therapy
3 statements across 3 episodes · 1 bullish · 2 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Aug 29, 2023 by Mark Manson · across every show →
Everything said about therapy, oldest first
Aug 29, 2023 negative
Manson: No therapy modality has a success rate over 50%
“You start looking at the research, and it's startling because there's nothing that has more than a 50% hit rate. Nothing like none. There's no form of therapy that is successful, like produces positive outcomes more than 50% of the time, which is crazy.”
Aug 31, 2024 negative
Puri: Constant self-improvement introspection often undermines personal happiness
“I think a lot of people fall into this trap with therapy and with self-improvement, where they get addicted to the medicine, and it creates too much thoughts about yourself. You know, the happiest people are the ones who are, you know, that are not doing this,…”
May 21, 2025 positive
Ury: Men's peer groups provide more personal growth than traditional therapy
“I think it's better than therapy, because most therapists are female, so having your wife or having your female therapist tell you what to do, I think that's fine, but having a council of peers who can really relate to you and create a safe space for you to be…”