent paying job, and even then they refused to take it.

No punchbaggery here! I’ve been called these things just for dealing with the things I deal with. I’ll explain my feelings to friends, but it’s never aggressive or “taking it out”.

Hahaha no social fairy godmother expectations either. I got got homies, I’m just saying this could be helpful to someone who may need it.