title. i took a few years off of all social media, including lemmygrad, but i could have sworn there was such a community back when i frequented lemmygrad before the break. i found one major post on the topic from 3 years ago and several comments that lead to errors, which i assume is because the posts they were under were deleted or removed. what exactly is the history there? if the community was banned or removed what was the reasoning?

furthermore, just out of curiosity, what are people’s opinions on psychiatry, psychology, and the anti-psychiatry movement? i’ve been doing a lot of thinking and some research on all three as it relates to the development of capitalism and socialism, as well as my own personal experience. to me it seems to be another case in which a marxist framework is necessary to synthesize psychiatry/psychology and anti-psychiatry to come to a fundamentally closer approximation to the truth. topics such as where the line should be drawn between behavioral/biological conditions and the usage/role of psychiatric medication seem to be particularly hot button issues.

  • gattonero2001@lemmygrad.ml
    3·
    4 months ago

    Psychiatric medication saved my life. Therapy on the other hand was a complete waste of time. My brother on the third hand enjoys therapy a lot.

    It is natural to have grievances with the way psychiatry and psychology are practiced under capitalism, but sometimes it feels like some people here let go of materialism just to “stick it to the man” in various topics.

    Not saying you OP are one of those btw

    • chinawatcherwatcher@lemmygrad.mlOP
      2·
      4 months ago

      thanks for the clarification! i’m really trying to take a measured approach that incorporates everyone’s experiences with bourgeois psychiatry, while being as critical and curious as possible

      as far as your own personal experience, i feel like there is a huge amount of variance in the way that mental health is treated in western capitalist societies. i’ve seen many psychiatrists, and many therapists. for both, some were so horrible that simply meeting with them made me feel considerably worse, and some of them were so great that they totally changed my life.