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"You know I think that going into therapy is a very positive thing, and talking about it is really helpful, because the more you talk the more your fears fade, because you get it out"

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Drescher is doing something deceptively radical here: she’s normalizing therapy without polishing it into a lifestyle accessory. The line is plainspoken, almost chatty, which is exactly the point. As an actress best known for broad comedy and a very public persona, she leans into conversational intimacy to make mental health talk feel like everyday housekeeping rather than a private crisis. It’s advocacy by tone, not sermon.

The intent is pragmatic reassurance. Therapy isn’t framed as an elite self-optimization project; it’s “a very positive thing” because it’s usable. Her emphasis on “talking about it” signals a shift from the old script of coping through silence and performative toughness. The subtext: stigma thrives on secrecy. If fear is a locked room, speech is the key that turns down its power, not through instant healing but through exposure and naming. She’s echoing a core therapeutic mechanism (processing, desensitization) in language anyone can understand.

Context matters, too. Drescher has long been outspoken about trauma and survival in her own life, and that biography shadows the quote without her needing to brandish it. When she says “you get it out,” it carries the weight of someone who’s had to carry things in. The cultural moment is one where “therapy talk” is everywhere, sometimes flattened into memes; Drescher’s version resists that flattening. It insists on a humble truth: progress can look like repetition, like telling the story again until it stops owning you.

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APA Style (7th ed.)
Drescher, Fran. (2026, January 15). You know I think that going into therapy is a very positive thing, and talking about it is really helpful, because the more you talk the more your fears fade, because you get it out. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/you-know-i-think-that-going-into-therapy-is-a-144940/

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Drescher, Fran. "You know I think that going into therapy is a very positive thing, and talking about it is really helpful, because the more you talk the more your fears fade, because you get it out." FixQuotes. January 15, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/you-know-i-think-that-going-into-therapy-is-a-144940/.

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"You know I think that going into therapy is a very positive thing, and talking about it is really helpful, because the more you talk the more your fears fade, because you get it out." FixQuotes, 15 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/you-know-i-think-that-going-into-therapy-is-a-144940/. Accessed 13 Feb. 2026.

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Fran Drescher (born September 30, 1957) is a Actress from USA.

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