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Why are you here?

At what point in your life did you decide to go on Yea Forums and pretend to be a psychologist?

but you're not a psychologist...

Why are you gay?

To answer the questions of anons who have questions.

Provided your accusations were true, a few minutes ago. I am not lying, however.

I am. Feel free to test me.

I am not.

why do I procrastinate? why do I keep on doing this with myself?

I have a raging cocaine addiction and Asian Waifu impregnation fetish.

plus my neighbor bully raped me when i was little

HOW THE FUCK DO MAGNETS WORK

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why do i want to rule the world? and its not some domination thing, i watch femdom porn and im a guy so its not that

This user is correct.

You’re gay.

i love my wife, but am cheating on her. why am i doing that?

Why is your profession so useless?

Why do I like punishing my girl’s pussy while imagining her being a whore?! Key word being “punishing”

You can google any question you don't know... Show license, doctoral degree, some kind of proof. You're full of shit

I'm always thinking of this perfect gf who understands and loves me. I really work hard on myself to be able to get a cute gf like this.

I feel like this toughtproces is wrong because I'm linking hapiness to another person while I should be able to be happy alone, by myself.

Anxiety. You are scared of the task to come so you use a variety of tricks to ease your fear, all of which make it even worse as you know.

Here are tips for you:

1. make a reasonable plan and stick to it; each step must feel completely within reach
2. do not focus on other tasks
3. do not think you need a perfect setting or perfection conditions to work
4. most importantly: get to it fast; even if you only work for 10 minutes, that will be enough for you to realise it isn't so hard and won't take forever

Bane?

>why do i want to rule the world?
Possibly as revenge on a world that, you felt, did you wrong and now owes you. It could also be that you felt powerless for too long and now dream of being mighty.

N9t op but it sounds like you don't want to have to make decisions

I would not have a problem with being a homosexual. I'm just not, sorry. You might be, however.

It helps a lot of people about very important issues. It saves lives and improves the lives of most who seek therapy. If you think that is useless, then every other job is useless also.

Yes?

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How long does it take for psychosis to worsen?

Could be many reasons, but the whore part is because you need to think of her as bad (and thus deserving of punishment) otherwise you'd feel morally wrong. You may have resentment for women because of ex's or your mother.

>You can google any question you don't know...
It would take forever to do this and would not work well. being a psychologist implies 8 to 9 years of work. Why would I lie anyway?

why does klonopin always neutralize my high and drunk?

Why do I hate all of my co-workers?

sounds accurate, sad that i will never achieve my dream though
ominous trips, i like to make decisions but just not boring ones

You "help" people by giving them common sense advice and drugs.

Except wait, you're a psychologist, not a psychiatrist, so you can't even prescribe drugs. So you're really just listening and providing common sense advice. You're almost as helpful as a good bartender.

To be fair, few of us can be truly happy alone. You have the right idea, but as you work on yourself, make sure to also work on your standards and work on feeling like you deserve a good woman. If you get trapped thinking it's all on your end, you may end up with an abusive person who will not respect you, but who will fulfill the role of the demanding partner, which you may find value in whenever she shows appreciation, even if everything else is abuse.

Do you really get money for sitting in a room with people and asking them leading questions to get them to come to their own conclusions about their issues?

That varies greatly depending on many factors. If you think you have psychosis, instantly stop all drugs of all sorts, as these worsen it, and in some cases cause it. What are your symptoms?

my cousin hyperseexual is because she listen her parents fuck at that night

Are you sure doing drugs while medicated is OK with your doctor?

Maybe because they all suck, or maybe because you behave in a way that makes them all dislike you. I'd need more details.

Ok OP riddle me this Why do I not get affected by gore/death and don't have any empathy towards anyone?

>sounds accurate, sad that i will never achieve my dream though
Work on the fact that such fantasies, at heart, mean that you feel inferior to the entire world. A man who is enough for himself will not dream about making everyone else bow to him. The day you are free from your fantasy is the day you have become a mature man. Don't give up. Seek and find value in who you are and who you may become.

lamotrigine and fluoxetine, I seem to do OK
fuck it, let’s run with the assumption that this is on the level for a little while

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I have this friend who gets in relationships really easily and keeps dating the guy one year and leaves him after that (usally... sometimes it lasts 2 years). I think she has daddy issues. What kind of person you think she is depending on her relationship ethics or any opinions about her

Why do I wanna fuck my mom? Have you ever thought about fucking your mom?

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>You "help" people by giving them common sense advice and drugs.
No, I'm a psychologist, I don't prescribe medication. As to common sense, you'd be amazed how little of it some people have; moreover, common sense isn't enough in most cases. If you suffer from trauma, you may realise your problems are not rational, but that makes no difference. Work needs to be done on the brain to get through these things, and rationality and common sense aren't enough here, otherwise people would just convince themselves rationally and would not need more.

You should read any study on the results of therapy. It saves billions in the economy, not to mention lives.

What do you think of the 7 steps and which one do you consider to be the most important?

im way past the point of trying to help myself, im diving head first into a pit of darkness lol

I poopsmoke butthash and get high as shit nigger all day to help me cope with the pain
I need a psyritualist, i’m sick of my ways
How do i go gently?

tactile hallucinations, but I want to see and hear things and was wondering how long would I have to wait

>end up with an abusive person
Yeah this was my previous relationship, I did hold on to the little appreciation she showed.

>deserve a good woman
Please tell me, how can I convince myself I'm deserving? I feel like a C class boyfriend, which simply isn't true but I can't shake it of.

No. Leading questions are not useful. As to conclusions, a patient's conclusions matter more only in that they know their situation more than you do, at some point, but depending on the issue, a therapist can't just stop there.

I get paid around 200 US dollars for an hour. I'm a very high profile therapist because I'm efficient and no-nonsense, which my clients enjoy.

Couldn't hack med school, huh?

You might be a clinical psychopath. This means you have little to no emotions of your own and cannot experience empathy. Read about it and report back.

check dem trips
I know a guy who is genuinely trying to get me to stop taking medication, like that guy in Wanted. Can you give me some more ammo for him?

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Possibly she cannot bear to be alone. There's not enough detail to say much more here. Most people don't enjoy being single. 1 or 2 years isn't that bad for relationships if she is young.

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>You should read any study on the results of therapy.

You mean like this one?

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosenhan_experiment

Yeah, super valuable profession you're in there.

I personally haven't, but not every mother is the same.

I doubt you really want to do your mother, but if you do, try to focus on other women and finally get to a conclusion where your mother is no longer attractive to you.

Oh I see, well I'm sure you got the implication I was making there, is there a reason the field is so rife with people essentially milking their clients using essentially psychological gimmicks? It's there some sort of 'board of ethics' or something for you guys?

poopsmoke me out too man. I ran outta butthash

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How do I deal with mid-life crisis?

why do I not care about anyone? when I was a kid and we moved out, I simply just left all of my friends behind and forgot about them, it happened three times. I feel like people in general care about me more than I care about them

They're very general and may not happen in the order usually described. The most important step is the most important to you, personally. There are no rules for this stuff. The most difficult is typically the most important. It varies for everyone. All the steps you need are vital.

