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Originally Posted by 1914sierra
That's the things. Thought replacement is a fear, but not the reality of the treatment. This website is dedicated to support, education, and hopefully lowering the stigma of mental illness and treatments. To say the ECT does things that it doesn't do at all, to spread misinformation, is not at all helpful to those considering ECT as a treatment.
I am not saying people aren't afraid of ECT, or that they don't have frightened reactions to ECT, but you are making a claim of actual thought replacement -- intentional thought replacement -- on the part of physicians. That IS misinformation.
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No, I don't think I suggested that doctors could actually replace thoughts. Though some would like to.
I don't think you can see that such wishes are even possible. My fears, and those of others, may be out of proportion to likely reality, but to dismiss them as totally false will not help.
I'd like to hear if anyone else at all here understands what I am saying and has similar thoughts as I do.
Therapies for mental illness
can have results that are catastrophic for patients. They did for me. Was this all "my fault"?
But, I suspect that my story is too frightening for some. They don't want to admit that it is
possible.