I posted this in my social group... but maybe I can post it here too.

yes I am controversial.


and maybe far-fetched

though not that much


proceed at your own risk


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I came across a blog of psychiatry defender. Apparently people are anti-psychiatry because they are scared. And uninformed. Or scientologists. Psychiatry is AWESOME. If somebody said they been harmed by it, but it saves lives and the harmed person is exception... *

well, when NATO bombed Kosovo, they claim they "saved lives". They bombed convoy with refugese or Chinese embassy. Well... "we are very sorry, but our bombs are precise otherwise". It could be the enemy used human shields. JUst like some time later in Libya. Bombing suspicious targets? ...it had to be done.

Just like pharma companies are really sorry people killed themselves on their meds, BUT they help others and here are the stastics... Sorry for doing things to you against your will, but it was necessary (just like bombing of TV stations).

The problem is not that bad things happen. The problem is that people treat it as "oh well, bad things happen" and "sorry, BUT".

Maybe turning to psychiatry to restore your sanity is just like turning to superpower to bomb your country to preserve peace. May work on the long run, but it IS gonna be messy and if it doesn't work out, nobody will care. They may learn for the future, but what will that be to you?

I don't believe doctors or politicians care. Maybe out of self-preservation. If you cared for every single collateral damage... you cannot be head of NATO. Same goes for psychiatrists (only chicks may want to sleep with you if you tell them you are a soldier... psychiatrist? not such turn on).

I am not scientologist or pacifist. I see a value in both psychiatry and armed interventions... but I am not gonna be defending neither on bad bombs and bad drugs (tbh... I think are bombs are slightly more precise in hitting the target then newest psychmeds when it comes to targeting the right part of brain). Both can go wrong and be a mess. And we should not silent people talking about it, because "it saves lifes". I think both fields need more informed choice. And less believe in how absolutelly right we are.


* just like hawks defending wars of choice call their opponents wusses, communists, fascist, damn hippies.