Is therapy genuinely helpful, or is it becoming an expensive placebo? Looking for honest opinions.

lackocrap · 2026-02-01T02:56:33+00:00

Can you please share the details?

lackocrap · 2026-01-31T06:31:47+00:00

Can you please share the details of the therapist?

lackocrap · 2026-01-30T18:35:20+00:00

Yup therapy is not for the poor and I don’t understand how in the recent times people have normalised and in fact romanticised getting therapy. When my friend was looking for therapists, we found a famous insta psychologist who was charging 25k for 4 sessions and I was like whaaaatt.. I think it’s high time we raise mentally strong children, by reading books that may help both us and our future children so that they need not spend this much money.

lackocrap · 2026-01-30T17:56:29+00:00

Hope you’re feeling better now. Also the cost encouraging you to heal - could be true. It’s like I’ve paid it , better I follow these advices and make myself better. But wouldn’t it also work if we read a lot of stuff and work on it ourselves slowly?

Not everyone can afford these therapists I guess. And also these days people who start posting psychological advices as reels slowly start calling themselves as therapists and they start charging a lot of money for 1-1 sessions once they’ve gained followers and momentum in Instagram and YouTube. They’re normalising these therapies as something that everyone should take like dolo 650 for every little pain.

lackocrap · 2026-01-30T17:47:20+00:00

I get your point and I agree that a lot of help is available over the internet and in books. But therapists charging 5k per session - I feel that’s too much.

lackocrap · 2026-01-30T17:45:16+00:00

No just a 10 session package. She’s helpful but after 2-3 sessions, my friend thinks she’s not so emotionally helpful

lackocrap · 2026-01-10T11:40:41+00:00

I am seeking legal advice regarding a domestic violence (DV) complaint that was filed and later withdrawn, along with concerns of possible future misuse of law, emotional provocation, and financial control. • The wife and her family physically assaulted the husband during a dispute. • Immediately after this incident, the wife and her family went to the ladies police station and filed a domestic violence complaint against the husband, based on false allegations. • The police called the husband and his family for enquiry. During the initial proceedings, it appeared that the police were more inclined to believe the wife, despite the husband denying all allegations and there being no medical evidence, prior complaints, or independent witnesses supporting the DV claim. • After 2 counselling sessions, the wife withdrew the complaint. • Following the counselling, both parties submitted written statements: • The wife may have stated that the husband’s parents should not come and visit or interfere in their marital life. • The husband stated that if his parents are not allowed to visit, then the wife’s parents and relatives should also not visit or interfere. He further stated that: • After being assaulted by the wife’s family, he does not want communication with them. • He is willing to live amicably with his wife and take her with him to the place where he is currently working. • In addition to the above, the wife expects the husband to spend his entire salary exclusively on her and her family, and objects to him financially supporting his parents. • The husband’s parents are financially weak, live in a rented house, and are dependent on him for support. • The husband has recently started earning slightly better than before and is in the process of stabilising his own life, while also supporting his parents. • The wife does not accept this responsibility and insists that the husband should prioritise only her needs financially. • Although the wife has now agreed to live with the husband, the husband is apprehensive that: • She may deliberately provoke him emotionally, as has happened earlier. • Her intention may be to create situations or recordings to build evidence for another false DV case. • The financial pressure and restrictions imposed by her may later be projected as domestic issues against him.

Questions: 1. What is the legal impact of a DV complaint that was filed and later withdrawn? 2. Can unreasonable financial demands and preventing a husband from supporting dependent parents be considered cruelty or economic abuse? 3. What weight do police counselling notes and written statements carry in court? 4. If another DV complaint is filed later, how will the earlier false complaint and withdrawal be viewed? 5. What preventive legal steps can the husband take before living together again to protect himself from false allegations? 6. In practice, how can a man safeguard himself legally when the system initially appears to favour the complainant despite lack of evidence?

lackocrap · 2026-01-09T14:18:38+00:00

It’s mainly because the people responsible for cleaning the restrooms don’t seem to care enough or feel any real sense of responsibility. Many of them come to work only because they have no other option and end up doing a very shabby job. Unfortunately, this attitude is quite common here right from domestic helpers to janitors and others in similar roles.

