If you get, say, depressed because of your life being constant shit, how will going to a mental institution help? How does therapy help?

It’s not like therapy is going to solve the problems you face in life, like lack of money, friends, bad job, etc? I guess I’m asking what is the purpose of therapy and mental institutions?

  • amio@kbin.social
    171·
    8 months ago

    A mental institution provides a place for people who are a danger to themselves or others to get mental health treatment.

    Those are the requirements to get involuntarily committed, they’re not just for extreme cases.

    • Rakonat@lemmy.worldEnglish
      8·
      8 months ago

      You can recognize you are a danger to yourself or others and voluntarily commit, or if you believe you can’t commit to therapy without external help you can also voluntary commit