When and why did u decide to become a psychologist?

Seek serious help. Seek a certified therapist and trust them. There is a solution for everyone.

how much do you cringe when hearing your patients tell you about all their stupidity?

How did a high profile therapist making $200/h find out about Yea Forums?

Seek help from a psychiatrist. This could get a lot worse and you won't enjoy it.

>Yeah this was my previous relationship, I did hold on to the little appreciation she showed.
That's the tragic trap. Above all, believe this: a good person can give you a whole lot more and will do it for the love of you. Self-esteem is key here, lack thereof is why you seek lovers who are difficult to satisfy, as this is how you feel "worth it". The logic is "If I suffer, that means I make an effort, that means I deserve love." Obviously, it's a trap, but it compensates for your lack of self-worth. Stop seeing love as an exchange of values, and apply symmetry. Always swap roles and see how you think about it. (Would you ask so much of a partner? If not, why are you so demanding with yourself? That sort of thing.)

I could have. I liked medicine a lot but I prefer talking with my patients than dealing with their bodies. I have other degrees. I never saw psychology as "sub medicine". Medicine is more mechanics than I care for.

Prescribed medication? Always go with what your doctor says, but mention to them if you have a problem or if you change your mind.

If you hallucinate you're going to orgasm, is God rapping y9u

i did I was antipsychotics for like 3-4 months and I was convinced that I was just imagining things but I stopped taking them and the tactile hallucinations came back. How fast does it usually progress?

The results of therapy. This is a study on whether you can fake symptoms and etc. Highly interesting but unrelated to your point.

Therapy is based on what you tell your therapist. If you lie to them, you bias your own diagnosis. If you lie to your therapist, don't be surprised the diagnosis is wrong.

What I said, however, was to read about the results of therapy. Do it.

What do you think about the current replication crisis in this field?

>Oh I see, well I'm sure you got the implication I was making there, is there a reason the field is so rife with people essentially milking their clients using essentially psychological gimmicks? It's there some sort of 'board of ethics' or something for you guys?

Why would you think this one profession is "milking" and others are not? We don't use "gimmicks", we used scientifically tested methods. And yes, there's a lot of ethics boards and deontology committees. You can't conduct any experiment without a ton of agreements from countless places and people.

What will your profession do with all the 160 IQ unstable psychopaths that China's&others newly started designer baby industry will create?
ZOMG-autist mass murder of inferiors every week in 20-25years, yipeee?

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See a therapist. Go through it, do what you want to do, reconsider your life and your goals.

If you have specific problems, pray tell.

>t. first semester student who thinks he knows what's up
classic

See previous answer about psychopathy, see if that matches.

After a decade of my previous job and everyone telling me I should be a therapist. I love helping people. I love people.

If your profession isn't even able to distinguish between someone who is actually mentally ill and someone who is faking symptoms then why on earth should I trust any results you claim your therapy has produced?

>Self-esteem

This part is so low I'm afraid to have sex with a girl. Can you give me anything on how to gain self-esteem?

I don't, because despite any stupidity, they have chosen to get help by trusting someone they don't know, and that's brave. My patients are my people and I feel very protective of them. I never condescend on them. If they say dumb stuff, or talk about dumb stuff they did, we discuss it together. I'm good at showing them if something was stupid. Even my patients who have 90 IQ can say very intelligent things and come to sound conclusions. Never give up.

I found Yea Forums in 2008, long before I finished my studies. Found it through some funny image website.

How do I get rid of social anxiety and be more confident.

These are psychiatric issues, it's beyond my scope of operation. I'm not a psychiatrist. But you should really talk to your psychiatrist.

I tend to not care for most people. I have a big circle of friends but realistically more than half of my friends because I have a use for them. The others are to party and drink with.

I also didn't really have a father figure growing up. I've tried dating, but I get bored of people quickly. Sometimes I don't feel normal, or really any emotion.

Currently, a uni student to give me something to do but apart from that, I have no life goals. Don't really care for a degree

I recreationally do drugs on occasions but wouldn't say that I'm a druggie

Are these signs of depressions? And should I see a doctor about it?

The question was which one YOU consider most important and why? You didn't answer the question. Also, they are NOT general at all

I think anons don't actually know what it's about.

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In short, it's not about psychology more than other fields, and it didn't even start with it. Most experiments I know of in psychology are reproductible; moreover, the crisis was because only half were reproduced, which is still enormous. All you'd need to do, and it's considered nowadays, is to move alphas to 0.005% instead of the usual 0.05%. The video explains the rest of it.

>ZOMG-autist mass murder of inferiors every week in 20-25years, yipeee?
That started already. I disagree on inferior, though. High IQ's are useless compared to sociability. The latter is far more important in a happy successful life.

You have zero reason to think I'm a first semester student, let that sink in. Besides, if you really thought that, you'd not have waste a few seconds typing that post. So I'll go with "user has resentment for a reason he knows."
Classic.

What type of disorder do I have?

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Wrong sand nigger if you don't know how to manage your body you will keep underperforming. Dude must make sure that he is rested.

>If your profession isn't even able to distinguish between someone who is actually mentally ill and someone who is faking symptoms then why on earth should I trust any results you claim your therapy has produced?

Is there a need to distinguish? There isn't. The only reason someone would pretend is for a study. If someone wants to pretend being mentally ill for no other reason, they might actually be mentally ill anyway. That said, there are ways to "verify", should that be needed. All sorts of brainscans exist that show empirical evidence of dysfunctions in the brain. You cannot fake that. If there was a need, we could distinguish, but nobody will spend money on therapy just to fool people.

>your therapy
>John, YOUR son broke my favourite vase!

Why is the urge to jack off strong? Ive only gone 4 days without jacking it, but it’s hard. Should I just keep jacking it or not? I feel guilty and dirty when I do.

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How might one play ball on running water?

>This part is so low I'm afraid to have sex with a girl. Can you give me anything on how to gain self-esteem?

Analyse why you feel this way (usually parents who raised you poorly and didn't know your and/or believe in you, or helped at all). Then capitalise on your successes, disregard errors, and never give up. Have some goals, reach them, repeat.

Set goals, reach them. Repeat. Choose small goals you can reach, then choose bigger ones as your succeed. Remind yourself of your successes and forget the errors. That's what every winner does. As long as you don't give up, you never truly lose.

I saw it, I don't think I am one, I don't like seeing gore and I can empathize with the characters from a movie or an anime

What do you believe causes bisexuality?

I told you: the most important is the one most important to the patient. If you're asking me personally, guilt.

They are very general. They are what most people go through.

