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Originally Posted by BudFox
Seems to me that it is not ok to bring up certain topics or viewpoints on PC:
- Any forceful assertions that psychotherapy might have fundamental flaws or might be lacking in credibility or legitimacy.
- Personal accounts of therapy that talk openly about significant harm or that criticize the therapist in strong terms.
- Challenges to biological psychiatry and psych drugs. This one in particular has brought out angry attacking and the feeling of being chased away by a sectarian mob.
In another thread I was told by a frequent poster that I was "once again bashing the mental health system". It was a distortion, but also the message was clear: dissent is not tolerated.
Of course it is a 2 way street, and saying contentious things stirs people up, so have to be mindful of choice of words.
ps: I am posting this in the Psychotherapy forum because thats where I have seen the above.
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Posters can bring up any of those topics and do frequently. Also, what you put in quotes is not the actual quote, and further- I was not referring to any one post nor to your post specifically. Your conclusion that I was is simply incorrect.
Here's what I wrote on that thread: "How did we get from was your diagnosis a surprise to saying everyone has PTSD and once *again* bashing the mental health system?"
I'm also not sure how you concluded dissent is not tolerated- there is constant dissent on the site. The site hasn't imploded yet.
What I asked in the thread you referred to was to start a thread on the side topic that was raised, rather than going so far from the original topic. The topic was whether or not a PTSD diagnosis was surprising to the client and the thread got off topic.
You talk about not being allowed to dissent, but dissent is alive and well on PC and has been for years, easy to see through a review of past threads.... where's the prohibition? No "mob" is stopping anyone from posting anything.
http://forums.psychcentral.com/psych...-surprise.html
Also, that thread is not locked nor is the lengthy ongoing one about intelligence and therapy or many others with significant disagreements.