New: szaszianAll contenthive-129948hive-196917krhive-166405zzansteemhive-183959hive-180932photographyhive-150122hive-185836uncommonlabhive-183397lifehive-144064hive-188619hive-101145bitcoinhive-139150krsuccesshive-124908hive-103599hive-109690hive-180301hive-193186TrendingNewHotLikersmichaelten (45)in psychiatry • 5 years agoMore About Mental IllnessMental illness does not literally exist. It might poetically exist as a metaphorical idea. It is like the idea that a sick joke is not literally sick. The brain can literally be sick - stroke…michaelten (45)in insanity • 6 years agoInsanityCivil commitment and the insanity defense should be outlawed. Ask yourself, how might that help to solve societal problems? Read the book Insanity by psychiatrist Thomas Szasz. According to Szasz…michaelten (45)in psychiatry • 6 years agoPsychiatric Coercion Is WrongWe must outlaw psychiatric slavery. Psychiatrist Thomas Szasz is correct; psychiatric coercion is medicalized terrorism. Szasz wrote about 35 books; consider reading some of them. Only consensual…michaelten (45)in psychiatry • 6 years agoPsychiatry is a pseudo medical cult.Psychiatrists are legally allowed to engage in forced conversions. Psychiatry implicitly deals with spiritual and theological issues since suicide prohibitions involve the potential of an afterlife…michaelten (45)in psychiatry • 6 years agoPsychiatric DynamicsPsychiatric dynamics! Don't feel good? Have a drug! Don't like the way some one is feeling or behaving? Try to have them ingest a drug! Yes. These drugs have side effects. Some of these side…michaelten (45)in aging • 6 years agoWe MustWe need basic income. We must defeat aging. We must outlaw psychiatric coercion and nonconsensual psychiatry. Read the book Ending Aging by Aubrey de Grey. Read books that psychiatrist Thomas Szasz…michaelten (45)in antipsychiatry • 6 years agoAccording to psychiatrist Thomas Szasz, psychiatric coercion is medicalized terrorism. Perhaps psychiatric coercion should be outlawed.According to psychiatrist Thomas Szasz, psychiatric coercion is medicalized terrorism. Perhaps psychiatric coercion should be outlawed.michaelten (45)in szaszian • 6 years agoSuicide RatesIs there a burden on society to “protect” adults who are planning to end their own life on Earth? That burden is manufactured and morally deficient. That burden probably ultimately prevents us from…michaelten (45)in psychiatry • 6 years agoDefining Mental IllnessAsking when one can consider someone free of mental illness is something like asking, when can you consider someone free from being a heretic and spreading heresy? Homosexuality was once…michaelten (45)in szaszian • 6 years agoHow to Spot Sanist BigotsSanist bigots believe that psychiatric coercion should be legal. Sanist bigots think that psychiatric slavery (nonconsensual psychiatry) should remain legal. Sanist bigots medicalize suicide and…michaelten (45)in szaszian • 6 years agoLiteralizing MetaphorsPsychiatrist Thomas Szasz labels psychiatric diagnoses as being literalized metaphors. Like Catholic priests supposedly turning bread and wine into the literal body and blood of Christ…michaelten (45)in szasz • 6 years agoPsychiatric DehumanizationMental illness is a lieralized metaphor. Misery and tragedy have always existed. It is only in the last few hundred years that misery trauma, and tragedy have been medicalized into what we refer…michaelten (45)in psychiatry • 6 years agoI hope all psychiatric survivors attempt to help outlaw psychiatric coercion and nonconsensual psychiatry.I hope all psychiatric survivors attempt to help outlaw psychiatric coercion and nonconsensual psychiatry.michaelten (45)in szaszian • 6 years agoSzaszian EthicsSzaszian ethics is here to stay!michaelten (45)in antipsychiatry • 6 years agoOn PsychiatryRead the essay and book The Myth of Mental Illness by psychiatrist Thomas Szasz. Mental illnesses are metaphors for problems in living, emotional distress, trauma, and uneasily explained…michaelten (45)in psychiatry • 6 years agoDo psychiatric drugs do more harm than good? Probably.Do psychiatric drugs do more harm than good? Probably.michaelten (45)in suicide • 6 years agoSuicide ProhibitionsSome people do believe that there is no point to living on Earth. I don't. The point of living is to enjoy living, and to benefit self and others. It will be good if we can reduce suicides to…michaelten (45)in szaszian • 6 years agoSuicide should be respected as a civil and human right for all adults when it is done in private. Read the book Suicide Prohibition by psychiatrist Thomas Szasz.Suicide should be respected as a civil and human right for all adults when it is done in private. Read the book Suicide Prohibition by psychiatrist Thomas Szasz.michaelten (45)in psychiatry • 6 years agoAre any political candidates attempting to outlaw psychiatric coercion and nonconsensual psychiatry?Are any political candidates attempting to outlaw psychiatric coercion and nonconsensual psychiatry?michaelten (45)in libertarian • 6 years agoLibertarianism and PsychiatryLibertarians should focus more on the harm and consequences of psychiatric coercion and nonconsensual psychiatry. According to libertarian psychiatrist Thomas Szasz, psychiatric coercion is…
