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I wonder if mental health “maintenance” could solve this. If medical professionals could point out the dysfunction involved in such relationships, people might
by pm90 5y ago
I wonder if mental health “maintenance” could solve this. If medical professionals could point out the dysfunction involved in such relationships, people might be more resistant to falling in these patterns.
- neilwilson 5y agoIt’s arguable that Mental health practitioners end up cultivating parasocial relationships too. Particularly if they have to earn a living from selling their services and therefore “fixing” a person leads to a drop in income. Another reason why healthcare should be socially provided. You want your mental health practitioner like your judges - free from money worries so they can exercise their judgement truly independently.
- DiggyJohnson 5y agoFor me, this is one of the most important points that mental health literature and advocacy needs to reckon with before I trust it as much as physical medical science. There are too many candidate examples in my own life for me to ignore the possibility that their is some truth to the first sentence of your post.