Posted by Eric on February 13, 2000, at 14:35:14
In reply to Freud and his relevance, posted by Jeb on February 13, 2000, at 13:38:20
Jeb, Freud's work means nothing in the modern world. If anything, Freud's work has largely contributed to the many problems and misconceptions that exist in psychiatry and psychology today. Freud was a quack and I would pay no heed to his bogus theories...nor to any other of the "psychological" theories of depression. Depression is a neurological disease...a disease of the brain and central nervous system. To put it bluntly, people with clinical depression have problems with their brain not functioning properly. A person with severe clinical depression has a poorly functioning brain Jeb. No amount of "psychanalyzing" in the Freudian sense can ever correct this problem once one has been hit by major depression.Quit thinking of clinical depression as a "mental illness" or an "emotional problem" and start viewing it as just another serious neurological disorder like Parkinsons disease, Alzheimer disease or other serious medical problems.
Furthermore, serious mental illness has a heavily genetic component. Sure, it usually takes some type of severe environmental stressors to "activate" depression but some people just dont have it in their genes to become that way no matter what happens. As history moves forward, we will begin to view Freud's theories as worthless and laughable. Kind of like the old time theories that the Earth was flat.
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