Posted by alexandra_k on January 12, 2014, at 19:23:58
In reply to Re: Conversion Hysteria (or whatever they call it now), posted by jono_in_adelaide on January 12, 2014, at 17:12:30
> I guess my hope is/was that if he could be convinced that doesnt have an organic disease, and started to work hard with a psychiatrist, he might eventually get to the bottom of why he is like this, and begin t live the life ha has wasted for the past 2 decades - maybe thats a forlorn hope?
I guess the first step is for one or the other (or probably both) of them to take that step to see a psychiatrist.
The thing is... I'd be fairly sure (almost certain) that this would have been something that a neurologist (at the very least) would have suggested and tried to encourage them to do.
Depending on how well you know them etc etc... You probably could introduce the idea subtly... Something about how it must be really distressing to be so unwell. How sometimes talking to a psychiatrist (or a psychologist or whatever) can help.
This isn't to suggest that the cause of the physical problem is psychiatric, you see, but rather to suggest that some suffering could be alleviated by talking to someone...
But then the issue becomes... Is this true? Sometimes psychiatrists / psychologists / whatever can indeed be helpful. But really, in my own personal experience, the significant majority are actually harmful. The opposite of helpful. So... Really... Without being able to reccommend a particular person who might actually be helpful for one or the other or both of them to talk to...
It is unclear to me how helpful the suggestion would be.
It seems to me.
fwiw.
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