HELL no. I saw the product, I talked to them, I _listened_ and investigated.

And NOPED right the fuck off that idea.

I do not think, one instant, that any fucker who works in those facilities is a good person.

They're all power craving lunatics who want easy ways to abuse power and justify their superiority.

It _attracts_ narcissists.

It _attracts_ people who abuse authority.

Because teenagers are the single most vulnerable population - and they know it.

Jesus, was about to say. I was fool enough to think that one degree of separation into 'private sector' clinics would help, but yeah; same folk, different clothing.

Hooooly shit no.

It's no better.

Oh, I know that now.

Once upon a time I almost did university with the intent of working to help people like that. Good for me I was smart enough to do investigating first. A lot of it.

Chose to major in mathematics instead.

But spent all my time doing psychology anyway.

Psychology has sort of rotted to the core. Lack of control and filtering.

There's no checks and balances against abuses of power and authority.

I have experienced that even a good psychiatrist is still not helpful.
They at best can offer general advice you can get in a 5 minute google search. (IE Fight depression with exercise and forcing social interaction.)
Or poor advice. (IE You should forgive and continue to interact with your abusers because they are related to you and you will regret not doing so.)

It's hideous how that occurs in a field where it should be MOST prevalent. MOST cautious.

I was in seminary for 2 years, straight out of high school. Psych and Divinity and they set me up in a government joint over the summers for the former. Two organizations I washed out of, though the church was a... much more explosive one.

To be fair, Kragt, you often do have to exercise and force social interaction. inasmuch as you can stand it.

A good psychologist would help you figure out how.

Just being told "do this" doesn't help.

>Seminary

oooooh

@Kragt They're also not being taught to help you, only what they need to manage your symptoms.

I was a jehovah's witness until I turned 14. Got out of that one in a hurry.

Read Jordan Peterson

and go squat

@Wojak Nondenominational for me.

@Five, Seven, and Two Exactly.
I fixed my depression issues a few years ago by learning more about where it came from. 2 years of the best shrink I ever had did nothing by comparison.

Well, yes and no. Researchers absolutely are trying to figure out how to help people. But there's a sort of detachment between academia and the session-culture with the research and intent of the science.

^

Often the best way to help is introspection. Which, yes Kragt, often means researching it yourself.

To help introspective people that's what you should foster.

That gives you a sense of self efficacy - agency.

Power and control and ability to make your life better.

It's helping people with BAD introspection that you need to really direct thoroughly and carefully.

Tons of clinical tools given to people, like mood charts, are exactly for people with bad introspection.

People who cannot really think about their mental states or remember them reliably.

ohhh the personality chart

16 of them, yea?