Posted on 06/01/2008 8:53:16 AM PDT by Dysart
About damn time.
But what will Oprah, et al, talk about now?
And perhaps schmaltzy nonstop coverage of some of these events? I live outside of St. Louis and there was a horrific shooting in one of the suburbs in February. I quit watching the first ten minutes of the news for about 2 weeks. One of the stations got its own theme music for when they did the “Kirkwood” report.
There are bits and pieces I am interested in following and I feel sympathy for those affected, but the new age street therapy was over the top.
Psychology is the exact center of the Cartesian problem in science.
The grief counselors are the acolytes of the government school priesthood. ( /sarc)
Yep. The practice of Psychology should retreat back into the fields of Marketing and Advertising. There is a school of thought that says it was developed for this purpose, at least the modern theory as we know it. Having sat through a few of these courses I wouldn’t argue against the notion.
Call it Psychiatry and all will be okay. Calling it some kind of -ology doesn’t distinguish between this and other -ologies such as astrology.
What I mean is, sometimes you want to talk about things, sometimes you don't. It's nice to have someone there when you want to talk, but the talk must be on your schedule, not theirs.
More likely there will be furious attacks on this research. There will be claims that it will cause people to clam up who shouldn't. Therefore, in order to avoid harming THOSE people, everyone should be made to talk.
The touchy-feely culture is both too deeply entrenched and far too profitable for the aforementioned ghouls.
Does this mean its okay to tell our wives it isn’t necessary to talk out every little thing because it definitely is driving me nuts.
Refer to#11, and likely subsequent ‘furious attacks on the research.’ :)
My guess is that expressing feelings isn’t consistently more or less healthy... but that the group that did not express their feelings was composed more by people who were psychologically strong enough to know how to resolve the issues themselves, rather than seek the help of superfacially caring “experts.”
“Heathers” was such a great black comedy, wasn’t it?
>> Call it Psychiatry and all will be okay. <<
Don’t call it “psychiatry”. Psychiatrists are real, legitimate medical doctors. Call it “psycho-opining.”
That is a good point. Maybe it is closer to Astrology and other entrail reading.
Not for nothing was Freudian psychoanalysis known as the talking cure.
The patient lies on the couch and is encouraged to talk. Of course. Last time I heard, it cost the $200 for a 50 minute hour, and that was many years ago.
Why wouldn’t psychiatrists encourage people to talk, when they are paid by the hour to listen to this talk. That goes for these guidance councellors, of course, too, who are presumably paid out of the school budget.
Knew it all along-suck it up-be a man bookmark.
Good Call!
It’s one thing to have beer w your buds and blow off some steam...but it’s another to go and have a gun put to your head for a public confessional!
What a refreshing point of view. Maybe the Era of Wallowing is at an end?
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