Is therapy a luxury, or is that fear talking? (Part 4: Fear of having your belief systems challenged)
This is the last post I will be writing in this series (for now!) , and it touches on perhaps the most difficult part of any therapeutic experience: having your belief systems and, consequently, your identity challenged. There is a quote from Professor Jordan Peterson, " the truth is something that burns, it burns off dead wood, and people don't like having their dead wood burnt off, often because they're 95% dead wood " which is quite a confronting and uncomfortable thing to consider. How much of ourselves is made up of pretence, and other people's voices, and persona, and expectations (both self- and other-imposed)…? What happens to us when our therapeutic experience brings us face-to-face with what we have been scared to admit to ourselves? It's terrifying . Your belief systems have been forming across your lifespan, from childhood (yeah, yeah, stereotypical therapist here!) , and are deeply integrated with your identity - who you believe