Posted by Declan on March 2, 2007, at 14:31:48
In reply to Re: Diagnoses, interesting and otherwise, posted by laima on March 2, 2007, at 14:09:14
I just had a bad upbringing, terrible school, stuff like that, went to a shrink.
In those days there was only neurosis, psychosis and clinical depression.
Going to a shrink was a bad move. He wasn't a bad shrink particularly, but being neurotic I was given minor tranquillisers. (They've given me a chemical imbalance).
Nowdays no decent shrink would treat someone like me with drugs, not that it mattered crically...I would have found them on my own.There's just 2 things for me.
Firstly that there is no such thing as normal.
Secondly, the process of classifying suffering is not without risks, for the recipient of the help.I like the word 'suffering', the balance between acceptance and pain that the word implies.
And laima, you have a point....I can't easily imagine a (decent) shrink who would apply the DSM in a doctrinaire fashion.
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