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What do you think of therapists?

Good thing? Bad thing? I always think they lose business if their patients get well. And also that so much is merely subjective. My mentor was a PHD MFT, and she said many people go into that field to fix themselves.

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Magenta · F

[quote]many people go into that field to fix themselves[/quote] I believe that, I've always said that. They are no different than us. I think there is far too many boxed in, structured labels and definitions applied, that dehumanizes us. Even earning the degree is based on structured/biased knowledge. One could only be proficient and helpful if they [i]truly[/i] understood the deeper human nature.

FlowersNButterflies · 61-69, F

Great answer, insightful. I read The Book of Woe, about the DSM, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, the standard for diagnoses. I know that until 1985, homosexuality was in there as a mental illness. This book points out how useless the DSM has become. @Magenta
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16158529-the-book-of-woe

Magenta · F

@FlowersNButterflies Thank you. :-)
Ah interesting, I have not read that. Perhaps I should.
But I think we use far too many labels for (sometimes) what is merely human emotion or hormonal fluctuations.

FlowersNButterflies · 61-69, F

@Magenta I agree! They are removing normal by making it so narrow that nobody is really normal anymore.

Magenta · F

@FlowersNButterflies Ooh true! It's putting the notion in peoples heads that something in wrong with them for just being human. It's a travesty.