WARNING: Seriously pissed-off rant lies directly ahead!!!
It seems my point of view about psychiatry has been misunderstood once again. When will people understand that dissent is not a crime - even when it challenges one of the supposed 'healing professions'?
Yet it seems I'm made to feel like some kind of monster every time this subject comes up and I put forth my own direct opinions.
Am I supposed to be less than honest in order to placate these tin gods that ruin so many lives with their pseudo-medical bullshit or to spare the feelings of those who have been duped into believing this 'profession' actually helps anyone?
I have to wonder if there is a soul left on earth who truly understands just how oppressive this system is, or if psychiatry's con-job has reached that critical mass where it is now impossible to refute it without digging one's own grave.
What really makes me want to throw up is the number of otherwise 'progressive' individuals who can't recognize the inherently destructive nature of this particular 'medical specialty' and the infrastructure-from-hell it has amassed around itself.
It appears that a white smock or the letters 'MD' on a sheepskin will always succeed in obfuscating the obvious or blinkering even the most perceptive of individuals to what these shysters and violent social manipulators are really about.
Jesus please us, people, these guys are only human, which means that not only do they make mistakes, but they are as (if not more) prone to a false or distorted sense of self as anyone else. The difference is in the power they wield, and the personal rewards - both fiscal and in terms of ego gratification - they reap through using it against vulnerable individuals.
The medical profession as a whole wields a tremendous amount of power in our society. Whether it be due to the profession's associated mystique, or a misdirected worship focused on persons who can appear to bring someone else back from the brink of death (although far less attention is paid to their sometimes lethal bloopers that seem to happen almost as frequently) is open to debate, but one thing that is clear is this kind of dynamic cannot possibly be healthy for anyone involved.
And in the case of psychiatry, this power is on steroids. No other branch of the medical profession has psychiatry's legal sanction to deprive innocent people of their liberty on a regular basis, or to impose unwanted, unpleasant and frequently harmful procedures on individuals without their consent.
Psychiatry and its false doctrines has succeeded in infiltrating every aspect of our society, from our homes and workplaces to schools, the judicial system, the provision of other social services and every aspect of child-rearing.
It's time to pull the plug on these pseudo-medical shysters and the brainless lawmakers that enable them, along with the ruthless corporate pill-pushers who make massive profits from this pathologizing of literally every aspect of our humanity.
We need to build the kind of inclusive, truly caring society that doesn't regularly traumatize its members, and which respects the whole spectrum of human feelings, perceptions and beliefs, provided these in themselves do not result in harm to others.
Psychiatry be damned! Get thee hence!
This is a strong and a resonant piece. I also find it deplorable that there is not more antipsychiatry awareness around among progressive political people. Social institutions continue to build the sense that "experts" are all knowing and authoritative. The right would have us believe that activists (on the left of course) are something akin to rabid dogs. The pathologization of dissent and activism generally, and in relation to antipsychiatry (and antipsychology) specifically are very disturbing trends part of a larger trend possibly to distancing government from people.
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