Posted by Sigismund on November 22, 2009, at 14:08:15
In reply to Re: Where are the honest people in this world? » emilyp, posted by IntendedMispelling on November 22, 2009, at 4:58:08
>I want someone who is aware of how a mental illness relates to the subtleties of social interaction while at the same time strives to avoid participating in those very actions.
I was lucky enough to get that. I don't know how you find decent therapists. An important thing with me was the role of the therapeutic stance....I felt pretty suspicious (with good enough reason) but with my second therapist I eventually became sure that my trust was not misplaced, which was a different issue to whether I got what I wanted. Once she acted as my advocate, but not in the forum of my choice.
I'm off to see my psychiatrist this morning. Maybe I'll encourage him by just mentioning the monoamine hypothesis....that will get him talking about what a load of crap it all is.
(I don't have to try hard....he spontaneously comes up with stuff like 'Did you hear how we're winning the war on cancer'?)
He can talk like that for ages about the profession, and I'm delighted. Once I said 'This is so embarrassing it makes me want to kill myself', and he replied 'Oh no, I think it's fascinating'.
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