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We've all heard the proverb about apples and trees but there is a fine line between studying these things and denying people their agency. I fear that in today

• sirspacey 4y ago
  I can understand that fear. I find for myself (& others that share these issues) that recognizing ways you may have been affected is liberating. An analogy is having a broken hand your whole life without knowing it. You wonder why you can’t do what the other kids can do. But by noticing it, you have the option to give yourself the additional care, adaptation, and kindness that can help you create a happy & successful life.
• barrysteve 4y ago
  Psychotherapists do admit they are primarily a role of social control. The field was an offshoot from philosophy and has developed into a bottom-up inquisition against perceived problems that are very vaguely defined. I'm not sure they do any more good than enforce parenting and individual behaviour norms. Much like the inquisitors of olden days enforced christianity and loyalty to the crown. The science is never quite grounded, which could be a feature instead of a bug. People are sometimes mysteriously cured without explanation and it's not really ever possible to determine if someone is mentally healthy or not. Someone internally pretending to be mentally ill is indistinguishable from the real deal. Some people are 'treatment resistant' for completely unknown reasons. The whole field is philosophically and scientifically uncertain.