How do you feel about the idea of named diagnoses creating treatment biases since unusual thoughts/behavior/traits frequently overlap between different ailments (not to mention 'normal' personality oddities)? Do you think there's a better solution than diagnosis of mental illness, or do we need to work with what we have?

>Is there a need to distinguish?

Of course there is you deluded asshat.

>The only reason someone would pretend is for a study.

Or because they want drugs. Or attention. Or any number of other reasons.

That helps too, of course, but that doesn't invalidate any of the tips I gave. My tips are just specifically about procrastination. Yours is more general. Being rested won't do anything for you if you're a procrastinator and have no other help or method.

4 days is more time than I can go without. To give you a short answer, you should jack it. You should also find why you feel dirty when you jack it. The guilt is more problematic than jacking it. You're healthy and should stay healthy. Nature gave you genitals to be used. Nothing wrong in using it alone if nobody else wants to use it.

Maybe you've learned, early on, not to get attached to people and things you may lose. If that is it, try giving people/things more value. I can't be sure.

What do you make of Dr George Conway's diagnosis?

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Genetics. I don't think there's any kind of a choice in who you're attracted to.

Thankyou brother.

You did a great job today, many thanks.

Not him but I mean if someone is faking who cares? They pay their bill, if they wanna lie for an hour then stuff some xanax under their foreskin instead of getting help and taking it for an actual illness I don't see how that's anyone's problem but theirs.

If they lie, then the consequences are on them.

I've seen a lot of shit diagnoses that were more confirmation bias than anything. A specialist will typically think in terms of his own well known symptoms rather than in general. Seeing how personality disorders' symptoms overlap a shitload, I generally don't put too much stock in them unless it's particularly intense.

Some therapies don't resort to diagnoses at all, like Carl Rogers' client-centered approach. Psychoanalysts also dislike the DSM because you can't analyse a problem without the patient having that problem.

The DSM and diagnoses are more practical tools for stuff like insurances. Therapist will sometimes choose a diagnoses even though they know it to be so so just because it enables the patient to get financed in their therapy.

It's practical concerns. It's a map to a territory that is more complex. It's good to have, but I'd never rely blindly on diagnoses and such. Each person is a complex network of nodes.

>Of course there is you deluded asshat.
There is no need to distinguish in the example I gave you. This isn't a sting operation: if you want to lie to a therapist who is literally trained to trust you, then they will believe you. No therapy can be done without a relation of trust, that's the part you are missing.

If they want to lie to a therapist, to get attention or drugs, they already need a therapist for real, so they're in the right place. In time, they might come to admit the truth and progress.

I don't even know who he is but that sounds like Antisocial personality disorder.

No problem.

Do you think homosexual behavior is dangerous or any more deviant than heterosexual behavior when inhibitions are low?

What country are you in?

Rosenhan study: this was more about confirmation bias inside institutions than diagnosing illnesses. The point to prove was that the staff had heavy confirmation biases against inmates (quite expectedly), and that once you were considered insane, nobody thought of you as sane (again, quite expectedly, as insane people can act sane to get what they want).

>Do you think homosexual behavior is dangerous
By itself, no. What's dangerous is having sex with people you don't know without protecting yourself. Dangerous behaviour like bug chasing and such are more related to a certain culture than homosexuality per se. I don't see is as deviant either, as it's completely natural.

>Not him but I mean if someone is faking who cares?

I do. Everyone should. If psychologists aren't even capable of accurately diagnosing if someone's mental health issues are real or fake, why should anyone have any faith in any course of treatment they might offer?

Would you have any faith in a heart surgeon if you heard that someone walked into his practice faking a heart attack and the surgeon just cut him open and performed a triple bypass because he couldn't tell the difference?

I guess the “dirtyness” is because I feel selfish when I do it as oppose to having a sexual relationship.

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Somewhere in Europe.

>type
Fair point

ignore greentxt

That's what people from the Balkan countries say but your frame of reference suggests that you're Swedish.

>If psychologists aren't even capable of accurately diagnosing if someone's mental health issues are real or fake, why should anyone have any faith in any course of treatment they might offer?

You misunderstand. You also confuse very different situations: people who report themselves to psychiatric hospitals and people who seek psychotherapy. You also mistake the purpose of the Rosenhan study.

When you enter therapy, the most important thing is that you can trust your therapist, so they won't spend their first hours with you testing you to see if you are lying to them. That's obvious. If you went to a therapist who didn't believe you, or forced you to prove everything, you'd do well to seek another.

There's no connection between whether someone is fooling someone else and whether therapy works. If you bring your functional car to a mechanic and lie about issues it has, if the mechanic trusts you, it doesn't mean mechanics can't repair cars. That logic makes no sense.

You know your job is useless and you got a meme degree, right?
why dont you fucking kill yourself you worthless sack of shit?

>There is no need to distinguish in the example I gave you.

"It doesn't matter if I can't accurately diagnose my patients, which is literally the most basic function of any medical profession."

>No therapy can be done without a relation of trust, that's the part you are missing.

That's right, and no one should trust members of a profession that have been proven to be this incompetent. I'm glad we agree on something.

>If they want to lie to a therapist, to get attention or drugs, they already need a therapist for real, so they're in the right place. In time, they might come to admit the truth and progress.

Well if there was any doubt that you're a real psychologist this puts it to rest. Your ability to twist anything someone says to fit your pre-existing harebrained theory proves it beyond a shadow of a doubt.

I'm not Swedish.

>This light bulb does not want to change itself.

>You know your job is useless and you got a meme degree, right?
Why do you guys always say that? I get paid 15k a month, do you think people would pay me this much if I were useless?

As to my degree, if you knew what it entailed, you wouldn't think it was so easy to get. You probably have no idea of what is required to have a master in psychology.

>why dont you fucking kill yourself you worthless sack of shit?
Because I'm not the one with suicidal ideation and intense anger of those who are more successful.

Where do you draw the boundary between health and disease? Are you motivated by government to eliminate antisocial elements?

Neither am I.

>"It doesn't matter if I can't accurately diagnose my patients, which is literally the most basic function of any medical profession."
Diagnosing is not the most basic function. Besides, there's no problem in diagnosing: the study only showed that you could fool psychiatric hospitals in the USA, in the early 1970's. Things have a changed a lot since then.

I think you have a personal problem with therapy and psychology in general. It shows in how far you are willing to go to "prove yourself right", when everything you use is misused and misunderstood. You're running out of arguments.

Why does the world have to be this way, Why does everything hurt so much.

Bug chasing?

Also why is it that women have such an easy time finding mates while men struggle to find their confidence? Is it perhaps a cultural consequence in the US specifically?

>Where do you draw the boundary between health and disease?

I don't. I don't actually have to draw any boundary: I take care of all who come to see me, for whatever reason. To answer your question anyway, you may draw the line at suffering. If someone suffers for any reason, they are in need of help. That's it. If people around that person suffer, that counts too. Simple enough definition.