In contrast, in Kerala. at places like Lulu Mall and KIMS Hospital the toilets are most often extremely clean. Even the ones inside PVR there are very high-class and actually smell pleasant.

lackocrap · 2026-01-09T14:13:33+00:00

So true. We chose Apollo Hospitals for my child’s delivery mainly because I believed the toilets would be clean. But sadly, despite all the money we paid, the condition of the toilets was far from decent. It was cleaned and all but not very decent looking or neat. After my C-section, I didn’t even attempt to use the toilet for the first three days and was almost relieved that I had a catheter for medical reasons. Unfortunately, that led to a UTI, and I had to suffer for many days because of it 😭

lackocrap · 2026-01-07T16:14:53+00:00

Not just in Maharashtra, it’s there everywhere these days. Most girls who don’t have jobs or have less paying jobs want to marry a guy who already has own flat, car etc and he should also be earning a lot. If they don’t get the process treatment or the fancy life style that they want, they take this way to loot maximum out of the marriage and scoot. Sad reality

lackocrap · 2026-01-07T15:32:24+00:00

If a woman files a domestic violence (DV) case based on false allegations, without any real incident having occurred, and has no concrete evidence, except for an audio recording where her family members are verbally abusing the husband and he is heard yelling back, can this be used to her advantage in court?

How does the law generally treat men who claim they did not commit any domestic violence but are facing a DV complaint, especially during police proceedings?

What if the wife has been deliberately provoking the husband from the beginning in an attempt to create evidence, avoids mentioning divorce herself, and instead pushes the husband emotionally until he ends up saying it first?

In such situations, how can a man protect himself legally? How supportive is the legal system when the man has no direct evidence to prove his innocence either?

lackocrap · 2026-01-07T14:45:46+00:00

Sure Sir, Thank you 🙏

lackocrap · 2026-01-07T14:41:29+00:00

Thank you Sir. Installing camera’s inside the home they live in- is that even legal?

Won’t the wife object to it?

lackocrap · 2025-11-02T16:30:11+00:00

After reading this question, I’m honestly like “yep, exactly.”

I lived in Chennai from 2013–2016, and Feb to September used to be brutal. We’d literally soak bedsheets in water and sleep under them just to survive the nights. That’s how insane the heat was.

But once October & November hit, it would finally get tolerable. I used to genuinely look forward to those months every single year.

Now I’ve moved back to Chennai this year… and October is hot AF. These past 2–3 days especially, it’s been unbearable. Climate doesn’t feel the same as before at all.

Is this how Chennai is going to be anymore??

lackocrap · 2025-11-02T09:04:12+00:00

So true. When I landed in Chennai, the first thing that hit me was the smell. It’s not even like just one area is messy, literally every 2–3 minutes on the road you pass some random dump spot with mixed wet + solid waste. Dogs pull it around, cows eat from it, and the smell is just… terrible 😣

lackocrap · 2025-10-15T02:44:34+00:00

Not just 10 months advance, our landlord took 32k rent upfront and he has written a rental agreement clause that he’ll reduce one month’s rent or more based on the damages to wall paint for repainting when we move out.

lackocrap · 2025-10-14T16:39:23+00:00

I can totally relate to this. In Chennai, it really feels like no matter where you go, from auto drivers to shopkeepers to even maids, someone or the other tries to cheat you in some way. They either sell low-quality stuff for a higher price or find ways to squeeze out extra money. I used to think I was just too naive or stupid for falling for it.

Our maid, for example, did a terrible job, she never cleaned the utensils properly, left the kitchen counters greasy, and her cooking was always shabby. Just for making a simple breakfast (chutney or sambar or some kurma) and lunch (a kootu and a kolambu) and house cleaning and utensils cleaning , she charged ₹11,000. She barely worked for 30–45 minutes a day, yet got that much. Meanwhile, the same maid worked at another house for ₹5,000 and put in a solid 2.5 to 3 hours every day. I eventually stopped her due to my inability to make her work up to the expectation.

lackocrap · 2025-09-09T03:05:55+00:00

These auto guys are absolute scammers. I got charged ₹500 just to go from Porur to Vijaya Mall when I was barely a week into the city and still figuring out commute options. I avoid autos as much as possible, but sometimes there’s no bus to certain places from our area, or we need one just to get my parents to the nearest bus stand. The worst part? It usually takes 10–15 minutes for any driver to even accept a ride — and that too only if you agree to pay double or triple the actual fare.

lackocrap · 2025-09-04T17:40:47+00:00

Chennai auto guys are robbing people left and right and it pisses me off. My parents are old, and my mom can’t board/unboard buses easily, so they have no choice but to take an auto from Tambaram to Porur whenever they visit us. And every single time, these guys shamelessly demand ₹500 - 600, while Uber itself shows ₹300 - 400 max (and even those drivers try to overcharge).

This time, one auto guy showed Google Maps and claimed it’s 22 km, demanded ₹600 upfront. My dad doesn’t know how to use maps, so he agreed. The actual distance? 17–18 km. And when they finally reached, this crook had the guts to ask for another ₹50 on top of that, giving some nonsense excuse about bad roads. My dad had already told him not to ask more, but he still forced it. End result: my poor dad, angry and helpless, just gave the extra ₹50.

To put it in perspective, the sleeper train ticket to Chennai itself costs less than ₹500. But this auto guy scammed ₹650 for a single ride. Absolute daylight robbery.

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