i havent had an ongoing relationship, but i would say its instinctual to want to know whats inside the head.... for me at least... so these guys have spent a lot of time at it, kept records, networked, shared theories, published their ideas so i could come along and read about it... it helped...

did you ever read a psych article and learn from it? even if you disagreed you would have discovered the disagreement because you'd read the article. psychiatry helped you define your own beliefs...