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| 80% Of Population Takes Psychiatric Drugs and Gets Worse |
| 2023-11-06 |
| [Peter and Ginger Breggin substack] A sample of 1.5 million Danish people reveals two devastating findings: (1) at least 80% of the population will be diagnosed and/or medicated for "mental illness" in their lifetime on two or more occasions, and (2) they will end up with "subsequent" "long-term socioeconomic difficulties" "including lower income, unemployment, and increased likelihood to live alone and to be unmarried."1 Does this prove that mental illness ruins lives? No, when 80% or more of the population is treated as mentally ill, the concept has no meaning or relevance, except that it results in two powerfully disabling outcomes: (1) psychiatric drugs that universally disable the brain temporarily and too often permanently and (2) stigmatization and demoralization that undermine how the individual is viewed by himself and others. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #14 Our problem is, the medical industry hates to see people wander around in a non dependent position. They'll help you to death. Or as least as helpful as is convenient. Just fit in a box. |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2023-11-06 15:31 |
| #13 "You know what they say, George. Neurotics build castles in the clouds and psychotics live in them." "And psychiatrists collect the rent..." Dr. William Haber and George Orr, Lathe of Heaven |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2023-11-06 14:38 |
| #12 Problems? Go to counseling. Get prescribed drugs. You feel worse. More drugs! |
| Posted by: Angstrom 2023-11-06 14:21 |
| #11 I'll stick with whiskey. |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2023-11-06 13:25 |
| #10 Psychedelics are groovy. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2023-11-06 12:54 |
| #9 One quick example. 32 year old female discharged from hospital day before. Distraught because they didn't do anything for her. Wanted for prostitution in Florida. Two children taken away by social services. Drug use main reason. Currently she has sepsis, MERS and blood poisoning. ADD and OCD. Seems they don't really treat drug users. Lost cause. |
| Posted by: Dale 2023-11-06 12:47 |
| #8 I see it every day. All sorts of drugs in use. So many ADD and OCD. Nothing about second hand smoke or any harm from Cannabis. Switch from cigarettes to Cannabis big time. Law enforcement well aware of future and current issues. You can now get anything within the prison system. Drug users from the hippie days run the mad house. One current example watch your car insurance rates go up. |
| Posted by: Dale 2023-11-06 12:35 |
| #7 Show me the man and I'll show you the |
| Posted by: Warthog 2023-11-06 10:22 |
| #6 It's as though the 'experts' look to find something they can define as 'mental illness'. It's called "clientism." |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2023-11-06 08:02 |
| #5 It's as though the 'experts' look to find something they can define as 'mental illness'. Rather than identifying this 'natural response state'. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2023-11-06 07:19 |
| #4 ..at least 80% of the population will be diagnosed and/or medicated for "mental illness" in their lifetime on two or more occasions Then its not abnormal. It's as though the 'experts' look to find something they can define as 'mental illness'. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2023-11-06 06:43 |
| #3 Thank you for supporting my argument. |
| Posted by: Grom the Reflective 2023-11-06 06:33 |
| #2 ^ Have you forgotten your vile hate filled posts during the pandemic? Hardly sane. |
| Posted by: The Walking Unvaxed 2023-11-06 06:23 |
| #1 I always knew that I'm the sane one and it's the majority who are crazy!😎 |
| Posted by: Grom the Reflective 2023-11-06 04:07 |