>Are you motivated by government to eliminate antisocial elements?
No. With psychopaths, I try to teach them that they are like colorblind people, or nerveless people, and must remember that others aren't like them. They may not feel much, but they aren't all without morals.

>If you went to a therapist who didn't believe you, or forced you to prove everything, you'd do well to seek another.

Or you could perform some objective diagnostic tests to determine what's actually going on with the patient. And that's the issue, there aren't any objective diagnostic tests with psychology. It's all pseudo-scientific nonsense.

>If you bring your functional car to a mechanic and lie about issues it has, if the mechanic trusts you, it doesn't mean mechanics can't repair cars. That logic makes no sense.

It makes perfect sense. Let's say I take my car to a mechanic and lie to him that there's something wrong with it. If he keeps the car for a couple days and charges me $5000 to "fix" it then I'd be absolutely justified in never trusting that mechanic again, because he's either totally incompetent or he's a dishonest scumbag who's ripping me off.

Likewise, if you send some patients into a psychiatric hospital lying about their mental illness and the staff there says "Yep, this person's totally mentally ill and needs to be institutionalized against their will", then those people are also either completely incompetent or they're scumbags who are ripping people off. See the correlation?

Because you are unwell. Life isn't supposed to be painful. Pain is an alarm telling you something is wrong. Never forget that.

>Bug chasing?
It's when homos want to get AIDS on purpose so they can have endless sex without worrying about getting AIDS. Most end up regretting their decision.

>I get paid 15k a month, do you think people would pay me this much if I were useless?

And Kim Kardashian makes $100 million a year. I think we can all agree that salary does not necessarily equate to your value to society.

>Also why is it that women have such an easy time finding mates
That's a myth. Many of my patients are women who don't find anyone because nobody wants to have any connection with them.

>while men struggle to find their confidence?
The absence of fathers in men's lives didn't help build confidence. Men also tend to shit on each other instead of building each other up. As a result, they are frequently alone and unsupported by anybody. Partly why men kill themselves more.

The US seem to have great social divides between races, sexes, and whatever difference can be found. It's sad.

>I think you have a personal problem with therapy and psychology in general.

I do have a problem with it. The whole thing is a scam to bilk money out of people.

Do you like niggers?

ITS THE JEWS

>You should read any study on the results of therapy

Unfortunately, RCT’s (randomized controlled outcome studies) of psychotherapy are a lot different than, say, drug studies, because there are a nearly infinite number of factors which help to decide whether a course of a given type of psychotherapy will lead to a positive outcome, and there is simply no way to control for them all. We cannot even agree what a “successful” result should be. Symptom relief? Personality change? Improved relationships? Better ability to love and work? Personal growth and fulfillment? All of the above?

>It saves billions in the economy, not to mention lives.

Stop lying.

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>Or you could perform some objective diagnostic tests to determine what's actually going on with the patient. And that's the issue, there aren't any objective diagnostic tests with psychology. It's all pseudo-scientific nonsense.
You're wrong. What you don't understand, however, is that the way to see if someone does suffer from hallucinations or not is to ask them. You can make such people get brainscans and it's frequently done, but you don't do it to verify if they are trying to fool you or not. That's all.

Psychology isn't pseudo-scientific. It follows the scientific method rigorously. Don't confuse scientific psychology with popular psychology, which is the domain of journalists. Depression, like many disorders, show up on scans. It's empirical evidence. It's just not needed for the reason I stated before. Psychologists know depression is real, they don't have to be convinced.

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That's oddly logical. I expected you to answer with something out of a book, or "inconvenience to society". Where do you set the limits of what suffering you can deal with? What kind of case would you hear and discard? Obvious example would be physical pain, but i'd like to hear if there is a more precise boundary.

Do you know ur science is a fake? All bullshits same skills can have everybody.

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What actual physical parameter do brain scans measure?

>It makes perfect sense. Let's say I take my car to a mechanic and lie to him that there's something wrong with it. If he keeps the car for a couple days and charges me $5000 to "fix" it then I'd be absolutely justified in never trusting that mechanic again, because he's either totally incompetent or he's a dishonest scumbag who's ripping me off.
Because you can just check the car and see for yourself. If someone tells you they see dragons, you can't verify this easily, and that changes everything.

The fact that you can't verify the consciousness of someone makes it a completely different situation, because it can't be done to check if the psychiatrist is good at his job or not.

>Likewise, if you send some patients into a psychiatric hospital lying about their mental illness and the staff there says "Yep, this person's totally mentally ill and needs to be institutionalized against their will", then those people are also either completely incompetent or they're scumbags who are ripping people off. See the correlation?
No, that's a dumb example. Nowadays, you don't get institutionalised if you're very obviously and objectively ill, as in attacking yourself or others. The 70's, in the US, were a different time, and a different place. I'm not American and I don't use American methods. I never institutionalise anyone without their express agreement.

How can I help myself be happier and less depressed. I think I was raped when I was younger but I don't remember all of it. Is that why I want to fuck everyone who shows me attention

not that user, but from what i heard, it's to check for activity in the parts of your brain. to possibly POSSIBLY empirically connect two cases together

>Psychology isn't pseudo-scientific
DISCARDED. It's absolutely and unequivocally pseudo-science.

You want to pretend to be a master pf psychology, but have no clue about the genesis of consciousness itself? GTFOH you're like a kid playing doctor in his room, too stupid and juiced up on self-importance to realize what a hapless shitlord he really is.

>If someone tells you they see dragons, you can't verify this easily, and that changes everything.

So because the job is hard it's okay to do it badly?

Do you believe in alter egos, and if so, do you think someone with a mental disability can heal oneself by acting like there alter ego doesn't have one's mental disability?

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>check for activity in the parts of your brain
You want a minute to google the actual answer?
t; "activity in the brain" is a logical deduction, not something directly measured...

How many years of college did you have to go through to become a psychologist. What type of degree do you need to start off. Was thinking of pursuing this field

>And Kim Kardashian makes $100 million a year. I think we can all agree that salary does not necessarily equate to your value to society.
Kim gives a service to millions of people. You may say they are morons with shit taste, but that isn't the point.

Therapists help society save billions, and lives. That makes it very worthwhile. Ask anyone who was helped by therapy. I have no idea why you can't believe therapy works.

Yes.

Still waiting to graduate from high school, Sparky?

>The day you are free from your fantasy is the day you have become a mature man

I went into thread carefully and without bias, but this line is disgusting. If you don't see anything wrong with it, you're a fucknig insect.

what are are you specializing in?

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>I have no idea why you can't believe therapy works.
Not the user you were answering, but in the United Snakes psychological counseling ("therapy") fails with more people than it succeeds with *and* it costs billions out-of-pocket to the consumers.

What's the deal with life on Earth? Are we here for the sole purpose of getting tricked into believing bullshit?

