Venting does anyone else resent how nonsensical and out of teach mental health treatment and society’s view of psychology is?

[uboa.rust]

i find it hard to think that what i experience is just a "phase" or impermanent. i've struggled with so many of these issues i have down to every little intricacy since i was a child. it feels weird being told what i have is a "disorder" and not just temperament that is mismatched deeply with my environment, both on a personal level but also existentially.

i resent that there may be no real explanation for why i am the way i am beyond me simply being this way from the start, and the pain coming from how i can not and will never live comfortably in this world just because of the way i am. there's no name i can give to my pain or my behaviors and it bothers me.

i think i'm reflecting about this so much because i've been told i have X thing or Y thing over and over. every random fucking disorder getting every treatment with 0 improvement. i wish i could explain why i suddenly become infatuated with people for a short period of time only to then instantly and suddenly not have any feelings for them, only to realize i never had feelings for them at all and i watch my entire life from a distance. i wish i could explain why i feel like none of this shit matters and why everything, even things that people find normal, feel so absurd and pointless. work, school, obligations or responsibilities or "being productive" all feel so pointless to the point i wish i could just be homeless and live off welfare or some shit until i get bored and kill myself

life is just never ending pain, but i'm still told that "it is alllll temporary" or "you'll go back to your normal self" when there wasn't a normal self to begin with.

 

[MyLifeisHell]

I also think some people have various emotional neurotypes that may be put down as mental illness but aren't truly fairly described as such.

 

[_Gollum_]

Ultimately psychology/psychiatry's job is to establish the bounds of "normal" according to the current zeitgeist, and then to try to return those who fall outside the bounds back within the fold, as they are "sick" people in need of a cure. Hence why a lot of things we now consider normal used to be considered mental illnesses (ex. homosexuality). I don't think this is always a bad thing, actually; I just think they're sleeping at the wheel when it comes to pessimistic, melancholic, and suicidal people. Imo they should've expanded the definition of "normal" to include these people right around the time MAID programs started coming into effect.

Their arguments for treating such people as sick are fundamentally spiritual in nature, even though they're supposed to be a scientific discipline. So if you ask them why you shouldn't commit suicide when you have xyz rational reasons to do so, and zero reasons not to, they will spout out some BS like "Life is precious! You are worthy! You matter! Life is a gift!" Which are claims that can be defended by theists but not by supposedly secular scientists. They have no place in modern psychology/psychiatry but I doubt they will ever change because the pro-life bias is so deeply ingrained in humanity. If anything anti-suicide policies have only worsened in recent decades, it's sickening. Why is it a virtue to force people to suffer?

 

[witchcraft]

If it weren't so frustrating, it'd be comical when I hear "CTB is a permanent solution to a temporary problem" when I take issue with fundamental and seemingly unchangeable aspects of my life and our society.

In other words, no, my problem is not temporary unless they're making a morbid joke about how I'll die eventually anyway so there's no rush.

I tried therapy for 10 years, genuinely. I don't actively discourage therapy but my takeaway is that if you're not susceptible to hypnosis or outright gaslighting, chances are it won't achieve much. If you become aware of the placebo it won't work. I don't need someone to talk to, ffs. I need my life to actually change. Most people wouldn't tell someone to go pay for a hooker if they're having dating troubles, and most people wouldn't tell someone to delude themselves with a chatbot when they tell you they want a true friend, so I don't know why a therapist is treated differently than a hooker or a chatbot. It's a cheap imitation just like the rest.

Our apparent panacea for human suffering is to trick people into thinking they have some kind of mental disorder and are "crazy" for reacting to their life and the world around them, or even existence in this universe itself if they're of the existential persuasion.

"It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society." - Jiddu Krishnamurti

Stoicism is a psyop that was originally used to placate slaves. The mental health industry has nothing to offer me. But everyone repeat the mantra, "Please see a therapist." Whenever someone is sensibly discontent with their place in the world or the world itself, "Please see a therapist." Whenever anyone starts asking difficult questions that may lead to answers that are inconvenient to the ruling class, "PLEASE SEE A THERAPIST."