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Psychology as a discipline might recommend just a little bit more nuance.
by tux3 5y ago
Psychology as a discipline might recommend just a little bit more nuance.
- bsanr 5y agoProbably found in the difference between being humiliated and being humbled. https://praveshkoirala.com/2021/11/03/combating-disinformation-with-humility/ https://praveshkoirala.com/2021/11/03/combating-disinformati... https://harpers.org/archive/2021/10/put-on-the-diamonds-notes-on-humiliation-vivian-gornick/ https://harpers.org/archive/2021/10/put-on-the-diamonds-note... (Both previously posted on HN.)
- asguy 5y agoWhat about the rise in mental health problems alongside the rise in the acceptance of modern psychology? Correlation? Causation? Viktor Frankl might have been on to something with his change in approach.
- watwut 5y agoMental health problems existed before modern psychology. Moder psychology gave them names, catalogized them and so on. No one could be diagnosed with bipolar disorder before the term existed. That does not mean such people did not existed before.
- asguy 5y agoDo you think there are more people with “mental health problems” before or after the advent of “modern psychology”? To be clear: do you think the practice is helping or hurting?