Something I never thought I had trouble with was honesty. I have long thought of myself as someone who tells the truth and doesn’t really need to lie. Lying ends up causing more trouble than the truth, right? Well, not always. Something I’ve enjoyed about having a therapist, however, is being able to tell her things that normally I wouldn’t.
Lies By Omission
The most common lie I believe all of us “tell” are the truths we don’t. Often I find myself wanting to say something that’s on my mind, but decide not doing so is the better option. Maybe the statement will lead down an awkward path I don’t want to go down, or damage a relationship in someway.
Not sharing every opinion you have at a given moment will likely spare any company a certain level of complaints. Sometimes the truth just hurts with no upside. What’s the point of honesty in those cases?
The Truth Will Set You Free
An unfortunate side effect of withholding the truth, even when done with good intention, is weighs on you. There are also some things that don’t seem appropriate to share in a given context, but keeping things bottled up cause more problems. Having a safe outlet thorugh therapy has definitely been a big benefit.
Once again the convenience of Better Help has really paid off. I’ve been able to message my therapist when something is on my mind. Before it fades away as the rest of my life catches up and eats up my attention. Being able to briefly talk with someone, even just through text, about something helps to move on, or have a proper plan in place to work through it.
One final thought I have on Better Help in general is that I’ve opened up more to text communication. I always thought it texting was an inefficient communication tool as compared to speaking over the phone or, even better, in person. Sometimes we have a hard time expressing something in any way but the written word. For me, it also feels easier to write something and hit send than it can be to say even a single word in given situations.
While I’ve once seen texting as an impersonal and inefficient way to communicate, I realize now that I might have been too quick to judge.
Trying Out Before Buying In 