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Intro: Therapy, Chaos, and the Docket Is Crazy
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The hosts open with the warmth of people who FaceTimed last night and still have more to say. Within minutes they're deep in therapy confessions. Paige admits she repeatedly dropped therapy in her 20s because she felt guilty taking up a therapist's time — she had no childhood trauma to report, and the shame of that was itself unaddressed. Hannah's experience was the opposite: she couldn't afford therapy as a young adult, and once she started going, she was spending up to $800 a month, then needing extra sessions to process the financial anxiety the bills were creating. Both women land on the same conclusion: Giggly Squad is the therapy they've always needed, and the community of Gigglers is what holds them together.
Paige DeSorbo admits she kept dropping therapy in her 20s because she felt guilty using an hour of someone's time when she 'didn't have real childhood trauma.' She didn't realize until her 30s that the shame of thinking your problems aren't valid enough is exactly why you need to be in therapy.
Hannah Berner couldn't afford therapy in her 20s until she truly couldn't afford not to go. Once she started, she was spending up to $800 a month on sessions — then needed more therapy to process the financial anxiety the sessions created.
Hannah Berner stopped therapy in her 20s partly because she was spending up to $800 a month on sessions and then needed therapy to cope with the financial stress of therapy.
