OBSTACLES ON THE PATH TO HEALTH. Every person during his life faces various difficulties that are sometimes difficult to overcome on his own. Then there is a need to seek qualified help from a psychotherapist. However, most people refuse to do this. Perhaps this is due to the fact that many limited beliefs stand in their way, which take their roots either from individual attitudes or formed under the influence of society. Currently, there are several false beliefs in which people refuse qualified treatment. “I can handle it myself” In fact, this is what we should strive for. At the same time, self-medication is not always good. Of course, you can independently perform an operation to remove a molar or appendix, but it is better to contact a qualified specialist to prevent complications. On the contrary, with such a conviction you can prevent yourself from further development and self-improvement. As a rule, people with such an attitude come to a psychotherapist already with a “heavy baggage” of problems. Therefore, at the first unsuccessful attempts to cope with the problem on your own, you need to seek help from a psychotherapist, because a qualified specialist has the necessary techniques and methods aimed at overcoming various life difficulties. “A psychotherapist treats crazy people” Of course, this attitude is associated with the mentality of our citizens, unlike Western ones. The main reason lies in poor awareness of the methods and principles of psychotherapy. Moreover, we can say that psychotherapy is more necessary for healthy people in order to prevent the emergence of a clinically pronounced mental disorder. “I can pour out my soul to a friend or relative.” Relatives and friends can become good interlocutors. However, there will be temporary relief, because... a non-professional looks at the problem “from his top” and he is not always objective. At the same time, many relatives or friends themselves become a source of stress, which ultimately can lead to misunderstanding and the emergence of “tense” relationships with them. Therefore, when the problem does not disappear, qualified help from a psychotherapist who has a base of evidence-based medicine is needed. “Weak people turn to a psychotherapist.” In practice, it turns out that people who turn to a psychotherapist for help have a strong will. This is due to the fact that they quickly analyzed that I could not cope with the problem on my own, and did not want to waste their time on an ineffective struggle. Therefore, they trust the solution to this problem to a professional. Agree that only a strong person can admit his mistake (problem) and seek qualified help. In most cases, problems do not start suddenly, they accumulate. It must be emphasized that a person consciously tries to cope with the problem and find a way out of it. But as it happens, after many attempts that end in failure, he turns out to be “exhausted” and “tired” by the psychotherapist. And the doctor now needs to work not only with the cause, but also with the consequences of this problem. Therefore, you need to seek psychotherapeutic help at the first failure to independently solve difficulties that arose at the stages of your life journey.