Posted by OldSchool on February 23, 2002, at 11:07:54
In reply to Re: I dont relate well to the mental health commun » OldSchool, posted by Zo on February 23, 2002, at 1:29:35
> Well, the fact is, despite your nick, you are ahead of your time.
I think so also
The idea that we are mostly biology is soooo upsetting to people who've invested lives and careers and selves in the idea that talk can cure.
Yes, and quite frankly I enjoy pissing off these people. Telling them that we are basically "nothing but a sack of chemicals." Because basically its the truth.
>. The problem is, people who haven't been there do NOT understand that, for example, when I was in extreme psychic pain,
Uh...this is my whole entire point. My depression is not just "extreme psychic pain." Its a physical type illness that has destroyed basic bodily functions I used to take for granted and didnt even think about before depression. Sleeping, eating, weight, sex and cognition problems. Whats that got to do with "psychic pain?" My experience has been more of a real disease. Of course, my depression has been much more severe than most others I believe and maybe this is why I cant relate to these talk therapy people.
My severe depression has been more like a head injury than "psychic pain."
I also feel irritation towards the talk therapy/psychology crowd because I feel that this group is misleading people into thinking severe mental illness is a "psychological" problem when in reality its mostly a neurological problem. I feel this psychology/therapy stuff is a lie...a big lie. That we are all suffering from very real and very physical brain based illnesses, which are interpreted instead as mere "psychological" or "emotional" problems. That is irritating to me.
I just feel that the basics are not being covered effectively in the mental health world. I dont understand why we all are not being diagnosed and treated by Neurologists rather than psychiatrists.
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