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Emissary of the right to die.
- Aug 30, 2018
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In case anyone has noticed (maybe a few) that I've spoken at length and critiqued about the psychiatric system as well as psychotherapy as a whole on various threads (including having a megathread just critiquing the field and industry as a whole while focusing on it's impact on societal parts) on SaSu, there are some reasons for that. First off, psychiatry and psychotherapy (and similar fields, industries related to them) are rather paternalistic and authoritarian, especially when it seeks to pathologize (similar to how the legal system and what not tries to 'criminalize' certain actions, behaviors) certain normal human behaviors and even scarier, when it comes to using the legal system (perhaps both are bedfellows with each other) to enforce it's arbitrary rules. Next, the benevolent paternalism when it comes to risk and even CTB, especially when people are trying to push for reform, for change, and to destigmatize the topic, action, and concept of CTB.
Nevertheless, I found a good video that kind of overlaps what I talk about in various threads as well as the megathread critiquing psychotherapy and psychiatry as a whole. The videos linked here are from an actual psychiatrist that even criticizes his own field (linked here and also another one here) in great depth. The second video has a long interview with a well known author of a really profound book and gives great insight into the horrors and abuses of psychiatry. While many people often deflect or feign ignorance of the ills of psychiatry (with even some defending and promoting it), these videos serve to highlight and expose the corruption and evils within those industry.
So this thread just answers the question and explains why despite SaSu being related to CTB that I cannot talk about CTB without addressing the other obstacles (psychiatry and psychotherapy) being in the way and impinging our community towards progress. Furthermore, since those fields and industries are a threat to our civil autonomy, freedoms, and personal agency, they simply just cannot be ignored. I do think if there is serious reform and change (easier said than done of course), it would be yet another step towards the 'candid' discussion of CTB and similar topics become less stigmatized and more open. In addition to that, it may also alleviate some of the burdens and fears that people (who otherwise would have been open and honest about CTB) have about being denied due process, presumed insane and unsound of mind before they have a chance to present their position, and in the end, may also result in fewer CTB attempts (both successful ones and unsuccessful ones). In the end, that would benefit both sides simultaneously (both us being able to be freer and less worry about having to sneak around language, be deceptive or discreet and dishonest for our protection, and the pro-lifers being able to live their lives and have less 'surprises' and shock as a result of prohibition).
Nevertheless, I found a good video that kind of overlaps what I talk about in various threads as well as the megathread critiquing psychotherapy and psychiatry as a whole. The videos linked here are from an actual psychiatrist that even criticizes his own field (linked here and also another one here) in great depth. The second video has a long interview with a well known author of a really profound book and gives great insight into the horrors and abuses of psychiatry. While many people often deflect or feign ignorance of the ills of psychiatry (with even some defending and promoting it), these videos serve to highlight and expose the corruption and evils within those industry.
So this thread just answers the question and explains why despite SaSu being related to CTB that I cannot talk about CTB without addressing the other obstacles (psychiatry and psychotherapy) being in the way and impinging our community towards progress. Furthermore, since those fields and industries are a threat to our civil autonomy, freedoms, and personal agency, they simply just cannot be ignored. I do think if there is serious reform and change (easier said than done of course), it would be yet another step towards the 'candid' discussion of CTB and similar topics become less stigmatized and more open. In addition to that, it may also alleviate some of the burdens and fears that people (who otherwise would have been open and honest about CTB) have about being denied due process, presumed insane and unsound of mind before they have a chance to present their position, and in the end, may also result in fewer CTB attempts (both successful ones and unsuccessful ones). In the end, that would benefit both sides simultaneously (both us being able to be freer and less worry about having to sneak around language, be deceptive or discreet and dishonest for our protection, and the pro-lifers being able to live their lives and have less 'surprises' and shock as a result of prohibition).