>infinite number of factors which help to decide whether a course of a given type of psychotherapy will lead to a positive outcome, and there is simply no way to control for them all.
Which doesn't matter. The only factor to take in is whether people get better with therapy or not. The absolute fact is that they do. Specifics matter only in honing therapies, which isn't what we're trying to prove here. We want to know whether therapy is efficient or not, and the data strongly suggests that it does.

>We cannot even agree what a “successful” result should be. Symptom relief? Personality change? Improved relationships? Better ability to love and work? Personal growth and fulfillment? All of the above?
Who is "we"? Of course we agree. And yes, all of the above. Usually related to what the exact problem is.

>Stop lying.
If an employee cannot work at all, or can only work poorly, for months of years, times the number of people who suffer, you actually get billions very quickly.

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what does that even mean>

>Therapists help society save billions, and lives.

You keep saying that, source?
One unbiased source?

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>Where do you set the limits of what suffering you can deal with?
As a therapist? There are no limits. I help everyone.

>What kind of case would you hear and discard?
None. I never discarded a case or refused a patient. I have directed some to other specialists due to the nature of their problems; if I'm not an expert in something and I believe that is the key, I redirect patients.

>Obvious example would be physical pain, but i'd like to hear if there is a more precise boundary.
Not sure I understand you here.

I don't, because I studied it for a very long time and have no reason to dismiss it as a science. I doubt you have any serious knowledge of it to make a judgement.

There are different types, but brain activity is most often used. You can see how the brain reacts to various stimuli and situations. Then you can compare scans from healthy people and variously ill people. Fascinating stuff.

>unbiased source
won't find one. It's more likely he puts society on Jewish pharmaceutical psychotropic drugs and watches them suicide from it.

>Is that why I want to fuck everyone who shows me attention
Probably not. You likely have emotional neglect, causing you to highly value attention from people. That may make people very attractive to you, because love is attractive, or you want to secure someone's love by giving them sex, or both.

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Oh man, since you're not answering the question of googling the answer, I'll tell you... those brain scans measure BLOOD FLOW within the brain, not brain activity. It IS ASSUMED that where there is increased bloodflow, there is brain activity but the activity is not being directly imaged.

I appreciate your perspective and it echoes both my personal experience and philosophies passed to me by those more knowledgeable than myself about the human psyche.

>DISCARDED. It's absolutely and unequivocally pseudo-science.
Just look it up. Nobody says psychology isn't a science. Only sillies on Yea Forums say that, and Americans because they think Scientology has a fair portrayal of psychiatry (and think the 50's still exist).

>You want to pretend to be a master pf psychology, but have no clue about the genesis of consciousness itself?
Not to make you sad but not even the best neurologists know.

Now stop being so angry. Psychology has been a science since the 19th century, learn your stuff before you bark.

>So because the job is hard it's okay to do it badly?
No, but you can't do something badly if you can't do it at all. A therapist's job is to help you, not do to magic tricks.

There is one truth in life: self-professed experts are quite often, in reality, the stupidest

If you mean DID, then yes, alters exist, as we call them, but no, it won't work, because doing DID stuff is in itself a mental illness. It's like fractioning your computer hard drive into several areas.

A scientific experiment must be reproducible. What are some psychological experiments that can be reliably reproduced?

You mentioned earlier that violent fantasy is bad. How so?

Brain activity is empirically detected and measured. Nothing fancy about it.

how far are you with the seldon plan?

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>A therapist's job is to help you, not do to magic tricks.

And a therapist can't help me if they can't accurately diagnose what my problem is or if I even have a real problem in the first place.

Bachelor of Science in Psychology (official title), usually 3 years

Master of Science in Psychology, usually 2 years

Postgraduate training, 4 years

You specialise as early as the Master. Bachelor is general, for a Master, you choose a specific field.

If it interests you, go for it. Here's an excellent introduction book. Get it and see if you like it. Psychology is extremely varied: brain structures, psychopathologies, memory, emotions, warfare, propaganda, social psychology, etc.

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>Nobody says psychology isn't a science.
Is that an appeal to popularity, without even supporting the appeal to popularity? Hahaha.
>think Scientology
believe it or not, but that strawman of scientology has no relevance, but nice of you to project it
>Not to make you sad but not even the best neurologists know.
ikr? they need to sit down and stfu. too many assholes want to play expert, and present their best guesses and imaginations as fact
>Now stop being so angry.
Fallacies and projections abound. You should be ashamed.

>Brain activity is empirically detected and measured.
Define "brain activity" because you were just told what the imaging represented and yet defaulted back to unspecified generalizations.

I specialise in cognitive/behavioral therapy.

Do you know teologist study much too...? Another bagpack of bullshit

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The way you listed this out, it seems like the most important think about this entire career is you getting recognition for degrees. Psycho-analyze THAT

Counselling, as I understand it, in the US, means "not really therapy with people who don't have degrees or training to give therapy".

Standards vary from country to country. My country is eminently connected to psychology and has been for a long time. We take it very seriously, that's also why therapists here are very highly paid. As I told you, I make over 15k a month.

>What's the deal with life on Earth? Are we here for the sole purpose of getting tricked into believing bullshit?

Hopefully not, but once you find happiness, you will not need more meaning in your life.

Pro-tip: other people are the meaning of life.

Go fuck yourself. Seriously, this shit is too much. You pretend to know everything without actually doing anything. Your fancy words don't mean shit. And fuck your psychologist friends too

Ask yourself: who makes more money, a man who is clinically depressed and cannot work, but costs society money, or one who can work?

Any source about health has these numbers. Ask yourself the same about a man who killed himself and one who did not. It's very obvious. See data on the worth of a human being, economically speaking, with all the time and money spent on each individual.

I'm well aware you don't want arguments and sources, though. Suit yourself. If you were genuinely curious, you would have searched for this before already.

>Jewish conspiracies explain away any rational argument I will receive

Please keep doing these!

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You need to read a lot more on brain scans. As I said, there are various types, but nothing is "assumed", here. We can measure brain activity directly, by detecting electricity variations, not blood flow. Read about it, stop sperging out.

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What % of success is positive attitude.

Why can’t i get enough sex bang wife 2x a day still jerk 2x

How do i get my friend to keep moving past his failures. Its like he stops and self destruction if something happens

Computed Tomography (CT): This scan combines an x-ray-type device with a computer. The patient lies on a table that slides into a doughnut-shaped opening in a scanning device. The CT scanner circles the head so that x-rays penetrate the brain from many directions. Thousands of x-ray readings are then fed into the computer, which brings the information together into a picture of the brain.

Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI): The MRI scanner is a tunnel-shaped piece of equipment. The patient lies on a table that slides into the scanner, where a magnetic field surrounds the head. Signals are generated from the magnetic field and fed into a computer, which creates a picture of the brain.

