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Originally Posted by pachyderm
That may not be what it did to you.
I remember in one mental ward I was in, an old woman was being given shock treatments, and she was terrified at what was happening to her. She begged not to be given any more. I heard her pleading. The staff paid no attention whatever, and simply continued giving her shocks. I felt totally hopeless because I could see no way of helping her. Her husband obviously had no idea what to do, and was just following what the "authorities" said was best.
Not all mental health treatment is benign.
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No one said it was, but you are talking of one experience of what was happening to one person. I have personally been through this twice, my husband once, a good friend of mine once, not to mention the number of patients have had the pleasure of knowing over the years who were also going through ECT. You talk about changing peoples thoughts and purposefully wiping out peoples' memories and replacing them. That is so far from what happens that it is honestly irresponsible to spread that kind of misinformation.
Yes, many patients experience temporary short term memory loss. A small percentage experience longer term memory loss. But replacing thoughts with other thoughts? No, that does not happen.