24 Things All Therapists Learn That Everyone Should Actually Know

“Throughout my time as a therapist, I have learned that, many times, for someone who is single or looking for someone, it may feel like life is not good because everyone else is in a relationship and you are the only one who has not been able to find someone,” Viciere says. “I have watched people put so much energy into finding a relationship that they take the focus off of themselves. Understand that there are a lot of people in relationships now just for the sake of being able to say they are in a relationship, but they are not truly happy.”
It can seem like that’s why you’re not as happy as you could be or that you’d be happier if you were in a relationship as well, but being in a relationship is no guarantee of life satisfaction.

Acknowledging all of your emotions might seem as though it’d lead to your emotions controlling your life, but it’s important to remember that you’re the one who controls your life.
“We can acknowledge that they’re present and decide that we are going to continue to live our lives and do what’s important to us without those negative emotions negatively impacting how we live,” Williamson says