The Talking Cure 2.0

The talking cure?
that's what people call it, when a person hires a shrink or a psych and sits on the couch—real or proverbial—and talks and talks and talks and talks until his problems disappear.

couldn't people do this—for free—with their friends?
in a perfect world, I guess.
fact is, not too many friends are adept at listening, speaking only when it would facilitate more listening—i.e. more talking on the listenee's part.

it's because few friends are good at this, that shrinks and psychs can hire themselves out by the hour or part thereof, simply to listen as mommy did or should have done.

am I oversimplifying? you bet.
but it's for a point to be made.


anyway, for those without listening friends or money for shrinks, there's always blogging.

heh.