Flow-Sensitive MRI (FS MRI): This type of combines functional MRI with images of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) flow. FS MRI can be useful in planning the surgical removal of a skull base tumor, spinal cord tumor, or a tumor causing hydrocephalus (fluid buildup on the brain).

Functional MRI (fMRI): fMRI produces MRI images in a faster sequence than traditional MRI. The increased speed shows how oxygen is used in the brain. Prior to or during surgery, fMRI may be useful for showing which areas of the brain control important functions so that these areas can be avoided during the procedure.

Dynamic CT or Dynamic MRI: Advances in computer technology have made it possible to use existing scanning equipment to measure cerebral blood volume (CBV) and cerebral blood flow (CBF). Contrast dye is injected, and the scanner immediately starts taking pictures. These new methods provide even better tools for diagnosis.
Angiography and MRI Angiography (MRA): Angiography is used to outline the presence and position of blood vessels in the brain. MRA uses a rapid series of MRI scans to follow the blood flow. It can be done with or without the injection of contrast dye.

Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (MRS): MRS produces images that show function rather than shape. This technique can show patterns of activity that may be helpful in diagnosing specific tumors and conditions. This technique may also be used to determine how advanced a tumor is.

Positron Emission Tomography (PET, FDG-PET): PET is not usually used for diagnosis, but it can help your doctor determine the grade of your tumor. In some cases, it may also be used to tell the difference between recurrent tumor cells, cells killed by radiation, and scar tissue.

Single Photon Emission Computerized Tomography (SPECT): SPECT is not usually used to diagnose brain tumors. However, it sometimes provides data that complements information captured in other scans.

Magnetoencephalography (MEG): This scan measures the magnetic fields created by nerve cells. No physical contact is required to record these signals. MEG is often used in combination with information from other types of scans.

>self-professed experts
People who met the required standards to be declared psychologists are not "self-professed experts", they're experts.

>You want to pretend to be a master pf psychology, but have no clue about the genesis of consciousness itself?

There is literally no one who has a clue about the genesis of consciousness, except to say that it has something to do with brains.

Why have I had such a colossal fixation with dicks ever since I can remember
it's all I live for at this point

>A scientific experiment must be reproducible. What are some psychological experiments that can be reliably reproduced?
All. Try Piaget's experiments. They've been done worldwide for decades and they check out. There are exceptions but Piaget was mostly correct and the results of his own experiments match the experiments done around the world by others.

Placebo effect also was reproduced in countless experiments.

Name one that cannot be reproduced.

>You mentioned earlier that violent fantasy is bad. How so?

I did?

Not started.

>And a therapist can't help me if they can't accurately diagnose what my problem is or if I even have a real problem in the first place.
Why couldn't they diagnose you? There's no suggestion a therapist can't diagnose. All we agreed on was that a therapist might be fooled if you lie to them, since their main job is to trust you. If you don't lie to them, they can easily find a diagnosis.

Do you actually doubt a diagnosis can be reached provided the patient is in earnest?

Those experiments can only be reproduced because they are not measureable, allow for rhetorics, and don't have any limits on error.

>Is that an appeal to popularity, without even supporting the appeal to popularity? Hahaha.
No, I'm just telling you there's no debate in the scientific community. Psychology is a science because it relies on the scientific method. That's all.

>believe it or not, but that strawman of scientology has no relevance, but nice of you to project it
This was not an argument. Not everything is an argument.

>Fallacies and projections abound. You should be ashamed.
Your anger is obvious.

>Define "brain activity"
Stuff that happens in the brain. It can be oxygen levels, blood flow, or other. There are many types of brain scans, each relies on a different thing.

It's really not hard or complicated: you study 500 people. You make them listen to music, see a beautiful image, feel something with their fingers, you check what areas get active, you compare, and you end up knowing what part of the brain does what in general. Etc. Only stubborn people will insist that this isn't science.

my statement
If you can't accept true criticism you can't grow as a person

the other persons response
That statement has no substance and can be said about anything.

Wut would you do?

Sounds again like you are rationalizing.
If you cannot measure gains, via RTC, you are not a real science.

I never said the length of the studies made something credible, I said I studied psychology long enough to know what it actually is. If I had spent the same amount of time studying astrology or teleology, I would know enough to say neither is a science. In fact, much less time is sufficient to know. You only need one negative to dismiss either as pseudo-science, but in 10 years of studying psychology, I never found any reason to think it wasn't a regular science.

There's no other way to list how long it takes to be a psychology. I was asked what it took and how long, so I listed it.

Are you insecure over the fact that someone studied hard and long to get where they are?

>Your anger is obvious.
that's not something you want to use as a rebuttal, cunt

>Go fuck yourself. Seriously, this shit is too much. You pretend to know everything without actually doing anything.
I don't pretend anything, I just answer. As to doing anything, I'm very active. I spend most of my time helping other human beings, which I see as one of the best activities a person could have.

I have no idea why you are so angry, but you probably know the reason.

>What % of success is positive attitude.
A lot, as a bad attitude can doom any effort.

>Why can’t i get enough sex bang wife 2x a day still jerk 2x
Maybe you have bad sex because you don't edge enough, maybe you're addicted, maybe you have past wounds that still need healing.

>How do i get my friend to keep moving past his failures. Its like he stops and self destruction if something happens
maybe he thinks a failure means he is a failure.

That's nor abnormal. You have a healthy sexuality. You may be gay if you are a man, but that's all. Embrace your sexuality and roll with the dicks. Have fun.

>Those experiments can only be reproduced because they are not measureable,
Of course they are measurable, what are you talking about? Test subjects can either fail or succeed, it's binary as fuck. Easy as ass to do stats with.

I think that every statement is an assumption. I always presume that my statements are probably wrong. I feel intense hate for people who presume their correctness.

What would I do if I were who in this conversation?

If I had said the first sentence, I wouldn't. I'd be more specific. That's generally too aggressive to be said in therapy, though. We'd specify a point rather than make a general statement like that.

>If you cannot measure gains, via RTC, you are not a real science.
That's hardly the definition of a science.

>that's not something you want to use as a rebuttal, cunt
I'll use whatever I want. Your anger is still obvious.

Can't fault you for it. I do the same. But I'm not going to add "but I'm not really sure" after everything I say. It goes without saying, that's what I assume.

If I told my patients, "But who knows?" for everything, they would doubt I know anything at all. I don't presume being correct on points where I am not sure, but certainty exists on more things than you seem to think.

Of course they are. But what does such an experiment mean, when it doesn't limit any variables? If everything can change between two successful experiments, then a dependency can not be found.

Would you suck a log of shit from Andy Sixx's asshole?

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It's the same person. I called you a cunt, i just didn't use caps and periods

i molested a little girl and I wanna apologize. Is that a good idea?

>Of course they are. But what does such an experiment mean, when it doesn't limit any variables?
Again, the variables are easy as piss in those experiments. You only need success/failure as a variable, but you can also use time. And the age of the subject, and that's pretty much all.

