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Originally Posted by The_little_didgee
I've been thinking a lot about my horrific experience with therapy and psychiatry that occurred during my late adolescence, lately. I realized it was more than misdiagnosis. I was blamed for my problems, because the professionals thought it was due to mother issues and repressed sexual abuse. I wasn't the only one that felted blamed. My mother felt the same way. How was this supposed to help me? Is this what psychotherapy is supposed to be all about? If so, no wonder some people are hurt by therapy.
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Sometimes I wonder about my diagnosis and whether it's helped or hindered me. I have had friends with situations similar to yours. One had a parent die in his youth and therapists always overemphasized this absence as the source of his problems. Psychiatry, psychology, therapy - they're cultures, institutions and can be corrupted like any other. But a tool can't be blamed for the way one person uses it, right? But I have done so, there should be a word for it, it's so common. The patient blaming the doctor for the illness, the practice has been scrutinized since it was founded for good and bad reasons.