They were never really meant to "fix" anything, just make you feel better about yourself. The first "echo chambers". Yes, they should be more like, say, AA/NA, where you're finding new "friends" who also want to fix their problem, but they didn't usually turn out that way,
It's always what group therapy really was, frankly.
I'll take your word for it. Not being blithe. Never been to group therapy so I have 0 idea as to how it works.
They were never really meant to "fix" anything, just make you feel better about yourself. The first "echo chambers". Yes, they should be more like, say, AA/NA, where you're finding new "friends" who also want to fix their problem, but they didn't usually turn out that way,