Unlike other psychologists who felt bad for not being technical sciences, Piaget had no such concerns and didn't try to imitate physicists and chemists, so he did clinical interviews and didn't give a shit, and found lots of highly useful info. He revolutionised everything about children and education. He, himself, was a biologist originally, so he felt no shame about doing whatever he thought was required.

>If everything can change between two successful experiments,
How so? The experiments are simple enough that you can reproduce them with the same exact material and condition. There are videos on the actual experiments, you can watch them. I can find you some on YouTube if you want.

> then a dependency can not be found.

It was found though. Whether a subject has object permanence or understands quantities and such is completely dependent on age. Piaget showed this many, many times. Are you familiar with the 4 stages? There's no real argument against the general validity of Piaget's theories, though there is heavy criticism on several points.

Is your field a jewish trick?

Why do i like to slap wife during sex?

Ever bang a patient?

Are all fags crazy? I never met sane one.

That makes no difference to me.

>i molested a little girl and I wanna apologize. Is that a good idea?
Yes. It will mean a lot to her.

>I can find you some on YouTube if you want.
Not that user but I'm interested

Went later on to ask the person why they thought that when they were constantly bragging about their logic and facts. Aren't those part of true criticism and was told no.

No. There are significantly less Jewish tricks than paranoid people assume.

>Why do i like to slap wife during sex?
Could be normal or abnormal, depends on the reason this excites you. Do you hate your mother? or an ex?

>Ever bang a patient?
No.

>Are all fags crazy? I never met sane one.
Not crazier than straight people.

thank you thank you thank you thank you, even if you're not real, those were the words I wanted to hear from somebody. Thank you again, man, you made my heart feel less heavy.

It's the jews

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make an objective claim that proves reality exists outside of consciousness OP

How to deal with parents you love and care about but don't like as people in your life?

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What's up with the rocks you pseudo philosophical faggot?

>There is literally no one who has a clue
...that you know of. Nevertheless, you have to accept that you know nothing about the nature or genesis of consciousness, and your little dry playskool theories are beyond simplistic and retarded. Educated idiots seem so sure of everything, except what they're missing. That's classic "I want to play doctor and put myself on a pedestal" behavior.

maybe you shouldnt have molested a little girl you dumb asshole

Inquary: Psychological State of Individual:

yeah, but since I did it i have to cope with it now
if i could un-molest her, I'd do it

youtu.be/SrBp1Ojt5Z0

This is a cute as fuck intro to Piaget. Basically, kids can't do certain things until a certain age, for various reasons. They fuck up. Have fun.

well it's all for naught unless you reflected on that shit, and learned from it

Might be someone rationalising hard.

You can never go wrong by apologising for something you have done.

>underage b&
spotted the kid unfamiliar with the entire medical industry

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>make an objective claim that proves reality exists outside of consciousness OP
It exists phenomenologically, though ontologically, nobody can ever tell. I love philosophy, my nigga, but that's another realm from psychology. Psychology works even if we were all inside a matrix right now.

>How to deal with parents you love and care about but don't like as people in your life?
Realise that maybe you don't actually love them.

>What's up with the rocks you pseudo philosophical faggot?
I was looking for an image for the thread. Pictures of therapists who look like models didn't please me. This one seemed peaceful, so that's why I chose it. Balance and peace, my nigga.

Yeah, you can. The litigation doesn't care about the right or wrong thing to do, litigation only cares about tricking you into admission of guilt, tying and jailing you

lol rationalizing so hard it became irrational?
if true that hilarious and kinda scary

OP here, that wasn't me, but I said the same. You're getting twisted because you're responding to people saying "Nobody knows anything about the genesis of consciousness" by accusing the same people of knowing something about it.

>parents can be huge assholes
>but it's your fault if you don't like that

haha i know man. just wanted to see your reaction xD

>un-molest me
>new song by user

>by accusing the same people of pretending to know something about it.
ftfy

I honestly believe the whole antisemitism, racism, sexism to be the same paranoia-induced mental illness shared over many boards.

I don't prescribe medication, user. I only make money for myself by helping people. I am not Jewish and have no Jewish DNA either. None of my employees is Jewish, though I would hire a Jew if he were good at the job. Relax now.

>Psychology works
it does when the single criterion is scooping up shekels

>lol rationalizing so hard it became irrational?
>if true that hilarious and kinda scary
Rationalisations ARE irrational. They are defense mechanisms intended to hide your true intent from yourself.

>I honestly believe
You're honestly simple. I mean, the simplicity of your rationale is beyond stupefying.

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I did not mean that. What I meant is: if you don't like your parents as people, chances are you "love" them only because you feel you must, because they're your parents. My point is: if they behaved in such ways that you don't enjoy being with them, consider not forcing yourself and dropping the guilt you feel over disliking them.

>it does when the single criterion is scooping up shekels
If you can't believe people get something out of therapy, explain why millions seek it and benefit from it.

>Relax now.
lol was this supposed to be an operant suggestion? hahah gettttt thhheeee ffffuuuuccckkkkkk outttttaaaa hhhheeeeeerrreeeeeeeeeee lololol

Jewish conspiracies is a staple of mental illness and has been for a long time.

Just relax about Jews, they don't conspire against you.

okay so a handful of elites that are jews control the world? now what? what are we supposed to do?

>get something out of therapy,
Usually 'seomthing' they don't need or want. Friends are better therapists than some goofball charging you to pretend to be invested in your life and problems.... "getting something" out of anything doesn't guarantee benevolence to the patient. In fact, quite the opposite with the psychotropic drugs..

the problem is that they still need me. they weren't good parents but they didn't do anything criminally wrong. they were mildly abusive and that's all that is to them in my life.

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if i asked for help for being attracted to young chicks, would i get locked up right away or would you help me get better.

>Usually 'seomthing' they don't need or want.
According to you. If they didn't want it, why would they get it?

>Friends are better therapists
Friends aren't supposed to be therapists. Friends aren't therapists. Friends aren't psychologists, unless they are, and they wouldn't naturally know anything about psychology and its many subjects, or how to conduct therapy. A therapist can do what a friend cannot, because a friend has something at stake in talking to you, a therapist does not.

>some goofball charging you to pretend to be invested in your life and problems...
You don't think therapists can care? I certainly care about my patients. What makes you think I don't? They're the entire reason why I chose this job.

Do you think I'd spend 8 to 11 hours a day listening to people if I didn't care?

>out of anything doesn't guarantee benevolence to the patient.
No, but I never argued that. >In fact, quite the opposite with the psychotropic drugs..
I must have said it 5 times but here it is again: I'm a psychotherapist, not a psychiatrist: I do not prescribe drugs.

