Really, how do people know that such psychiatric illnesses exist? Do they have good enough proof or are they?

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making money. I have heard the viewpoints of some retired psychiatrists and they say that it is all bs. Their is nothing internally wrong with you, but your environment, beliefs, attitudes all affect how you are. Events of your life, intense pressure, and suppressed emotions lead to these symptoms. I have had symptoms of many of them, but I've also had some pretty bad life experiences. I don't believe in that genetic vulnerability blabble. It's like the way they use religion as means to control people. It's like a cult. For example, if I am a good enough actor, I can convince you that I am something I am not. It's all in the way something is said, and people wanting to look for a quick-fix. Emotions are powerful and real and sometimes pressure leads us to hide them. Convince me that things such as mental illnesses exist.

Sorry about the spelling errors.

I will be going to see a psychiatrist. I want to believe the psychiatrist so that all my problems will go away. So that I no longer feel out of place. I'll take the medication, but it could all be a placebo effect? Is my reality foggy or is yours?

I am very aware of the changes and the emotions my mind went through, but I am very unhappy. I hate college. I feel like I'm on my own sometimes even when I do have friends.

It could be a placebo effect.

Answer 1

Sorry, they don't...You could say its all in your head...We all make choices, and being self aware is a pre-condition to being classified as human, if you have no control of your thoughts or actions, then you cease to be human...and must be treated as an animal...That's what ancient people used to do, banish or kill anyone that couldn't meet the ritual requirements for becoming one of "the people" and it guaranteed that we didn't turn back into chimps.

So now people who would otherwise get their act together and stop whining about all their "disorders" can peacefully blame their parents or society for their laziness or discomfort, hell of a civilization we've got going here ain't it?

Answer 2

Well, for some things, they are actually differences in the brain scans of mentally ill people, esp. the ones like schizophrenia. My therapist told me that. I was talking about the stigma of mental illnesses because there is nothing to prove it like a blood test and she told me that about the brain scans for some things. There's still a lot they don't know, but they have come a long way. I guess mental illness is sometimes easily faked. They know that depression is sometimes caused by chemical imbalance and when antidepressants are given, the depression goes away...so I think that says something about it not being all BS.

Answer 3

You didn't spell anything wrong unless blabble should be babble.They basically reason with people so they will see they are normal in their behavior or feelings.
Also, they try to reason with criminals??I suppose they ask criminals to just choose not to do bad things,the best they can bribe them.
When I see the commercials,I suspect normal people will waste time or money looking into these happy escapes that don't exist. If you see someone doing this tell them it's hard expensive therapy more like a last resort.They should turn to music,exercise or more sleep-or go together with a friend to buy a favorite item.

Answer 4

They absolutely exist - and in many psychiatric illnesses there is indeed a physical difference. Levels of hormones and brain and body chemistry often exsist. Even the color of the brain of a clinically depressed person is different that someone who is not clinically depressed. This doesn't mean that you brain changes color when a person becomes depressed... it takes several weeks or months for this to happen. Do you honestly think everyone with a psychiatric illness is a great actor? Indeed there are physical differences with many mental illnesses.