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sentient-potato 33 points ago +33 / -0

I don't take mental health advice from the mentally ill.

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TakenusernameA 17 points ago +17 / -0

Then I highly recommend you never listen to psychologists or psychiatrists.

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sentient-potato 11 points ago +11 / -0

Fair enough!

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KingSweyn 2 points ago +2 / -0

They're all just looking for a system to comprehend their own (or their family's) insanity with. Psychology provides that, but it's hoodoo. It's a religion based in sociological studies and eggheads sniffing their own farts. Sociology is science, but it doesn't make useful predictions on the individual level.

Evolutionary psychology and neuroscience should completely displace the psychological alchemy that Freud started. Just as chemistry could not arise without alchemists, phony psychologists are a necessary step towards true psychological science.

However labeling psychological conditions is in no way curative, and combating "psychological sickness" is not the same as promoting psychological health.