Is the psychology/psychiatry field in America going too far? Is it very flawed? ?

I mean Sarah Palin, Obama, McCain, Bush,..many in politics, in entertainment, in all walks of life aren’t exactly positive, with positive morals, and what not. According to the average psychologist, they’d ALL need therapy, drugs, etc, and what irritates me about these doctors is that, they think that ANYTHING that deviates from a health book’s perspective on what normal is and what it isn’t, ..the ideal human at all different stages of life,

is somehow bad, wrong, and in need of medication, intervention, and help.

I mean, who are they to say that being positive, or a certain way is the healthy, normal, and best way to be?

I mean, m any people are negative, conniving, and all sorts of shady, without going overboard, and even though they’re not the best people (that’s ALOT of humanity), they n ever get therapy, and they’re just fine.

A therapist would want to CHANGE them, their inner fiber/core, their personality, because it’s somehow wrong, and medicate them.

If many people like Beyonce, Madonna, Christina, etc,…so and so, got help and therapy and tried to change, perhaps they would have never had their inner motivation/drive to be who they are today.

All I’m saying is, … therapy and the whole field of psychology/psychiatry seems to be,

more of a jail, and whatever they say is right and if you don’t fit you have to be "corrected."

They think that if you’re not a total perfect robot, you have a disorder.

Shyness is now a disorder?!?!?!

Please!

I just hate it when people say things like "this person needs help, that person needs help," yadda yadda,

when they m ost likely are having a bad day, a bad time at work, unhappy about something,

they need guidance and understanding but not powerful drugs and medical intervention.

Has our society gone too far with this whole psychology/help thing, and what not?

I mean, literally, our whole society, heck, this whole WORLD…by psychological standards is INSANE.

Frantic, insane, revolves around money, etc.

The psychologists/therapist forget the hand that feeds them. The entire medical industry also has false motives, and can be money oriented.

So it comes across as very hypocritical.

They don’t see the big picture, and the whole scope of humanity.

Any other input on this?
You also have to be very careful over the right doctor you choose, because their practice is just a continuation and an extension of not only their knowledge, but their own personal beliefs, feelings, and attitudes towards life.

They vary as people vary, and alot of times you’re paying a total quack, who is only interested in furthering their own publications, novels, etc, their own intellectual pride and business.

At the end of the day,…does this field really do its job, or is it just another example of humanity’s shortcomings?
And obviously, psychologists/psychiatrists, and people who are part of the problem would defend themselves, especially when scrutinized, ask you for your credentials for scrutinizing them, and becoming defensive and labelling the negative feedback as unappreciative and in need of "Correction."

Can you believe this?

One needs therapy for speaking their mind.

LOL.

Has this field really gone too far?

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