Comments on: Look into my eyes. I don’t need therapy. http://blogwillhunting.com/look-into-my-eyes-i-dont-need-therapy Just some guys in Boston, blogging about Good Will Hunting Wed, 21 Dec 2011 17:49:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Alex http://blogwillhunting.com/look-into-my-eyes-i-dont-need-therapy/comment-page-1#comment-27 Alex Wed, 30 Dec 2009 07:49:24 +0000 http://blogwillhunting.com/?p=490#comment-27 <p>This is a fantastic comment.  </p> <p>And by the way, now it's all for one, and all for love.</p> This is a fantastic comment. 

And by the way, now it's all for one, and all for love.

]]> By: frances http://blogwillhunting.com/look-into-my-eyes-i-dont-need-therapy/comment-page-1#comment-25 frances Tue, 29 Dec 2009 14:35:10 +0000 http://blogwillhunting.com/?p=490#comment-25 ok, so annoyingly, your headline got that bryan adams song in my head ("look into my eyes....you will see... what you mean tooo meeeee"), but I'll comment anyway. Although I think you're probably right about the importance to a narrative for the protagonist to resist positive change being the driving force here, I think this sometimes has a real life analogue (beyond the stigma, which I think is often hard enough on its own to deal with, even if you don't have a poor opinion of treatment yourself). Anyway, my point is, if you think your fucked up behavior and persistent depression is part of what makes you yourself, then the prospect of going to therapy to "fix" those things (and the possibility that it might work) is the scariest thing in the world. Like, here, give up your identity so we can all be happy. Um, no thanks. that's my feelings on the matter....now back to bryan adams (which should make mikey happy, even if it's not the stupid three muskateers song) ok, so annoyingly, your headline got that bryan adams song in my head ("look into my eyes….you will see… what you mean tooo meeeee"), but I'll comment anyway.

Although I think you're probably right about the importance to a narrative for the protagonist to resist positive change being the driving force here, I think this sometimes has a real life analogue (beyond the stigma, which I think is often hard enough on its own to deal with, even if you don't have a poor opinion of treatment yourself). Anyway, my point is, if you think your fucked up behavior and persistent depression is part of what makes you yourself, then the prospect of going to therapy to "fix" those things (and the possibility that it might work) is the scariest thing in the world. Like, here, give up your identity so we can all be happy. Um, no thanks.
that's my feelings on the matter….now back to bryan adams (which should make mikey happy, even if it's not the stupid three muskateers song)

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