Well, I was as others called me a "troubled youth", though I'm guessing by someone's standards we all are... but that didn't stop them from putting me in weekly sessions with a psychiatrist for around a year... only problem I suppose is if I didn't see the problem, then I really don't think that there was any point in being there.

All the time I heard, "maybe we should start you on 'such-and-such' medication, cause it would help you with your 'such-and-such of the week'." I'm guessing since I didn't say much to them, they had to keep trying to find a new diagnosis that would fit my "withdrawn personality" or whatever, which had nothing to do with me, but rather the fact that I was with them. I told them up front, I don't need meds, and there was no way I was going to take them. I like the person that I am, and if I can say that, then I think I'm leaps and bounds ahead of his 2 o'clock. Sometimes it was almost like the place got a kick-back from selling prescriptions, so hey, the more the merrier!

It's bad... I suppose they can be a good place for some people if that's what they feel they need to do, but then there are just people like you and me that I don't think really need it. People aren't all built from one mold, and to subject people to try to conform to some unwritten (or probably text-book written) standards... that's just plain wrong in my books.

 

 

 

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I meant that the job isn't bad, its the people who are corrupt and ruin the name of that profession.

Also, I said that its no reason to in my opinion, not that you couldn't and I was trying to take away your free speech.

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And so I said that sometimes a psychiatrist finds out what you are feeling by what you tell them. That's how they figure out what's wrong with a person. Some people are in denial and that makes the psychiatrist's job harder.

 

 

 

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Hi Cinnamoroll, thank you for clarifying your thoughts. And to clarify my stance, I believe there are powerful influences behind the industry in question, namely the pharmaceutical industry, that controls and corrupts the overall climate of the psychiatric profession. These powerful forces have a very bad habit of corrupting otherwise well-meaning people. You may be interested in boning up on the subject, and intellectually arming yourself with information upon taking up the profession: http://www.antipsychiatry.org/mosher.loren.1.htm
Point well taken.

Ahh, that certainly makes sense now. Sorry for being so thick! I bet you'll make an excellent psychiatrist, but please consider checking into the above link. Forewarned is forearmed.

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I think Psychiatry has been the victim of what every institution is victim to...apathy.
Folks go into Psychiatry with good intentions, but the longer they stay in the field, the less they try. Professionals get stuck on certain theories and certain solutions that they use all to often. If a patient does not fit into their mental paradigm, then they become a victim of professional apathy. Personally, I think that all mental problems can be dealt with in the paradigm of purification. As children we are pure, and we are exposed to our environment we develop in healthy or unhealthy ways. What we are all seeking is the purity we had as children. Those who are immediately exposed to unhealthy environments never get the opportunity to experience their innate purity. Problems psychologically that come from unhealthy experiences can be worked out by talking, being educated and being given experiences that can purify what sediment has settled in their lives. I for one believe strongly in the power of diet, environmental healing (being outdoors, crystal healing, ocean healing etc.). Most of all people need understanding and to know that they are worthy of positive and pure experiences. Second of all people need to live in healthy communities. Communities where problems can be addressed and solved by its own citizens. Communities that empower citizens and strengthen the ties between community members. No man is an island, and those who are probably have mental problems. As individuals we need to be kind and understanding of one another and be willing and able to lend a hand when a neighbor needs it. In the very least we need to bring back the idea of ethics and the idea that we should all be respectful to one another no matter what a person looks like or how much money they make. Additionally, I think people need to be honest about what is happening in their lives. We can take race as an issue here. What is racism? I believe that racism is not the effect of hate, but rather fear. When a white person, who lives in a rural, historically white area has the experience of encountering another ethnicity, their initial reaction is fear...not fear of the person, but a fear that that person probably thinks that they are racist. The person of ethnicity only sees the look of fear in their eyes and thinks, "This person is afraid of me, they must be racist" and then reacts accordingly. This miscommunication leads to misunderstanding which then leads to hate and what we all identify with as racism. If people talked about what really happens to them when they have these encounters, the truth would come out that white people, in general, are not racist, but feel a deep sense of guilt and fear that they are perceived as racist, then a more honest discussion of racism would occur and possibly white folks could stop feeling guilty and diverse populations may see that we are all trying to work through the crimes of yesteryear and want to move on without tensions. What do you think?

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To return to what the original poster said about his anger problem, I certainly don't think that psychiatry is the only way to deal with an anger problem, and saying someone has MPS isn't going to help any. For people with anger issues, a lot of exercise, or joining a martial arts club that has a strong philosophical basis, or joining a meditation club are viable alternatives.

Basically I think that drugs are the last resort. I have nothing against counseling IF it's helping the person concerned to have someone to talk their problems through and who'll offer constructive advice. I'm sure that this approach is useful for some people. But it's not necessary that someone who has anger issues necessarily is depressed or has multiple personality disorder!!

Basically I feel that one should try healthier means of dealing with the problem before trying drugs that attempt to interfere with and control the processes of the mind.

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I understand the skepticism involved in people's views on psychology and psychiatry (which, by the way, are two different professions!), but as a person who has been involved in psychotherapy for several years, and who is studying to be a psychologist, I can tell you it is not a charlatan profession. It is a very necessary and very important profession and for some people a very crucial path to their continued existence. If you feel you are being labelled by your psychologist or psychiatrist, I'd suggest you looking into changing to a different practitioner, because that is one thing that your practitioner should NOT be doing (stigmatizing your disorder and labelling you as such)

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If it weren't for psychiatry it might be have been likely that I wouldn't have been able to call my mother anymore. Psychiatry, however, is a tricky field because humans themselves are tricky(i.e. psychopaths). It is understandable that there are mistakes made in the field.

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