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The cost of mental health: ‘Why do I need to pay someone to listen?’

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Matt, a 23-year-old New Yorker, recently started going to therapy again. Yet if he had to chose between it and smoking, drinking or eating, he would give it up

This is one of seven interviews with young professionals about their experiences with therapy and its costs. Read the rest here.

About half a year ago, Matt decided it was time to go back to therapy.

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I do find it helpful and I do find it important, but personally for me, there’s always this feeling – even when I have a great relationship with my therapist – I find it a bit strange that I have to pay someone to talk to me,” he says. “It just feels very exploitative in a way, because it’s paying for attention. It feels that way to me.”

Related: Is therapy worth the cost? 'I got what I needed'

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