And dealing with the fact that normal people deal with those issues just fine,
Yeah everyone "looks" normal and fine while the issues are simmering under the surface...until they aren't.
That's the tough part to learn. The coping mechanisms you have to keep you "normal" may be what causes the long term damage. Also that's part of what james Hollis calls the middle passages. It's when your coping skills for your "shadows" begin to fail.
It is a judgement about you, or at least an indication that you can't handle some part of your life without help.
How come people aren't viewed as weak for taking their car to a mechanic or for going to the Dentist or doctor or for that matter wearing glasses? Why go to school? Shouldn't we just be able to magically learn on our own?
FWIW, counseling is no magical cure-all and not everyone is great but I still believe EVERYONE no matter how "normal" would benefit from counseling.
But what is happiness except the simple harmony between a man and the life he leads? ~Albert Camus
