How to Be a Psychiatrist - 9 Years of Education in 9 Minutes

[teresahunt]

I was referred to a psychiatrist 6 weeks ago for insomnia. Diagnosed as bipolar. WTF?! I spent 6 weeks in bed drugged out of my mind on meds, totaled my car, bought and drank a gallon of vodka, spent 2 days in ICU... I don't remember most of it but I have the bills and consequences to prove it. I took myself off of the meds and somehow....magically...went into "spontaneous remission". As a last ditch effort to convince me that I'm bipolar, I was warned that I might have another "episode" in 1...5...or 20 years. The doctor totally bypassed the fact that I wasn't sleeping because the gyms were closed and healthy food was not readily available during Covid lockdown. My life had become work and staring at my four walls while eating what I could get my hands on. My brain didn't know how to function like that. Psychiatry and medications have caused irreparable damage iny life....all in 6 simple insomnia. The really sad thing is....I've worked in the medical field for the past 30 years. Anyone can fall prey to these charlatans!

[nowitsclear]

I was put on an antidepressant to fight my burn out for a few months and quit as soon as I could bc of side effects. The pill was 300$ a month: for that price, any depressive person can afford a weekly cleaning service, a nutrition coach and/or take a yoga class that would do as much good as the pill. :/

[АлександрСмоляков-ою]

Do not forget that there is also forced psychiatry. There, victims cannot refuse “drugs.” They have no choice at all.

[Gandalf_the_quantum_G]

As a brother to a real pathologic narcissist sister, which is now practicing as a child-therapist in Switzerland - I can just approve that.
I don't have contact with her anymore since a while, but her understanding of psychology is so advanced as her own understanding of herself. It's not existing.
My experience with psychologists and therapists and psychiatrists is a quite bad one - they never listened to what I actually said and invalidated myself. No one understood, that I'm autistic, just because I'm good looking and was able to mask all my not accepted behaviors in public.

Needed years to find someone, who really understood autism and was able to diagnose me officially.

[Kayneb]

I left the medical research field because I was getting so disillusioned with how so many people in it seemed either oblivious and naive to systemic issues within it, or were themselves corrupt - or at least had questionable motivations. It sucks, but I realized that I was just becoming frustrated, anxious, cynical and bitter. I could write a lot more but I'd probably end up rambling a lot.

[Nick_Taylor.]

Many years ago during an appointment with a psychiatrist at an inpatient rehab, I tried to persuade the shrink to take me off the antidepressant. She said, "you're desire to get off this medication is proof you need still need it." I shook my head in disgust. I wondered how in the hell she could get through all that schooling and yet be so dumb.

[pickles]

I met this girl on halidol when I was in county jail for a few weeks. She was special needs and did have some problems before her arrest, but basically she overheard her nieces talking about being molested by their uncle and freaked out, stole a car, and drove them to her house in another state. The parents didn't know what happened, called 911, and she got arrested for kidnapping over state lines. She had been in the jail for 3 years awaiting trial, and her mental state had slowly deteriorated into nothing (this is not prison, this is three years in a freezing cold, tiny room with no view of the outside world or sunlight.) She began assaulting other inmates at random and had to be given daily injections of the stuff. They were still waiting for her to "adjust" to her medications in order to be deemed competent to stand trial. It was really depressing, and I could do nothing to help her.

[andrewstallard]

As a man who has experienced his own share of dehumanization at the hands of the mental health guild, I can't tell you how awesome this video is.

[ozzycurda]

I had dreams of becoming a clinical psychologist to try to help people, but working in the field opened my eyes that it was more politics than actually helping people. This video just makes me glad I didn't waste more of my time.

[palmamingozzi]

It feels very much like a mean game that everyone is playing and getting away with. Meanwhile it’s someone’s life in their hands. The name of the game, how to make as much money from someone’s misfortune as possible.

[toddboothbee]

A friend of mine, who is a prominent psychiatrist of a moderately sized American city, told me I'd make a good psychiatrist, that I shouldn't feel nervous about the medical school part of the training. I took it as a compliment...until now.

[PassedTime]

I will never forget the psychiatrist who told me I was 'setting myself up for failure' by ceasing and refusing to commence any new mind-altering drugs. She can go to Hell with her colleagues.

[NB-wuzo]

I've seen people inpatient at hospitals misdiagnosed bipolar so many times after a 10 minute or less interview it scares me. They come out of the office scared, confused, and looking for answers. After spending time with them (which the docs never do) I can see how criminal this should be. I always tell people to get a second, third and fourth opinion from docs who will spend time getting to know them rather than the McDoc's who give a McDiagnosis and have a drive-thru instead of office "hours". ("Can I get some Zyprexa, a couple Xanax, and some Adderall to go, please? Oh, do I get fries with that?"). I rarely see true bipolar in a hospital setting. Rarely. Most are misdiagnosed cases of childhood neglect and trauma that is causing issues now they are adults. Anyway, I could keep commenting on here all night about all I've seen inpatient and outpatient over the last 16 years but I'll stop. I'm now med free!!!! It's better than being debt free...

[marydepugh]

What I have noticed with my records is they always put several diagnosis. I went off all psych meds and don’t regret it. The doctor had me on 2 milligram bar of Xanax 6 times a day and anti depressant and other drugs which are actually even more dangerous. Told that I needed to stay on these the rest of my life and been on nerve and anxiety pills since early childhood. Been off benzodiazepines for four years almost and lost all trust in shrinks. All I needed was a good psychologist and treat the actual issues instead of drugging me up all those years.

[thankgodicanrite]

Omg the accuracy of this!! After years of dealing with 2 psychiatrists and 2 psychologists and a few clueless primary doctors only 1 person helped me out of major depression and that was my female psychologist. She taught me healthy coping mechanisms, educated me and treated me with compassion and now I’m doing amazing. I had experienced everything in this video. It’s terrifying what we don’t realize is going on. I was lucky to crawl my way out to freedom. Thank you for making this video!!

[davesims]

This video should be seen by every student thinking about entering psychiatry field

[MAzurburg]

How depressing 😔 I remember being cut off by a psychologist when I started mentioning 'the state of the world' in an intake session. She cut me off and labeled it borderline.. this video made me think of that. It felt like a continuation of bad things I've been through.

[kawaiiwaifu]

I thought I had severe ADHD and anxiety for a while, and possibly even autism. I got "diagnosed" by multiple psychs/therapists, and they each just gave me a sheet of paper to fill out, and took my word for it. All the meds I tried made me feel so lifeless, adderall I was especially freaked out by. Not to mention adderall worsened my body image issues and unhealthy relationship with food.
Now I'm healing by cutting out toxic people, listening to myself, doing things I love, and all of the brain fog and confusion that I associated with ADHD prior, has largely gone away. Since I'm dedicating most of my time to things I actually love doing, I don't even have to worry about the roadblocks that I associated with ADHD before. I've also figured out that I'm extremely sensitive and empathic, and because of this, I require a lot of boundaries and quiet time to myself. Before, I was around people and places that were constantly overwhelming and overstimulating me, which made me anxious, depressed, and unfocused. But now that I live alone with my cat, and I spend a lot of my free time by myself or in nature, I feel a lot more at peace. And it makes me a lot more able to accomplish and learn about things.

[paper]

My favourite part was when ‘Malpractice Insurance’ started flashing.

[beverlycook]

So nice of you to be open and honest with us. What a wonderful person you are... Thank you... Peace and Love be with you... <3