For strong personal reasons I have been a severe critic of folks who claim ability to repair damaged minds, particularly psychiatrists. That Dr. Desmit is a psychologist I found encouraging and having read his take on several issues have to say he is a rare gem indeed. Can only hope his message here gets the attention it deserves from those who can make good use of it.
For strong personal reasons I have been a severe critic of folks who claim ability to repair damaged minds, particularly psychiatrists. That Dr. Desmit is a psychologist I found encouraging and having read his take on several issues have to say he is a rare gem indeed. Can only hope his message here gets the attention it deserves from those who can make good use of it.
Do you think that damaged minds are simply not repairable? Do you think that the concept of a "damaged mind" is fictional? Do you see the mind as part of the body, or a separate entity?
Yes. And I want to know more about what he thinks about this subject. I don't trust psychiatrists to "repair damaged minds," either. But that does not mean that minds cannot be damaged and repaired. Does Dr. Nash agree?
Are there damaged mindsтАж..obviously. Can they be repairedтАж.some, maybe even all, at least to some degree. The question remains how and by whom. I have always said neuroses are mental scar tissue. We all have some and by and large they are harmless. But subject folks to deep therapy, try and тАЬcureтАЭ those neuroses and the likelihood is of doing more harm than good. Few minds can survive a deep dive into the psyche and that is why some psychiatrists are nuttier than fruitcakes.
For strong personal reasons I have been a severe critic of folks who claim ability to repair damaged minds, particularly psychiatrists. That Dr. Desmit is a psychologist I found encouraging and having read his take on several issues have to say he is a rare gem indeed. Can only hope his message here gets the attention it deserves from those who can make good use of it.
Do you think that damaged minds are simply not repairable? Do you think that the concept of a "damaged mind" is fictional? Do you see the mind as part of the body, or a separate entity?
Larry, re-read his comment, his actual words. He was talking about claims that others make, not the existences of damaged minds.
Yes. And I want to know more about what he thinks about this subject. I don't trust psychiatrists to "repair damaged minds," either. But that does not mean that minds cannot be damaged and repaired. Does Dr. Nash agree?
Are there damaged mindsтАж..obviously. Can they be repairedтАж.some, maybe even all, at least to some degree. The question remains how and by whom. I have always said neuroses are mental scar tissue. We all have some and by and large they are harmless. But subject folks to deep therapy, try and тАЬcureтАЭ those neuroses and the likelihood is of doing more harm than good. Few minds can survive a deep dive into the psyche and that is why some psychiatrists are nuttier than fruitcakes.