I really needed this article today. I agree that a lot of the current psychology b.s. is all about gaslighting us. We've allowed the powers that be to convince us that our hardwired need for real human connection is weakness, when really its humanity's greatest strength. And, now that I think about it, this has surely been done to us intentionally, in a calculated way. Even to the point of normalizing the ostracization of those who are physically dependent on us--including the pre-born members of society, the sick, the disabled and the elderly. The very situations where we should be uplifting each other and standing in the gap are now situations where the ending of a dependent human life is seen as the "cure". And then we wonder why we don't feel safe allowing ourselves to be authentic and vulnerable. Vulnerability and authenticity are our superconnectors, not a disease.
Psychology/Psychiatry = Cluster F NPD Club at minimum, full diagnosis much darker, mind of any system EXPOSED, Objective Hypocrisy Test.
Likely the best "diagnosis" for Psychology/Psychiatry is: Sunk Cost Syndrome + Deep Pockets Syndrome + some form of Narcissism Sociopathy Psychopathy and Sadism all rolled into one.
The Narcissist is the one running this stack, and will block/run from own rules.
I love your stuff Dr Roger. I am surrounded by 18-25 year olds at work and am fed up of hearing about their “anxiety”. Exams coming up? Anxiety. First date on the weekend? Anxiety. Rental house inspection? Anxiety. No, no and no. Just normal human feelings. Oh my new favourite - what used to be called shyness, and is a naturally occurring trait - “social anxiety” 🙄
The MHIC has a lot to answer for, what a heinous act; to constantly tell our young people there’s “something wrong” with them
PS please, please, please publish a collection of your essays!
I learned the same lesson about therapy. Around age 35 I was burned out on a career and feeling especially discouraged and lonely and rejected. I tried a therapist. After two sessions she told me to get out because she "couldn't handle me." This made me drastically more lonely and rejected. Even the therapist rejected me!
I had to make the most basic choice. I chose to rearrange my expectations and get shit done, instead of trying to fit in and find reassurance. At 75 I still have discouraged and needy times, but I always look back to that big decision, rearrange things and get shit done.
I'm EXPOSING the entire population of Psychology/Psychiatry as a Cluster F NPD Club at minimum, full diagnosis much darker, mind of paradigm EXPOSED, Objective Hypocrisy Test
Likely the best "diagnosis" for Psychology/Psychiatry is: Sunk Cost Syndrome + Deep Pockets Syndrome + some form of Narcissism Sociopathy Psychopathy and Sadism all rolled into one.
The paradigm is hopelessly damaged dissociated from Objective Sciences and Own Rules. That's why methodology/integrity problems run all thru the system.
I dont comment on things much. But this was beautiful. I want to send it to so many people but none of them use substack. Thank you, im going re read it. For some reason I'm the person that most people in my life come to for advice and I think its because I try to give advice in the same spirit of this article. You're not broken, you're human, adversity builds strength, focus on the things you can control etc. But this really hammered some points home. Please keep writing
Excellent article, and Woody's story is shocking but all too common. We see a similar 'strain' of thought behind the drive to legalise cannabis, as it is increasingly viewed as a medicine prescribed in dispensaries by 'budtenders' who advise on how their product can alleviate symptoms of anxiety, stress, depression etc.
Thank you SO much for this comment. Towns that legalise go to hell - it stinks and there is trash and anti-social behaviour and zombies everywhere. You are going to get addicts in here making excuses for their addiction but stand firm.
Psychology/Psychiatry = Cluster F NPD Club at minimum, full diagnosis much darker, mind of paradigm EXPOSED, Objective Hypocrisy Test.
The masks, shutdowns, and covid19 vaXX DON'T WORK. Single Variable Focus is Never Objective Course. Proper model is Costs vs Benefits Opposite Sloping Regression Lines. The so called experts in human behavior missed the massive gaslight past 5+ years. Because they haven't the Aptitude to do science, Integrity Insight of own words walk.
