Well now I've heard it all...

[ladolcemorte]

Over the course of my life, different people (professionals and otherwise) have pronounced on what my real "problem" is, and what the corresponding "solution" should be. I have been on the receiving end of various psychiatric diagnoses, and prescriptions for various different medications, as well as CBT, DBT, ECT, EMDR, and this weird tapping therapy, the name of which I forget.

I've also heard countless variations of "just think more positively", and "there's really nothing wrong with you, you are just seeking attention; suck it up and be an adult". I've been told to pray, to garden, to meditate, to exercise more, to make more friends, to change careers, and to just "stay busy".

I thought I had heard it all and I was pretty much done with "reaching out". But tonight I hit an inconceivable low, and I commented on a friend's FB post that I missed her. As I thought it would, my comment prompted her to message me. She knew I had been in the hospital over the summer and she asked if I was doing better. I did not go into detail but said "not really, but who is doing well these days, with all the craziness".

Then she sent me this huge message about different vitamin deficiencies that only a "naturopath" can identify, and how medical Drs don't know about them (I had been on an IV for a potassium deficiency in the hospital). The message was very intricate and the bottom line was that I needed to go see a "naturopath".

The message was very well intentioned, I'm sure, but...pinning all my agony and dysfunction on some sort of vitamin deficiency seems a little much...but who knows, maybe I should go see a "naturopath" before CTB...guess it makes as much sense as anything else at this point...

 

[icanhasnick]

Try this talisman. Only a talismanologist could fix it nao. My neighbors uncle didn't believe and was found dead in the backyard, but then repented and came back to life. He swears by talismanology now. It may sound weird but you have to try !
Corolary: Most folks are NPCs.

 

[ladolcemorte]

Try this talisman. Only a talismanologist could fix it nao. My neighbors uncle didn't believe and was found dead in the backyard, but then repented and came back to life. He swears by talismanology now. It may sound weird but you have to try !
Corolary: Most folks are NPCs.

I had to google NPC, but I concur. Most people ARE NPCs, especially when it comes to suicide or any sort of human suffering.

 

[icanhasnick]

Via the memory-hole effect it doesn't mean they aren't NPCs in other areas, just that you're most likely to notice it in areas closer to your own experience/expertise and discount it elsewhere. I wouldn't have such faith.

 

[ladolcemorte]

Via the memory-hole effect it doesn't mean they aren't NPCs in other areas, just that you're most likely to notice it in areas closer to your own experience/expertise and discount it elsewhere. I wouldn't have such faith.

Thanks for the link. I didn't know what "memory hole effect" was either...I am so old and out of touch!!! I like the concept though...I think it explains why I followed so many shrinks down the rabbit hole of ridiculous treatments...

 

[VabeniPokojneTmy]

People will stick to any "miraculous" and "idealistic" solution to problems... Just because they can't admit that there may not be one

 

[DyingAlf]

and this weird tapping therapy, the name of which I forget.

Emotional freedom technique (EFT)
My therapist keeps going on about it!

So many suggestions.....so much false hope....& here we are waiting to ctb.

 

[ladolcemorte]

Emotional freedom technique (EFT)
My therapist keeps going on about it!

So many suggestions.....so much false hope....& here we are waiting to ctb.

YES!!! That was it!!!! Thank you!!!!

I tried it and I just felt so ridiculous, tapping my damn face for an hour. And it was a private therapist too, and I had zero insurance. Can't believe I paid money for that quackery...

 

[DyingAlf]

I tried it and I just felt so ridiculous tapping my damn face for an hour. And it was a private therapist too, and I had zero insurance. Can't believe I paid money for that quackery...

Mine is a private therapist too, they are so hung up on this damn EFT & I am so not interested!
Glad you mentioned it, I hadn't come across anyone who's actually tried it before.

 

[icanhasnick]

At least they weren't one of those "therapists" that will pump up water through your colon with a hose... there's always worse quackeries one could've fallen for.

 

[thelastofhope]

That's so ridiculous, I had an old friend on facebook try and sell me bead bracelets that cure anxiety and depression...and cancer if you get the right beads, I don't know if they actually believe it or just don't care and want to sell you stuff

 

[icanhasnick]

Telling the idiot from the scammer is nearly impossible. Thankfully, they are equivalent for all practical purposes.

 

[TheQ22]

You'd be amazed at how many new "wonder cures" are out there, EFT, EMDR, tapping accu points, BWRT, similar ideas to BWRT (they just change the process a bit), the shaking body thing, and on and on it goes.

 

[icanhasnick]

The snakeoileria never sleeps.
Would you like to supersize your snake oil combo with a goat gland transplant ?

 

[whywere]

I liked how my grandma took care of her problems. A couple of shots of schnapps, for medicinal purposes! and all was good. If it was a really bad day then a liter of homebrew with the schnapps did the trick! Now on a serious note, I have had people tell me that everything from vitamins to crystals to heavens knows what would do the trick. To add insult to injury they also were "experts". Love and peace to all my global family members here.

 

[TheQ22]

@whywere - oh god crystals - people who do that do my nut in - it's a lump of rock.

Hard to believe that in the 21st Century we have people who literally believe in magic powers that come from stones.

 

[DyingAlf]

oh god crystals - people who do that do my nut in - it's a lump of rock.

Yes but usually a pretty lump of rock ;)

 

[Deleted member 19654]

Crazy people out there who believe that crystals will actually heal you. Don't have a problem with people buying a certain crystal because it represents something e.g peace or love. I have a problem when people claim it will physically heal you

 

[EmbraceOfTheVoid]

You'd be amazed at how many new "wonder cures" are out there, EFT, EMDR, tapping accu points, BWRT, similar ideas to BWRT (they just change the process a bit), the shaking body thing, and on and on it goes.

Perhaps I should give one of those black magic shops a visit; maybe I'll meet Harry Potter while I'm at it.