Posted by Christ_empowered on April 1, 2016, at 14:09:17
In reply to Re: factors that may keep us 'sick', posted by Escapee on April 1, 2016, at 14:01:19
meds can be life-changing and lifesaving, I think. They can also be overprescribed and their beneficial effects exaggerrated. Its a mixed bag.
SLS, I'm sorry about your terrible therapist. Sometimes I think that some (many?) people in mental health, particulary the counselors and therapists, are there because they need power, to control and label people. I've seen it in psychiatrists, too (especially --male-- psychiatrists).
My former counselors and shrinks were more interested in control and maintaining me in a state of constant sickness and dependency than they were in helping me. Strangely enough, public/community mental health has proven much more helpful because of the recovery model. Helping people recover is a much wiser use of limited resources than maintaining them/us in sickness.
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