christian monks used to do the same. i think it was called “confession” or something when you talked about things that bothered you with somebody who was reasonably intelligent in a private context.
i guess it really helped and might have been the modern equivalent of talking to a therapist.
I’ve gotten into tarot for a similar reason. By the time you’re done with a full celtic cross you’ve done basically all of the you side of a therapy session. If you know some of the psychotherapeutic concepts from either training or just having been a bunch you can fill in most of what a therapist would have said on the other end. There’s some things that you’d really just need a professional for anyway but it can help fill in a lot of the gaps when you would’ve needed weekly therapy for a long time and need to pick up some kind of introspective practice to be able to see the therapist less.
A lot of therapy is just Buddhism repacked for modern audiences
or any meditation technique/speech therapy.
christian monks used to do the same. i think it was called “confession” or something when you talked about things that bothered you with somebody who was reasonably intelligent in a private context.
i guess it really helped and might have been the modern equivalent of talking to a therapist.
I’ve gotten into tarot for a similar reason. By the time you’re done with a full celtic cross you’ve done basically all of the you side of a therapy session. If you know some of the psychotherapeutic concepts from either training or just having been a bunch you can fill in most of what a therapist would have said on the other end. There’s some things that you’d really just need a professional for anyway but it can help fill in a lot of the gaps when you would’ve needed weekly therapy for a long time and need to pick up some kind of introspective practice to be able to see the therapist less.
also: praying. It’s basically meditation, depending on your practice.
You’re quietly going through your thoughts and, well, meditate on them. Lots of good ideas and solutions can come from that alone