posted May 08, 2023 11:07 PM            

Those into psychology, including medical psychiatry, are a different beast. I do think most of them wanted to get into it rather than pressured into it. While I think some do want to help (not that good intentions equals good results), I also think many are in it for the pain porn, even sadism, downright giddy that they actually get paid for it.

(Edited months later: went with someone to a mental health clinic, and saw horrid things done even downstairs, and the dehumanization of a client even after she was gone, and I'd be surprised if they passed along her number to the one who worked there as she requested. Vile people, and they will exploit the stigma of mental illness in when they can, from major gaslighting to legal defense. And what went on upstairs with the actual therapists was even worse, downright surreal. As far as I'm concerned, going to a place like that is a way to BECOME mentally ill if you're not already! **** them! I'm trying to get the one I was with to sue, and I'll be looking for the other they mistreated at the food banks for the same reason.

ADDENDUM: sought her out, did find one who described her well enough to know her as makes sense since they'd go to the same food banks, but he hasn't seen her. I couldn't say WHY I was looking for her as it's not cool to bring stuff like that up, just that I contacted a group who would attempt a lawsuit if she was interested over something I saw, and I'd be a witness. Don't know if the message will get to her or anything come of it. She'd be understandably paranoid. And "help" by that clinic may have driven her to suicide.)

And that's just the therapists as opposed to those working with PR firms and ad agencies to legally use their knowledge/power for amoral mercenary purposes at best--and in this case I'm making a blanket statement deliberately and figure any exceptions are negligible (and soon out of a job), which I rarely do. I think those are just in it for the money, which in a way, makes them more noble than many therapists since they don't pretend they're there to help you as the sadists and power trippers will. (No, I'm not a Scientologist, and think worse of them.)

Edited to add: Also, this is based on a lifetime of experience, nothing really to do with Covid.

Though I do have to wonder about the veracity of many stories of caring hospitals since Covid given the decades of callousness before that (centuries, really), and how as a volunteer I had to deal patients dumped by a homeless shelter, including those dying of pneumonia, having no control over their bowels or knowing their own name after a stroke, or even having just had a heart attack. Note the hospitals didn't call us in advance, just had a cab drop them off. Makes me wonder how many dumped patients wandered off (the shelters couldn't take all of them anyway).

Also note that many who were sent to a hospital were quickly kicked out or denied services, even when dying. And the viciousness, callousness, corruption at all levels. One doctor about to retire spoke candidly with me about it and why it's that way, which I'm glad for.

posted June 24, 2023 11:58 PM            

I like the way sushi is presented, though.

posted June 25, 2023 12:00 AM            

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Originally posted by Hmmm:
Cats judge your heart
Unless u are 100 percent sure ur heart is pure don't get a cat

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