Posted by Hello321 on April 21, 2016, at 18:45:05
In reply to Re: the lost sheep, posted by Tabitha on April 21, 2016, at 16:30:24
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> Right. People who feel desperate and lost are more vulnerable to belief systems that promise dramatic salvation as reward for giving up many of the ordinary human pleasures.If you think about it, this is the approach that psychiatric treatment takes. Someone who is sitting at home, feeling emotionally tormented and lack much desire to get out of bed. They just lay in bed with the TV on. During commercial brakes commercials for psychiatric treatments come on showing an actor feeling the same way they do and describing feeling much the same way. But then this actor says something like "Then I was prescribed Cymbalta" and suddenly the whole tone of the commercial changes. everyone has a big smile on their face and the actor tells about how much better their life has become because of Cymbalta. Through all this a speaker is describing a huge list of side effects ranging from nausea to increased suicidal thinking. After all this, a phrase that emotes deep sympathy and hope to someone in dire need to help is spoken. "Depression hurts, Cymbalta can help"
These commercials tend to look very genuine because theyre made by professionals.
But then too often the person in need of help gets no benefit or is made even worse when they use this treatment. And yes, some do benefit from it greatly.
But in the end, a chemical developed by an extremely wealthy drug company is developed for the same reason any "get well quick" treatment is developed. To bring in more money to the seller. The sellers interests are highest on the list is of priorities. And one jhas to wonder where mental health treatment would be at today if this weren't the case. If getting help to the ones who are suffering were the highest priority. And this goes for any such medical treatments. Maybe then there'd even be no need for psychobabble to exist.
As I've said, I'm not trying to discredit anyone who has been helped by a med like Cymbalta. I just try to put things in a different perspective than they're generally presented in.
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