Roll Call 36

Oh what the ****...

Is Dr Phil actually a real psychiatrist though?

i thought he was but im doubting it right now

Either way I think he's an idiot.

Wikipedia says he has a degree in psychology or at least I think it did.

He has a doctorate in psychology but is not liicensed to practice as a therapist

McGraw graduated in 1975 from Midwestern State University with a B.A. degree in psychology. He went on to earn an M.A. degree in experimental psychology in 1976, and a Ph.D. degree in clinical psychology

So he's not a psychiatrist. And yes, he is a muppet!

lol even if he's a **** I still enjoy watching some of his episodes. Right in there with Steve Wilkos, Maury, and Jerry Springer.

lol yea me too erti. hes in there with jerry springer and maury. its really just entertainment to me for the most part. i mean i learn stuff and it can be sad sometimes but idk...

We have Jeremy Kyle over here and in the UK. Can't help watching the trash! :P

but anyway so i was gonna say i watched most the episode with my sister and she was asking me questions during it cause she knows me diagnosis. but after she was like "he doesnt remind me of you" and the guy did make me think of me a little but just a little. but what im trying to say is is that my sister left for college and never moved back home when i started gettig ill and all after that. so shes never seen me during my episodes. shes only heard about them. i think she has a lot to learn about me.

There was a US The Jeremy Kyle show. I don't think they air it anymore. Never got a chance to watch an episode.

i was just about to say that! i watched a couple. it was boring.

Well schizophrenia can manifest in many different personalities, religion, race, nationalities, and genders so there's that.

im not sure what u mean in regards to what i said

I'm just trying to picture a British guy with ghetto trash in the same show. Sounds funny but I sometimes find British shows borning with the exception of a few shows like Supersize vs Superskinny.

I guess that since you two probably have different personalities. culture, and gender the illness can manifest in different ways. You're hallucinations and delusions are going to be different.

oh you mean diff gender/culture/personality from the guy on the show?

Yeah and every other person with the disorder.

Self-injury does not mean you have BPD or any PD. So many clinicians when they discover a client is doing this will automatically assume BPD even if they don't have any other traits. I know this because I experimented with self-injury when I was a teen and got a BPD diagnosis. A patient introduced me to it. This along with my anger (at the bullies), and a adverse reaction to a SSRI caused me hell.

Never seen the US one but the UK one is gas. Not as "entertaining" (I use that word with quotes for a reason) and silly as the likes of Maury and Jerry Springer.

I hear ya, I wasn't really self harming when I first went to the docs and was diagnosed schizoaffective, then I started self harming more so they switched to bpd. This was in the space of a year, don't know how they could change from something so different. Reckon it was solely because of the self harm. You really don't get much help with that diagnosis.

oh yea yea yea.
i understand now

I can't stand Dr Phil. I like hate him. And he's always sending ppl to those residential treatment centers. So many of those are abusive. A family is suing him I guess that he sent their daughter to.

I've gotta go get my scripts and don't want to...Ugh.