Dating People in Mental Health Fields
The_Face_of_Boo
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Aspie1 wrote:
The_Face_of_Boo wrote:
The whole psychiatry is a messed up profession and industry.
The Scientologists are messed up themselves but they're right on that one.
The Scientologists are messed up themselves but they're right on that one.
I disagree. Psychiatry is just another medical field, except it's for mental health, rather than physical health. If a patient is having problems with constant bad moods, etc., psychiatry is a way to provide appropriate medication to make someone feel happy, calm them down, etc. Of course, if mood-altering medications were sold over the counter, there wouldn't be a need for psychiatry. People would just buy what they need themselves. But since the US Congress wants to make sure that hospitals and big pharma keep making profits, they will never make that possible. So psychiatry is the next-best alternative.
Psychology is the field that's messed up. You still have to talk about your feelings, only you don't get any medication in the end. I see absolutely nothing beneficial in retraumatizing yourself by "talking about feelings", and get zilch at the end; i.e. no pills, nothing. With psychiatry, you still have to "talk about feelings", but you get some nice mood-elevators at the end. With psychology, you don't; it's just wasting your time with the feelings talk.
No, you are confusing neurology with psychiatry, psychiatry is a pseudo medical field par excellence.
In my opinion, I think psychology is better because it inspects the root of the problem instead of masking the problem with some drug.
Psychiatry is still full of bull, but this is for another thread.
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OliveOilMom wrote:
I also used to know a psychiatrist that was a junkie. A literal shoot-up-heroin-junkie. He was all Mr Conservative and a tight-a** while at work but away from work he was completely different. You would have never guessed how much of a redneck that guy was from seeing him and interacting with him at work. He got "Freebird" tattoed on his thigh when he was almost 40. Now thats redneck.
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HisDivineMajesty wrote:
OliveOilMom wrote:
I also used to know a psychiatrist that was a junkie. A literal shoot-up-heroin-junkie. He was all Mr Conservative and a tight-a** while at work but away from work he was completely different. You would have never guessed how much of a redneck that guy was from seeing him and interacting with him at work. He got "Freebird" tattoed on his thigh when he was almost 40. Now thats redneck.
What's wrong with Freebird? It's an acceptable song even in this dictatorship of the politically correct. And it's a pretty good song, too. It's not a deadly sin to have that tattooed. If he had a Nicki Minaj song tattooed on his forehead, on the other hand, he would have been the one on the couch. That's just plain idiocy.
As for the original question, yes. If I had the choice, I would - the young women working in mental health I've met so far were very friendly, and never really annoyed me. They were slightly odd, but that's alright - I'm full-out insane compared to almost anyone I've ever met.
I like the song, but getting "Freebird" or a rebel flag tattooed anywhere on your body is really, really redneck. It's not crazy by any means, but it is redneck.
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I'm giving it another shot. We will see.
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