The "doctor" is a master manipulator, in a complete Narcissist paradigm. Control/devalue/abuse system motivated by profits/power/supply.
Another great article with a good dash of the right amount of humour. I write about addiction and sobriety, and I believe, paralleling what you are expressing here, that addiction has nothing to do with disease and everything to do with choices and unmet needs.
I didn’t wake up one day and choose to be addicted to alcohol. But everything that led me to that point was based on choosing one thing, when another thing could have been opted for. Being addicted, for me, was a consequence of a whole web of unexamined choices. I very humbly invite you to take a look at my publication, particularly the section called The Choice Journals, which goes into some depth about what I mean here, and might answer some of the questions you may have.
The reason I object to the word “choice” is because it adds to the culture of victim-blaming when addressing addiction. It’s very convenient to take the moral high ground and accuse people of making bad choices (implying that the accuser is a better person for having “made” better choices). I don’t see how you can help someone overcome addiction if you blame them for the choices they made. Maybe this is why the Twelve Steps Program has such a dismal success rate—15% or so?
All of them. And they are also street drug addicts/alcoholics with serious addictions - sex, etc. That's why they go into psych in the first place. To understand why they are so fucked up. Then they spread it to vulnerable people as, you quite rightly say, like vampires.
Some of us have the opposite experience... Just saying... Years of useless therapy for life difficulties and a life not worth living, homeless at one point (leads me to be a fervent advocate for euthanasia for psychiatric reasons despite my outcome) repeated "nervous breakdowns" finally culminated in severe psychosis, BP1 diagnosis and not guilty by reason of insanity on my police record and after working with a fab private psychiatrist I'm now well, stable, have a life eminently worth living and am a medical student... This is me on those terrible psych meds!
But if you're trying to tell me what the head of our local psych ED department says, which is that almost everything that comes through ED is life difficulties aka "shitty life syndrome" with the odd drug induced psychosis and that genuine psychiatric illness (like me) is rare... And I'm absolutely on board with the criticism of the medicalisation of shitty life syndrome, the idiocy of calling it a mental illness, and let alone a mental "health" condition when it's all about stressed out people whose coping strategies have been overwhelmed... There is nothing mentally healthy about them they are usually frazzled and stressed so why say they have a mental health condition... But they are not mentally ill... And the feeding of the idea to these frazzled people that they are sick... Grrrrr. Usually the solution is social, they want social resources and change in their social situation, far more than they want therapy... (Housing is a big one where I am) Yet calling it a mental illness allows the government to divert resources to drugs not housing initiatives...
Let alone the stupidity of risk assessments and the ridiculous idea we've taught patients that suicidality is a reason to present to ED... From the head of psych ED here, risk assessments are useless... Just a reason to deprive someone of their human rights and forcibly detain them in hospital even though there's no evidence it prevents suicide... This zero suicide insanity... By targeting resilience and mental health with non evidence based programs... When reducing the unemployment rate is a reliable way of reducing the suicide rate... Even suicide help lines only prevent attempts, as in they help suicidality, there's no evidence they prevent people dying by suicide
I’m glad to see that criticism of SSRIs and other mood drugs is gaining traction. What about the shit they’re advertising now that are for when your primary mood drugs aren’t working? And the side-effects always seem to include suicidal ideation.
I really needed this article today. I agree that a lot of the current psychology b.s. is all about gaslighting us. We've allowed the powers that be to convince us that our hardwired need for real human connection is weakness, when really its humanity's greatest strength. And, now that I think about it, this has surely been done to us intentionally, in a calculated way. Even to the point of normalizing the ostracization of those who are physically dependent on us--including the pre-born members of society, the sick, the disabled and the elderly. The very situations where we should be uplifting each other and standing in the gap are now situations where the ending of a dependent human life is seen as the "cure". And then we wonder why we don't feel safe allowing ourselves to be authentic and vulnerable. Vulnerability and authenticity are our superconnectors, not a disease.
