How Therapy Actually Works: The Mechanism Nobody Talks About

“How Therapy Actually Works: The Mechanism Nobody Talks About”

Most people think therapy works because you get insight, advice, or coping skills.

But the real mechanism is much deeper — and much more human.

Most of us grow up believing emotions are dangerous:

• too big

• too intense

• too overwhelming

• too shameful

• too “much”

So we stay busy.
We stay distracted.
We stay in motion.

If we slow down, our nervous system expects overwhelm.