I agree with you Charlotte. This is why I prefer Existential approach more than traditional Freudian approach which focuses on the retrospective and introspective. I like to talk about what my patients would like to do next and how to do it, rather than ruminate over what horrible things happened to you in the past and how terribly you are affected by it.
Dear Renata, Thank you very much for you encouraging words!
I agree with you that a lot of the work lies on learning what is out of your control, and accepting them.
It is heart breaking to hear your story @Phoenix. I am so sorry you had to endure such horrible things. I can also feel your endurance, resilience, and strength from your story and I admire that.
I am also sorry that you had terrible experiences with my field. I hope we could have been more helpful to you.
As a fellow feminist, I often think about this problem; individual’s psychological sufferings that were caused by the patriarchy, people, poverty, discrimination, and the system. Shouldn’t we be putting more resources on stopping the harm then?
Being just another human being with limited power, I cannot stop all the terrible things that are happening in this world. But I only hope that I can help 1 person in front of me, who has gone through terrible things but is still trying to survive, thrive, and live with this world.
Nice to meet a fellow activist who also appreciates virtues of self care, gratitude, and acceptance! I think the secret lies in learning to walk between fine lines of both!
Thank you for your thougthful comment!
I do agree that many of psychiatric medications could cause serious adverse effects. I stand with you in saying that we need to be better at discussing efficacy, risk, and side effects with patients with transparency.
I also believe that housing, supportive community, having a sense of meaning, contribution, purpose, and pride is a far suprior treatment than a few pills. And this is true to all medicine – physicial activity, healthy nutrition, and restorative sleep is nature’s best medicine that cannot be surpassed by any of the latest medications in the market.
And you are absolutely right in saying that we, even as proclaimed mental health experts, truly know very little about brain and human mind. We need to be more humble about that.
I do my best to avoid pathologizing normal human diversity, normal human suffering, normal variation of very human experiences. And I strive to use as little medicatons as possible. I can only hope that my best could be of some benefit for my patients!
I agree with you Charlotte. This is why I prefer Existential approach more than traditional Freudian approach which focuses on the retrospective and introspective. I like to talk about what my patients would like to do next and how to do it, rather than ruminate over what horrible things happened to you in the past and how terribly you are affected by it.
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Dear Renata, Thank you very much for you encouraging words!
I agree with you that a lot of the work lies on learning what is out of your control, and accepting them.
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It is heart breaking to hear your story @Phoenix. I am so sorry you had to endure such horrible things. I can also feel your endurance, resilience, and strength from your story and I admire that.
I am also sorry that you had terrible experiences with my field. I hope we could have been more helpful to you.
As a fellow feminist, I often think about this problem; individual’s psychological sufferings that were caused by the patriarchy, people, poverty, discrimination, and the system. Shouldn’t we be putting more resources on stopping the harm then?
Being just another human being with limited power, I cannot stop all the terrible things that are happening in this world. But I only hope that I can help 1 person in front of me, who has gone through terrible things but is still trying to survive, thrive, and live with this world.
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Thank you for your encouraging comment 🙂 I appreciate it!
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Thank you for your comment Janice. I absolutely agree with you on that one is NOT better than the other. We need balance between both in life!
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Nice to meet a fellow activist who also appreciates virtues of self care, gratitude, and acceptance! I think the secret lies in learning to walk between fine lines of both!
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Thank you for your thougthful comment!
I do agree that many of psychiatric medications could cause serious adverse effects. I stand with you in saying that we need to be better at discussing efficacy, risk, and side effects with patients with transparency.
I also believe that housing, supportive community, having a sense of meaning, contribution, purpose, and pride is a far suprior treatment than a few pills. And this is true to all medicine – physicial activity, healthy nutrition, and restorative sleep is nature’s best medicine that cannot be surpassed by any of the latest medications in the market.
And you are absolutely right in saying that we, even as proclaimed mental health experts, truly know very little about brain and human mind. We need to be more humble about that.
I do my best to avoid pathologizing normal human diversity, normal human suffering, normal variation of very human experiences. And I strive to use as little medicatons as possible. I can only hope that my best could be of some benefit for my patients!
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