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What does bother me, and I have seen it here occasionally, is when someone comes for help with a specific problem because they are having a disagreement with their therapist or a hard time finding a good one, and is told by people that they should just give up on therapy because all therapists are horrible.

I feel the same about people telling others new to psych meds not to try them because "all psych meds are horrible," etc.

People come here for support because they are struggling with serious issues. If you have had a bad experience with therapy/meds, you certainly have a right to tell people about it and get support for it. But it can be disastrous for a person in crisis to hear that their options (therapy, meds) are shot. Is it possible that they will try therapy and meds and it won't be helpful? Of course. But they won't know until they try, and being told by "people in the know" that their situation is hopeless because the psych industry is in it for just the money can be terribly damaging, especially when there are millions of people out there who are helped by therapy and meds.

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