Why do people want to be therapists?
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"The desire to be a therapist often masks our own repressions; true healing arises not from fixing others, but from embracing the joy and playfulness of existence together."
According to Osho, the urge to be a therapist springs from a too‑serious, repressive culture that makes souls sick; people then seek roles that “fix” others while avoiding their own repressions—like Freud himself confessing unresolved desire. True sanity is playful, grateful contact with existence, not institutional seriousness. When laughter and aliveness return, the compulsion to cure others dissolves into shared celebration, not solemn cure.
People want to be therapists because they feel tight and troubled inside and try fixing others instead of first learning to relax, laugh, and enjoy life.
Why this matters practically
- Helps you check if your ‘helping’ is avoiding your own inner work.
- Choosing playfulness and gratitude reduces the urge to control or fix others.
- Brings lighter, freer relationships grounded in joy rather than problem‑solving.
- Choosing playfulness and gratitude reduces the urge to control or fix others.
- Brings lighter, freer relationships grounded in joy rather than problem‑solving.
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