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Originally Posted by Desoxyn
That means they're not very good and can't tell reality from psychosis. I thought that was what the whole training to be a mental health professional for treating schizophrenia was about.
Or their minds are too open. My therapist dismissed schizophrenia (Because I was doubting it) within 5 minutes of talking to her because she's fascinated by autism. She doesn't even know me that well.
Maybe you're like me and they look up to you cuz what you say is so "interesting"? Idk..
It's quite dangerous for them to do this because once off the antipsychotic, the brain crystalizes even more to psychosis so the antipsychotic doesn't work anymore. It's very very dangerous.
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You, in a very unique way, truly grasp how dangerous this whole situation has wound up being for me. This really does sum up the nature of and gravity of the problem. The effects this has had on me and my life have been catastrophic at this point.
The bias for or against a certain diagnosis is a very real problem that goes unacknowledged and I am glad you mentioned that. Too many of these people over the years have had a nasty habit of ironically seeing what they wanted to see to confirm their bias towards a certain diagnosis (in my case it most frequently bipolar which is just as laughable now as it was a few years ago ... followed by PTSD, ADHD, and some other BS that I no longer remember) as opposed to what was actually present.
What was "interesting" according to them about you? For me it was my "intelligence". I was consistently, to the point of it being a source of never ending irritation, told I was "unusually, highly, exceptionally, and brilliantly intelligent" (quotes used, because these are their words, I would never speak of myself in this way) as a way to imply that I was therefore "too smart to have schizophrenia". While my IQ has been tested and is indeed above average, I caught on immediately to them trying to say I could not be schizophrenic due to my intelligence ... and I always pointed out that an IQ under a certain threshold was notably absent as a diagnostic criteria for schizophrenia and not a deciding factor for the diagnosis regardless. What utter and complete nonsense.
(Anecdotally, I have yet to meet another person with schizophrenia that is truly "stupid". Though, that is a different discussion.)
I also did not appreciate and still to this day find myself vastly unappreciative of the academic shade of intellectual arrogance that litters much of the institution of psychiatry as a whole. They believe they are oh so above it all, when the truth is that as a collective we still know next to nothing about the human brain and the mind. What we know does not translate into true understanding. Knowledge alone is not a virtue. Apologies for the mini rant, this kind of thing is such a pet peeve of mine.