What do you think of psychologist/psychiatrist

[RichnNL]

I know psychologists and psychiatrists are there to help people typically who are far from actualized or even trying to actualized I have personally never been to one but I do know a few in my circle of family and friends, and I am kind of shocked of how little they know about human biases, stages of development or really anything valued here on actualized.org actually all this material would go over their head because they are in my opinion in the worst place you can thinking they already know everything there is to know about the human mind and how it works. 

 

[JosephKnecht]

Psychologists try to understand normative human behavior. 

Psychiatrists try to cure abnormal human behavior. 

While they try to understand and cure, they forget how the norm is created.

In a way, they unknowingly will society to conform to socially perceived normal behaviors while creating the norms. 

[Rilles]

3 hours ago, RichnNL said:

I am kind of shocked of how little they know about human biases, stages of development or really anything valued here on actualized.org actually all this material would go over their head because they are in my opinion in the worst place you can thinking they already know everything there is to know about the human mind and how it works. 

 

My therapist knows exactly what I talk about. Get a better one if youre unhappy. 

[RichnNL]

5 hours ago, Rilles said:

My therapist knows exactly what I talk about. Get a better one if youre unhappy. 

I don't have one. I said the one's I personally know some whom are friends and family which is a very small sample size. I was wondering others experiences in conversing/interacting with people who study how the human mind works as a career. Thanks

[IAmReallyImportant]

As they are human and often not that developed like most people, they tend to interpret behaviour subjectively. There are cases where 10 psychiatrists give 10 different diagnosis. This can lead to huge damage and loss of actual lifes. Sometimes it works sometimes not. It's like playing poker with the most valuable thing a human has - the psyche.

I think for most people it's obvious that psychology or psychiatry is very primitive regarding to what it could be and according to effectivness. And I mean effectivness regarding life quality. I know people on medication. They living in a body-prison and have nearly no energy at all, they are sleepy all the time.

It's sad that many docs don't know real solutions. And I think today's treatment are for some part not human at all.

Some friends were psychologist or people who are often times in contact with them regarding their jobs. What cristallizes is that many psychologists/psychiatrist are doing this work because they have some kind of disorder themselves and started doing this work for self-help in the first place.

Some are not but I think there is a blind spot in society which gives this kind of docs too much credibility. If one thinks about going there, this could be a good decision. But I would be critical and also observing if this person is competent. 

Edited October 12, 2020 by IAmReallyImportant