Psychology/Psychiatry = Cluster F NPD Club at minimum, full diagnosis much darker, mind of any system EXPOSED, Objective Hypocrisy Test.
Likely the best "diagnosis" for Psychology/Psychiatry is: Sunk Cost Syndrome + Deep Pockets Syndrome + some form of Narcissism Sociopathy Psychopathy and Sadism all rolled into one.
The Narcissist is the one running this stack, and will block/run from own rules.
I love your stuff Dr Roger. I am surrounded by 18-25 year olds at work and am fed up of hearing about their “anxiety”. Exams coming up? Anxiety. First date on the weekend? Anxiety. Rental house inspection? Anxiety. No, no and no. Just normal human feelings. Oh my new favourite - what used to be called shyness, and is a naturally occurring trait - “social anxiety” 🙄
The MHIC has a lot to answer for, what a heinous act; to constantly tell our young people there’s “something wrong” with them
PS please, please, please publish a collection of your essays!
Psychology/Psychiatry = Cluster F NPD Club at minimum, full diagnosis much darker, mind of paradigm EXPOSED, Objective Hypocrisy Test.
Don't feed this Narcissist.
Paradigm is hopelessly damaged dissociated from Objective Sciences and Own Rules.
I learned the same lesson about therapy. Around age 35 I was burned out on a career and feeling especially discouraged and lonely and rejected. I tried a therapist. After two sessions she told me to get out because she "couldn't handle me." This made me drastically more lonely and rejected. Even the therapist rejected me!
I had to make the most basic choice. I chose to rearrange my expectations and get shit done, instead of trying to fit in and find reassurance. At 75 I still have discouraged and needy times, but I always look back to that big decision, rearrange things and get shit done.
Please tell me you reported this therapist and she no longer has a job or license to practice.
I'm EXPOSING the entire population of Psychology/Psychiatry as a Cluster F NPD Club at minimum, full diagnosis much darker, mind of paradigm EXPOSED, Objective Hypocrisy Test
Likely the best "diagnosis" for Psychology/Psychiatry is: Sunk Cost Syndrome + Deep Pockets Syndrome + some form of Narcissism Sociopathy Psychopathy and Sadism all rolled into one.
The paradigm is hopelessly damaged dissociated from Objective Sciences and Own Rules. That's why methodology/integrity problems run all thru the system.
I dont comment on things much. But this was beautiful. I want to send it to so many people but none of them use substack. Thank you, im going re read it. For some reason I'm the person that most people in my life come to for advice and I think its because I try to give advice in the same spirit of this article. You're not broken, you're human, adversity builds strength, focus on the things you can control etc. But this really hammered some points home. Please keep writing
Excellent article, and Woody's story is shocking but all too common. We see a similar 'strain' of thought behind the drive to legalise cannabis, as it is increasingly viewed as a medicine prescribed in dispensaries by 'budtenders' who advise on how their product can alleviate symptoms of anxiety, stress, depression etc.
Thank you SO much for this comment. Towns that legalise go to hell - it stinks and there is trash and anti-social behaviour and zombies everywhere. You are going to get addicts in here making excuses for their addiction but stand firm.
Psychology/Psychiatry = Cluster F NPD Club at minimum, full diagnosis much darker, mind of paradigm EXPOSED, Objective Hypocrisy Test.
The masks, shutdowns, and covid19 vaXX DON'T WORK. Single Variable Focus is Never Objective Course. Proper model is Costs vs Benefits Opposite Sloping Regression Lines. The so called experts in human behavior missed the massive gaslight past 5+ years. Because they haven't the Aptitude to do science, Integrity Insight of own words walk.
The "doctor" is a master manipulator, in a complete Narcissist paradigm. Control/devalue/abuse system motivated by profits/power/supply.
Better wake up
Psychology/Psychiatry = Cluster F NPD Club at minimum, full diagnosis much darker, mind of paradigm EXPOSED, Objective Hypocrisy Test.
