Objections to Psychiatry & Psychology

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Not to speak for Doc -- nobody could -- but i have my own objections to

psychiatry and psychology, some of it gleaned from terrible personal

experiences, some from research, and some from interviews with many people

who have encountered these phenomena.

 

There is so much material, it's hard to know where to start. One point to

consider is that both disciplines are rabidly anti-religious. Sure, there

are religious psychs, but they are a distinct minority, and i know from

interviews that most of those are constantly and mercilessly harrassed by

their professional associations.

 

Of the two, psychiatrists are the worse. That's because the methods they

rely on are frankly brutal. The methods mainly consist of drugs,

electroshock (condemned by the Geneva Convention), and primitive brain

surgery. Most of the drugs that psychiatrists prescribe are extremely

damaging to the body, and in most cases they work for only a short time

before side effects become unbearable. Incidentally, one of the side

effects of several psychiatric medications is extreme sensitivity to various

flavors.

 

On further investigation, you will find that most of the trouble spots in

the world are infested with psychiatrists and psychologists. They have

claimed that their methods are essential to improving education and reducing

crime rates. However, consistently since 1963, in every location where they

are employed, crime rates go up and the quality of education goes down.

This is statistically proven. What's even worse is that terrorism is often

driven by these people. Did you know that the #2 man, who formulates most

of the policy in Al-Qaida, is a psychiatrist? Also, the leaders of Serbia

and Serbian Bosnia in the early 90s were psychiatrists and their students.

At this time i am personally investigating the role of psychiatry among the

Palestinian suicide bombers.

 

I don't want to sound like i'm picking on them. After all, the basic idea

of psychiatry, that a doctor will give a full medical exam to someone with

mental problems, so that various factors can be ruled out if necessary, is

great. Unfortunately, it has become the custom of most psychiatrists to

never give a physical exam. Instead, we are told that there are problems

with " brain chemistry " . However, in many of these statements on that

subject, you will find absolutely chilling lies. Our scientists do not at

this time understand very much at all about " brain chemistry " . There are

many reasons for this, which in themselves would fill several books.

 

As for psychologists, since they are not generally pushing drugs (at least

not legally), they tend to be a little more humane in their activities.

Still, there is that anti-religious bias, which can be quite harmful to many

patients, and there are problems with consistency in the field. Psychology

is far from meeting the criteria for a true science. In fact, the best way

to characterize it is as a collection of about 400+ personality cults spread

throughout the world. Most schools of psychology are named after their

earliest proponents.

 

I could go on for way too long on this subject. Let's cut it off here.

Pick up books by Bruce Wiseman, Anne Blake Tracy, or Peter Breggin to get

more information. There are also many web sites with large amounts of

information on this subject, and i can give a collection of references

privately to those who need it.

 

At 11:58 PM 4/25/02, you wrote:

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>Hi Group,

> I just joined up a short while ago and have mostly just been reading

>and taking in what other people are talking about to get a feel for the room.

> I didnt have time to read all that was posted so am just doing some

>catching up now.

> Doc, I think its great that your offer your time, availability and

>wisdom to those on the list. (Very generous of you ) Just curious

>about your post re:

>psychiatry and psychology, as to why this is your belief? Dont get me wrong,

>I am in no way a big fan myself, but as I said I'm just curious. I have

>known some people who claim they have benefited from it. ( I know I am

>getting off the focus of the group a bit here ) sorry.

> Anyway, as for herbal issues, does anyone here have a problem with

>MASSIVELY excessive sensitvity to even the most simple basic herbs. I barely

>can even drink one cup of peppermint tea ( not to mention many others ) with

>out feeling " odd " ( for lack of better word. ) it's really begining to make

>me crazy. any thoughts?

>I'd be greatful to hear if anyone has any ideas.

>

> Thanks Dahlia

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On Sun, 28 Apr 2002 06:16:25 -0700 Michael Riversong wrote:

 

> Not to speak for Doc -- nobody could -- but i have my own objections to

> psychiatry and psychology, some of it gleaned from terrible personal

> experiences, some from research, and some from interviews with many people

> who have encountered these phenomena.

 

Here, here. I agree with that and in fact can offer evidence that might

even take it step farther (not that you don't feel this way, Michael, but

I sense that you're not as loud-mouthed as Sara). My own story is in the

D-word post, and that gives an idea of how wonderfully helpful the

" psycho " s were to me. (I've seen a total of seventeen of them, for the

record.) Add to that my brother, who spent 8 torturous years on Ritalin

and is now taking heavy doses of something called Geodon *rather than

getting actual treatment* for a psychotic condition that's getting more

embedded evey day. The Geodon helps control the severity of the

hallucinations, so they figure they'll just keep him on it as long as

possible, and then maybe switch to Xanax (for life!) and hope that

controlling his ability to feel stress will also control his (by now,

full-blown) mental illness. (I could end this situation, for those of

you who are curious, by signing to have my brother forceably committed.

He has a very bad phobia of hospitals and ambulances, and my parents

don't want him 'labelled' as having a mental problem for life. So my

doing this would probably incur the lifelong wrath of my parents and

maybe my brother, too. I'd probably do it anyway, but I don't know

myself that being hauled off to the bin against his will would really

help him--for one thing, it's the same idiots running that place, doing

awful things and handing out drugs!)

 

My dad? Works about 20 hours a day, has frequent panic attacks and pops

Xanax right alongside the Tagamet to keep him going. I'd talk to him

about it, but when do you think I see him? Uh-huh. We communicate by

voice mail, or used to.

 

My mom was prescribed Prozac within two months of my being born (I'm the

eldest). That was for the 'post-partum' depression. But she's been on

it ever since; can't go a day without it and, I'm pretty sure, takes a

bit more than she should sometimes. Sometimes you go over there and

she's just a live wire, like somebody's hooked her brain to a car

battery. It's scary.

 

My parents both have medical backgrounds--my mom's been an RN for thirty

years, and my dad was an anesthetist and a professor in medicine for some

time. This means you can't tell them anything about medicine, of course,

because they already " know " it.

 

Because they trusted those people, the people with Degrees In It (holy

words in my household), my whole family is on the verge of collapse, and

my brother may never recover.

 

Sure, some of this is bad luck, some of it bad planning or bad

decision-making and definitely bad communicating on the part of my

family. But enough of it is because of those slimy rat shrinks that you

can bet your life I blame them for it. Thanks to them, we're all falling

apart and it's me, with No Degrees At All, who's the only one who might

be able to talk some sense into them--and even if I can, it won't reverse

the damage that's already been done.

 

Because I love paradoxes: My best friend in the world, the maid of honor

at my wedding, gets her first degree (from Harvard!) next month: in

psychology. Thankfully, she disagrees with pretty much all of the

standing assumptions and current practices of psychology, and I know

she's helped phone-counsel me through some really tough times (um...like

lately! *lol*). So she rescued my opinion of that school of thought in

a sense--it's saveable; proper councling and psychological diagnosis

probably can help in some circumstances. I've just never in my whole

life seen it done right by someone who was making money at it.

 

My Sincere $00.02,

Sara

 

 

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