The medical model is the true failure of compassion!
Submitted by Graeme on Sun, 08/07/2011 - 6:09pmAnother thing that really pisses me off is when 'friends' want to shut out any alternative explanation of certain human phenomena that doesn't seek to medicalize them.
I've actually had people blow up at me and walk away in a complete snit when I try to explain why I reject psychiatry's pejorative 'diagnoses' and the false science it uses to justify them. They seem to view it as a failure of compassion on my part.
I've actually had people blow up at me and walk away in a complete snit when I try to explain why I reject psychiatry's pejorative 'diagnoses' and the false science it uses to justify them. They seem to view it as a failure of compassion on my part.
Well sorry, but nothing could be further from the truth.
This isn't a denial of the reality that many people suffer from painful and frightening emotional or mental experiences - I just reject the narrow lens through which psychiatry and society in general view these things.
This isn't a denial of the reality that many people suffer from painful and frightening emotional or mental experiences - I just reject the narrow lens through which psychiatry and society in general view these things.
As far as I'm concerned, the true 'failure of compassion' lies in the hearts and minds of those who seek not only to suppress these vital components of our humanity and collective body politic, but to reap enormous profits from doing so.
Our society is not kind to the hearts and souls of its members. It is little wonder there is so much pain in the world when abuse, systemic injustice and general human fuckery are so rife.
Even the small percentage of painful emotional or mental reactions not easily traceable to something more specific would be remedied by a collective shift in thinking that would have people respecting others simply for who and what they are; rather than heaping scorn and abuse upon them for not fitting into some arbitrary, narrow framework of 'normalcy'.
Seeing the world through different eyes is neither a crime or a 'disease' - and it is long past time for us all to get that truth through our heads.
Most people simply do not realize just how oppressive the 'mental health' system really is - they only see it as a 'quick fix' being available for those who voice an unconventional worldview or who out of some deep inner pain or personal conflict are presenting themselves in a manner that causes discomfort to others.
The medical model is only the means through which this particular oppressive response to the human condition is rationalized in a manner that makes it palatable to 'normals'.
What is even more disgusting is how it has been turned into a multi-billion dollar industry. Seems that drug company stock never suffers even when the rest of the economy is tanking - and psychiatry's mind-fuck pills are among their biggest sellers. Ain't capitalism wonderful? (NOT!!!)
Seeing the world through different eyes is neither a crime or a 'disease' - and it is long past time for us all to get that truth through our heads.
Most people simply do not realize just how oppressive the 'mental health' system really is - they only see it as a 'quick fix' being available for those who voice an unconventional worldview or who out of some deep inner pain or personal conflict are presenting themselves in a manner that causes discomfort to others.
The medical model is only the means through which this particular oppressive response to the human condition is rationalized in a manner that makes it palatable to 'normals'.
What is even more disgusting is how it has been turned into a multi-billion dollar industry. Seems that drug company stock never suffers even when the rest of the economy is tanking - and psychiatry's mind-fuck pills are among their biggest sellers. Ain't capitalism wonderful? (NOT!!!)