There you have it, all of our epiphany and years of experiential and comprehensive knowledge about world jewry has been debunked because this guy shared his poorly conceived platitudinal opinions

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They may have done more than you realise currently. The worst things in life aren't criminal sometimes.

Do what you think is right, but do not be hard on yourself if you can't love/like them.

Being attracted is not a crime. Seeking help for it is commandable. If you came to my office, I would applaud and help you.

if ur attracted to young chicks then ur also indirectly attracted to a potential prison sentence and getting fucked up the ass in prison. be careful what you wish for

Why are you acting like my simple words were intended to be something massive?

There is zero evidence of a Jewish conspiracy anywhere. I dare you to provide a credible source of anything.

>If they didn't want it, why would they get it?
Why do people get tricked into patronizing an industry? Why do people disempower themselves only to contract their trust out to external entities like larping "professionals" and "experts"? How does psychological domination work, and why is it the primary modus of business??????

if i asked for help for being attracted to young chicks, would i get locked up right away or would you help me get better.

diagnosed as paranoid schizophrenic.

atm I just see a psychiatric nurse for monthly check up, maybe fifteen minutes. she helps me in a pragmatic way, helped me get a half time job, helped me sign up for nutritionist to loose weight I gained on antipsychotics.
Before that I saw a Jungian psychiatrist who basically attempted some kind of psycho analysis to help with my motivation and drive issues, long time planning, anhedonia, and other negative symptoms, but without any success. Can modern psychology help me though? How do you help someone who basically suffers from clinical laziness. is there any hope for me?

>my simple words
Let's be honest, they're beyond simple words. They're bromides at best.

Also, I don't know what kind of mental difficulties you may be facing, but just simply being ignorant of something, and subsequently saying "there's no evidence of" X ,does not actually influence the existence of evidence to X. Just a friendly heads up there, bud

but they keep fucking calling me and asking for constant attention

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Just how paranoid are you?

Some people seek a therapist because they literally have no friends, and a therapist gives them someone they can rely on, in a non-judgemental way, in a confidential way. From this interaction, they can work towards creating a network of friends and learn how to behave/think to accomplish what they want to accomplish.

Do you not see enough mentally ill people around to realise how important therapy is? Nearly everyone on Yea Forums would need some, heavily.

Are you seriously telling me you don't see dysfunctional behaviour out there? That is, if you go out there, which may be the issue.

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You need a psychiatrist who isn't just a nurse. Someone you can talk to for an hour a week, and who can also check your meds (i.e. a psychiatrist).

Yes, psychiatry can help you. You may not nee psychoanalysis because your problem is more technical, but these things intertwine.

Have hope!

>Let's be honest, they're beyond simple words. They're bromides at best.
Snappity snap, motherfucker.

>Also, I don't know what kind of mental difficulties you may be facing, but just simply being ignorant of something, and subsequently saying "there's no evidence of" X ,does not actually influence the existence of evidence to X.
Correct, but irrelevant. If you have no evidence for something, why act like it's real?

Now suck my cock, you fat fuck.

>you have zero reason to think I'm a first semester student
We've seen quite a few of the likes on Yea Forums. That's reason enough

1. The very moment I make clear that suicide is no option for me, therapists lose interest in my case. Why is that?
2. Why are therapists so rude all the time? It's like they intentionally try to piss me off?

>Just how paranoid are you?
Not very. Naivete is hardly a haven to hide in, and ignorance is no excuse >dysfunctional behaviour
All the time, but I'm more concerned about it's genesis than converting a targeted demographic into a profit center based on my own self-promotion of skills and knowledge that I think I have

I dont know how to describe. But that moment when you realize what is really going on around you. The moment when you wake up and everything suddenly seems absolutely indifferent from what it supposed to be, though still the same. Lately I have a change in mood and get angry a lot faster. I still get my job done, and can handle that (for me) surprisingly well without any people having a good insight into me. Neither any friends, nor colleagues
I have paranoid thoughts from time to time. I have the feeling the police is monitoring me, even though I havent done anything really criminal. And I often have the feeling my flat will be raided any day. Suddenly there are flashes in my minds eye. Pictures of the police talking to old friends, about they should have an close eye on me. I try to talk myself down it's just in my mind. But it feels very real. It's like I know with absolute certainty. But maybe also like the second you wake up from a dream. I'm not going to see any "professional" help or take pills. Most of the time I manage to keep things going. At least the most important things. Bills. Work. My flat looks like shit. Today is a better day but in the last few days I often had the feeling it slowly starts to be above my head. I dont know how to release. What is wrong with me?

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what a faggot

Establish boundaries. Don't abuse yourself for them. You aren't a social assistant to them and you may not even owe them.

Choose what suits you and hold them to it. If you aren't strict now, they might drive you to become strict as you get more and more fed up.

>If you have no evidence for something, why act like it's real?
Because we have the evidence. It's not logical to proliferate simply inculcated beliefs you heard around the water cooler. You can't project that phenomenon onto anyone who says something you personally find incredulous. Not everyone you don't agree with has to be lacking "proof", but the desire to do so speaks volumes about any cognitive dissonance you may be experiencing.

>We've seen quite a few of the likes on Yea Forums. That's reason enough
>there are first semester students who post here
>therefore you cannot be a psychologist
Sounds failsafe.

How to deal with adbandonement issues?

>1. The very moment I make clear that suicide is no option for me, therapists lose interest in my case. Why is that?
If that is so, that'd be because they are incompetent.

>2. Why are therapists so rude all the time? It's like they intentionally try to piss me off?
Is that true or do you take things personally when they aren't meant to attack you? Have an example?

I am an MD and I make probably ten times what you do. How does that make you feel?

>All the time, but I'm more concerned about it's genesis than converting a targeted demographic into a profit center based on my own self-promotion of skills and knowledge that I think I have
How do you reconcile the fact that you see dysfunction all the time and the idea that nobody needs therapy? That makes no sense to me.

The rest is just an attack that has no basis on anything and only shows envy.

Hot excuses for an asshole profession. So typical of your kind, shift the blame, some how, some way, away from the industry and preferably onto the "patient"

This may be early onsets of paranoid psychosis and the likes. If I were you, I would seek a professional's opinion right away. Don't wait until things get worse. You can still think straight for the most part, act now.

Do read up on paranoia and the likes, you will find common symptoms with what you experience.

>see dysfunction all the time and the idea that nobody needs therapy?
"therapy" isn't something that must be done by an industry. Of course, you can't accept that differentiation, since you're invested in the industry.

A mothers love is therapy. A friend who cares and listens without billing you is therapy. Smoking weed is therapy... paying someone to be disingenuous and quite frankly be an asshole to you is hardly therapy.

>2019
>post personal problems on Yea Forums
>get actual understanding and good advice

mfw

thanks user

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Very welcome, user. Told you I was the real thing.

Also think of symmetry in relation to them: things must be fair. If you do anything out of guilt, consider it suspicious and pressure from them. Don't be manipulated.