Posted by so on May 18, 2005, at 13:05:17
In reply to Re: Was I deceived? » so, posted by TofuEmmy on May 18, 2005, at 9:24:08
> When I am at a volunteer site, the boundaries, relationships, etc. are much different, so I am able to act differently.
A difference for me would be that, at work, I am required to think critically and to state my criticisms in venues where they may be tested -- including my critiques of ideas, and of the credibility of individuals.
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> More importantly - to assume that Dr Bob the webmaster is the same as all psychiatrists is, imo, dangerous.My findings involve a very specific area, that being the extent to which authoritative rhetoric comports with any authority to be found in scientific knowledge. The idea that "I'm in charge, so I know best whether I tell you what I think I know or not" does not always or even often, in my experience, comport with any actual scientific knowledge specific to my symptoms.
>Bob has very strict rules here - and has needed >to act as "the enforcer" in order to keep this >site going in the manner he wants - as webmaster.
And I am saying the things he has chosen to do, to satisfy his desires as a web enthusiast, have been harmful to me. His rules might be strict, but they are not well defined, so the rule is strict compliance with his notion of civility, which he will define when he sees it, or make up as he goes along.
> On the other hand, my psychiatrist is a laid back hippy with long hair and a silly grin. He is sweet, and caring and emotional. He has also kept me alive.The hippies I know sacrificed. They lived shorter lives because the chose to forego generous incomes in favor of participating in a lifestyle they hoped would avoid mental diseases. Pursuit of a medical degree is not consistent with the hippie lifestyle as I know it. For that matter, neither is being a rock-n-roll star living in a beach-front mansion.
Since speculation based on personal perceptions of other's sincerety is among the growing list of censored topics at this site, I can't offer much about the social dynamic that developed around the "hippie" ideal, except to say that for the most part, it was more of a political ideal of affluent youth than a practical lifestyle pursued by social reformers. For that reason, many poor and working class youths were misled into a non-existent social movement by marketeers who found profit in mass-producing symbolic "hippie" culture. I'm sure any further discussion of this matter should be pigeon-holed to the "phsychobabble hippie" board.
> I hope you will reconsider your idea that all psychiatrists are like Dr Bob is here. I know for a fact, by my own many years of experience that this is just not true.
My findings do not just include review of other psychiatrists, but of most top-level healthcare-givers I have encountered, including those of mundane fields whose practice could save my life if I could find enough faith in their inconsistent opinions. It appears to me these well-paid individuals style their opinions to satisfy an audience of their well-paid peers and will so interpret clinical evidence regardless scientific evidence that suggests other interpretations.> To save/improve your own life, I hope you will reconsider.
And how long should I spend my money, at $100 a whack, guessing on which healthcare-giver will be able to silence in their own mind the din of medical school, peer-bonding conferences and industry-funded junkets so as to attend to my specific circumstances.
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> This was all written with good intentions - I hope it is taken that way.Your intentions might be good, but you lack enough knowledge of my experience to support effective involvment in the course of my life.
> emmy
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