i have always been sympathetic to anti/critical psychiatry views - But i do find my perspectives/opinions slightly changing.

i think there is a Denial of illness with Anti-psychiatry, & it doesn't sit right with me.

Regardless of whys & wherefores (questions that can't be categorically answered) - i was in a highly psychologically/emotionally disturbed, very extreme state - that lead me to the doors of psychiatry.

i remember when i was first admitted - The psychiatrist said should we have left you running around the countryside in a highly disturbed state? i think he had a point.

i can't understand the worried well & people with less severe conditions/experiences taking issues, especially with being drugged. But what about those with a pre-existing severe condition?

i'm all for a shift/change to the system, to far more humane, holistic & comprehensive, psychological & social support approaches - to far more caring & understanding systems of care. But to deny that there is any problem to begin with, & to deny the severity of the problem? It seems silly in some cases...