Another great article with a good dash of the right amount of humour. I write about addiction and sobriety, and I believe, paralleling what you are expressing here, that addiction has nothing to do with disease and everything to do with choices and unmet needs.
“Choices”?
Yes. Choices.
I don’t want to put words in your mouth, but do you suggest that people “choose” to become addicts?
I didn’t wake up one day and choose to be addicted to alcohol. But everything that led me to that point was based on choosing one thing, when another thing could have been opted for. Being addicted, for me, was a consequence of a whole web of unexamined choices. I very humbly invite you to take a look at my publication, particularly the section called The Choice Journals, which goes into some depth about what I mean here, and might answer some of the questions you may have.
Can you provide a link?
The reason I object to the word “choice” is because it adds to the culture of victim-blaming when addressing addiction. It’s very convenient to take the moral high ground and accuse people of making bad choices (implying that the accuser is a better person for having “made” better choices). I don’t see how you can help someone overcome addiction if you blame them for the choices they made. Maybe this is why the Twelve Steps Program has such a dismal success rate—15% or so?
My link is my name. Once you see what I write, you’ll know what I mean. Let’s move off this article if you’d like to discuss further.
💯 this!! (And this kind of content is why I am a paid subscriber.)
Love this post! It's so true! Thank YOU for sharing your thoughts.
Yes times 100! Thank you
Brilliant
Your words empower! Thank you for your wisdom and faith in humanity.
I wonder how many that suggest or prescribe SSRIs are on SSRIs?
Could this just be vampirism?
All of them. And they are also street drug addicts/alcoholics with serious addictions - sex, etc. That's why they go into psych in the first place. To understand why they are so fucked up. Then they spread it to vulnerable people as, you quite rightly say, like vampires.
Some of us have the opposite experience... Just saying... Years of useless therapy for life difficulties and a life not worth living, homeless at one point (leads me to be a fervent advocate for euthanasia for psychiatric reasons despite my outcome) repeated "nervous breakdowns" finally culminated in severe psychosis, BP1 diagnosis and not guilty by reason of insanity on my police record and after working with a fab private psychiatrist I'm now well, stable, have a life eminently worth living and am a medical student... This is me on those terrible psych meds!
But if you're trying to tell me what the head of our local psych ED department says, which is that almost everything that comes through ED is life difficulties aka "shitty life syndrome" with the odd drug induced psychosis and that genuine psychiatric illness (like me) is rare... And I'm absolutely on board with the criticism of the medicalisation of shitty life syndrome, the idiocy of calling it a mental illness, and let alone a mental "health" condition when it's all about stressed out people whose coping strategies have been overwhelmed... There is nothing mentally healthy about them they are usually frazzled and stressed so why say they have a mental health condition... But they are not mentally ill... And the feeding of the idea to these frazzled people that they are sick... Grrrrr. Usually the solution is social, they want social resources and change in their social situation, far more than they want therapy... (Housing is a big one where I am) Yet calling it a mental illness allows the government to divert resources to drugs not housing initiatives...
Let alone the stupidity of risk assessments and the ridiculous idea we've taught patients that suicidality is a reason to present to ED... From the head of psych ED here, risk assessments are useless... Just a reason to deprive someone of their human rights and forcibly detain them in hospital even though there's no evidence it prevents suicide... This zero suicide insanity... By targeting resilience and mental health with non evidence based programs... When reducing the unemployment rate is a reliable way of reducing the suicide rate... Even suicide help lines only prevent attempts, as in they help suicidality, there's no evidence they prevent people dying by suicide
I’m glad to see that criticism of SSRIs and other mood drugs is gaining traction. What about the shit they’re advertising now that are for when your primary mood drugs aren’t working? And the side-effects always seem to include suicidal ideation.
LOVE. YOUR. TITLE. and it's true! safe *and* effective. thank you ~
Yes and Amen