I have seen doctors, in their arrogance (or ignorance) call psychiatrists 'useless', and this particular branch of medicine 'the convenient choice'. I welcome all these people to experience the common psychiatric ailments like Depression, Anxiety, Panic Attacks and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder so that they find out how 'real' these psychiatric illnesses are. And what significance it has for the people, and the loved ones of those who suffer from these diseases which can not be diagnosed on the basis of any lab tests. It depends only on the acumen of a person who has no 'definite' investigation or management plan unlike in other branches of medicine. He has to pick the right 'source' with precision, he has to find his way through the intricacies of human mind (which is itself, largely an unexplored territory) . And yes, people DO get better by psychological counselling. They are 'HEALED' mentally. They do become normal,functioning adults from a person wanting to slash his wrists in the bathroom, or a person feeling compelled to wash his hands 10 times in a row because otherwise he would feel anxiety. They DO stop hearing the voices in their head.
Once again, will you choose to acknowledge it only once you suffer? . Or if a loved one does ? I wouldn't expect better insight from the unfeeling people with myopic interests for whom, anyone acting differently from what's popular, or anyone being sad too often, will be branded as 'crazy' and just this judgement will suffice. I am talking about the people who are honestly mistaken and those who are only feigning arrogance to make themselves feel superior about their specialty and have their glimmer of humanity inside. Healing humans was never about negative competition anyway.
As it is, It's hard enough to see the attitude in the general population but for a doctor to show such a blatant disregard for suffering is a point of shame.
The diseases of the mind are real. As real as your drive to live. Which can not be diagnosed by a lab test!
Once again, will you choose to acknowledge it only once you suffer? . Or if a loved one does ? I wouldn't expect better insight from the unfeeling people with myopic interests for whom, anyone acting differently from what's popular, or anyone being sad too often, will be branded as 'crazy' and just this judgement will suffice. I am talking about the people who are honestly mistaken and those who are only feigning arrogance to make themselves feel superior about their specialty and have their glimmer of humanity inside. Healing humans was never about negative competition anyway.
As it is, It's hard enough to see the attitude in the general population but for a doctor to show such a blatant disregard for suffering is a point of shame.
The diseases of the mind are real. As real as your drive to live. Which can not be diagnosed by a lab test!
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