#nothing (especially if your therapist isn't willing or able to challenge you and really confront you about things)

[bitchthefuck1]

One little detail that I really love about Succession is the fact that it's explicitly confirmed in the show that Kendall, Shiv, and Roman have all been to therapy—and yet they've clearly still never actually processed or confronted the trauma and dysfunction in their lives.

They all acknowledge that on some level they need help and that what's happened to them isn't okay, but they're so deeply invested in the power structures that hurt them that no amount of talking will actually change anything. They can't really confront the reality of their father and what happened to them, because that would mean rejecting the myths they've been raised on and profit off of, and none of them are willing to do that. So the cycle keeps going.

#like therapy is an incredibly powerful and useful tool and working with a good therapist is truly lifechanging. but its not a silver bullet #and it takes a lot of work on your part and a willingness to dig in and confront a lot of very ugly and difficult things about your life an #who you are and the stories you've been told or told yourself about both of those things and its really easy to talk for ages and accomplis #nothing (especially if your therapist isn't willing or able to challenge you and really confront you about things) #like so often the response to this kind of stuff is just 'well they should go to therapy' and like. that's not the quick fix you think it i #idk this detail just really stood out to me and i appreciate it so much bc like while my current therapist is great ive had some in the pas #who were very 'feel good yes man' and like. maybe that's what some people need. but i needed someone to call me on my shit and actually #fight me on some stuff because that was the only way I was ever going to really be able to grow #and its so clear that none of the roys (at this point in their stories) are willing or able to do that. so therapy can't help. #anyways this season is amazing and im dying #succession #succession season 4 #shiv roy #roman roy #kendall roy #logan roy