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Message: <blockquote data-quote="WayneLigon" data-source="post: 597525" data-attributes="member: 3649">It strikes me that the topic of the psychologist has not been rised at this forum. I have three topics:1) Psychologists think that role-playing is a powerful toolAs has been pointed out, they're not the same thing at all.2) What can you learn from yourself from seeing a psychologist? Even if you are a sensible person (that is: not certifiable) can you benefit from such an appointment?'Sensible' and 'not certifiable' are not the same thing, by a long shot <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> Most people could benefit from some therapy if for no other reason than to have a neutral party listen to them and offer some guidence. The key feature here is to listen and shop around, just like you'd look for a new physician. There are good practitioners out there, but there are also incompetants and the just plain dangerous, just like with any other profession. 3) If a role-player used different analogies from role-playing games to describe his or hers current situation, would  that They'd probably just look at you funny, unless they were a gamer themselves. Especially if you described yourself in alignment terms. I realise that this is a bit confused, but so is psychology in the first place. What if a patient tried to defend his actions from an Not really confused at all; if there is any confusion, it's a constant misrepresentation of psychological principles and ideas by both incompetant practitioners and the press.</blockquote>

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