The Trauma Theory of Mental Illness: Was Freud Right? (Page 2)

Sungirl14: This discussion is all over the place...great input and topic...just lacking in focus! Can you post the link to the article initially referenced?

robertbatchelor: Not all mental health issues come from TRAUMA looking into my own life as I was bron the way I am. Not trained to be this way. I see TRAUMA in living life I am not the person I want to be. Comparing my life to how others see life.

echidnatas: Does right come in degrees or is it an absolute?

Zanjan: It's relative.

Derek__: Sourcing the problems of mental illness can be difficult, so Dr's say meds help ...i think meds do help and they help correct the issues mental health issues posed upon a persons life...great topic dawn i hope you have more topics to comment on.

robertbatchelor: Medication only slows down the thinking. Many people find they are ZOMBIES and cannot control their lives on MEDICATION.
Sure at times medication can save lives of Mentlat health people.
But it is not a cure.
Mental health in the main is better treated with counselling.
I have Social Anxiety disorder and cannot find help. So do not try to tell me MEDICATION works in all cases.

echidnatas: "meds do help"boggy ground for a mired issue.Who do meds help?and in what way?Is help in the form of a darkened room?Is the help for those with a need or those who imagine they are helping?There are many many questions surrounding mental illness and the least attention is paid to those living with it.

robertbatchelor: Not sure you understand ?

robertbatchelor: Mental Illness seems only understood by people who have the problem. And to get help NORMAL PEOPLE have not got a clue as they need to walk a mile in mental illness shoes !

Precious Pea:


The Marketing of Madness: The Truth About Psychotropic Drugs

Zanjan: I agree there's a big problem with psychotropic drugs. Part of that problem is people want an instant fix in a convenient, daily form. We're an impatient, pill-taking society, forgetting that chemicals have side effects and upset body chemistry even more than it already is. Nobody wants to de-tox.

Pills are so often just a band-aid approach. We're a nation of wienies who demand that medicine must be fun - cod liver oil must be fruit-flavoured or in gel caps, and vitamins must be shaped into sweet gummy bear chewies.

I'm not dissing chemical drugs completely - I think they're necessary for emergencies and certain physical conditions or good for very short term relief while getting to the root of the problem. There does need to be a pain management system in place until one can be weaned off drug support as their health care program changes.

Zanjan: There needs to be a better goal and a wholistic approach to all healthcare; that includes spiritual support and counseling. What they call alternative medicine should be called supportive medicine - make use of everything we know.

Most disorders and diseases can be alleviated through special foods or diets and even certain waters. I've seen lots of success with that but the pharmaceutical companies have med and vet students in their back pockets before they even graduate. It's not really their fault - they'd lose their license if they prescribed anything outside the scope of their university education.

There's much to be said for doing our own research, paying attention to what our bodies are telling us, and taking an active part in our own healing process.

echidnatas: I was waiting for the absolute rubbish to appear

Precious Pea: What rubbish, according to you, do you mean @echidnatas?

robertbatchelor: Zanjan I have to agree with you yet again !

new_tauresa: i think there is s lot to be said for sleep therapy. o feel sleep thrapy and talk therapy should be the first way to treat people. also addiction therapy if they also have an addiction problem. at schools kids should be taught how to jave insight, which a lot with mental heath issues seem to lack.

new_tauresa: Guys remember we have two brains, in our head and in our guts. if your intestines are not well, that reflects in your other brain. i personally feel food allergies have a direct influence on your overall and mental wellbeing. What you eat fuels your body if the body does not get the right nutrients then how can it function perfectly.Also before prescribing any pills a blood test should be done to check the bodys levels of vitamins and minerals we need to functiom well.

robertbatchelor: Where did we get you FROM?
I see you are so right about mental health.
TALKING to like minded people with mental conditions is a health as they can walk in our shoes so easily .
The University trained people have no track record of MENTAL HEALTH at all.

new_tauresa: Robert you chat so much shi te most of the time, you generalise so much without a shread of evidence for your crazy statements.

echidnatas: I suggest everyone spends a little time(8 years) learning what they are talking about

robertbatchelor: Being a Christian is only getting started getting back to GOD.
No man cometh unto the FATHER but by me ( Jesus).

echidnatas: People with a strong belief in flying fantasies like god have a higher likelyhood of brain lesions similar to those found in people with many forms of serious mental illness

robertbatchelor: GOD is outside the understanding of the wORLD .

echidnatas:

robertbatchelor: You need to leasrn MIND control LOL.