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So what is your point? I am guessing most everybody you meet is very friendly and kind to you?
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Originally Posted by buildings_and_bridges
Seriously though--you've met some of the worst people of every group we've talked about on here. The gay and lesbian people you meet are disagreeable somehow, as are the psychologists. I can only assume you don't like the gay or lesbian psychologists you meet.
I have my theories, and they all revolve around political correctness, and the fact that the field of psychology is for the most part a very liberal field politically. I don't think it is right or fair to remove it, seeing as these poor souls do suffer from an abnormality in the brain and many would likely benefit from treatment.
Did it occur to you that psychology is not an absolute science? That what was once considered a disorder is now recognized as being within 'norms'?
When my df was young, being left handed was considered being abnormal and his teachers (and step mother) strove to 'fix' him of his deviance. They tied his left hand behind his back and made him write and eat with his right one. All that accomplished was making him equelly inept at both hands
The point is....at that time and place it was standard procedure to treat left handedness as a disorder or disability that needed to be 'fixed' in order for the lefty to become part of regular society. It was also thought that being left handed was a harbinger of a criminal inclination. Thankfully, we now know that belief was false. Nowadays, my dd is allowed to be a lefty in peace. Why does it upset you so to leave gay people in peace to be what they are?
I know a lot of psychology and a lot of it is junk.
I highly doubt premise number one, therefore premise number two is invalidated. Because no one for whom premise number one is true would make such a baseless and ridiculous claim as premise number two.
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If it was so great then how come there are so many dysfunctional and depressed people?
Because obviously everyone who has issues does not/can not go to a professional. And even then, that is only one aspect of it.
I have my theories, and they all revolve around political correctness, and the fact that the field of psychology is for the most part a very liberal field politically. I don't think it is right or fair to remove it, seeing as these poor souls do suffer from an abnormality in the brain and many would likely benefit from treatment.
Not this moron again. Yah the gay movement had sooooooooo much power 40-50 years ago....riiiiiiiiiight.
I have my theories, and they all revolve around political correctness, and the fact that the field of psychology is for the most part a very liberal field politically. I don't think it is right or fair to remove it, seeing as these poor souls do suffer from an abnormality in the brain and many would likely benefit from treatment.
Homosexuality isn't an affliction and it doesn't need treatment. The people that need treatment are those that think gays should be the ones getting it. Also, schizophrenia is a mental disorder, not homosexuality. Homosexuality doesn't harm the individual or society.
In the end its all in the politics of the time. Just as they now classify drug and alcohol abuse a medical disease not a choice. Its all about funding and insurance in many cases with diseases.They would treat ingrown toenils as a meantl disorder if their were funding to be had.
I have my theories, and they all revolve around political correctness, and the fact that the field of psychology is for the most part a very liberal field politically. I don't think it is right or fair to remove it, seeing as these poor souls do suffer from an abnormality in the brain and many would likely benefit from treatment.
It's not a mental illness if it doesn't negatively affect your ability to function. It would have to be a disability to be a mental illness, which it is not. Deviation from the majority has no inherent superior-inferior ratio.
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