Synobun
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Stop doing that.
Are you telling someone to stop going to therapy?
Stop doing that.
Are you telling someone to stop going to therapy?
Why shouldnt he take it at face value?
Why do you believe this is the wisest choice?Stop doing that.
That depends on whether such a statement would violate the forum rules.
Dang, one things I cannot make stuff up and whatever stuff I come up for in creative writing is always dwarfed by reality.Not here. The way the scam goes is that someone pretending to be from CRA (Canada Revenue Service) phones someone and says the person owes money. They're told if they don't pay ASAP (with gift cards, wiring money, etc.), the police will be coming to arrest them within the hour. The people targeted for these tend to be seniors and refugees/immigrants, as these people tend to be easier to intimidate. It's gotten to the point where some places that sell gift cards have warning signs posted to beware of scams. The government is absolutely NOT going to demand that people pay their income tax with gift cards.
The versions directed my way involved scam emails and phone calls from someone with a nearly indecipherable East Indian accent, claiming to be somebody with a common English name (uh-huh...), and saying there's a problem with my tax return. I'm directed to call a phone number to deal with it.
What I learned from this is that it's not safe to give CRA your email address because I never got any of these scam emails or calls before CRA got hold of it. Their security is just pathetic, so I called and told them to remove my email address from their system and the online account that had been created. I also told them that any communication between us would either be by snailmail or by phone if I initiated the call.
I think, if you're going to be telling someone to stop with a medically accepted treatment, you should be prepared to show your work. Otherwise you're simply endangering others based on an opinion that has no scientific basis.
Why do you believe this is the wisest choice?
honest question
In general? You should only deal with people who share your risk. That means no one that you pay in exchange for any kind of advice. This principle is a filter, not a deterrent - your therapist probably isn't deliberately scamming you, but there's no selective pressure for therapists who can actually give you results. On the other hand, we can easily identify problems in sewage pipes or toilets if our plumber does a bad job, so plumbers tend to know what they're doing.
This displays an extreme lack of understanding about the mental health system and the education that goes into psychological therapy. Where is your evidence that suggests psychologists, psychiatrists, and therapists act towards your detriment and that they are incapable of helping anyone due to a lack of "shared risk"?
I explained it: no skin in the game means that ineffectual non-experts can proliferate. Also, in any field, there must be the potential to falsify your beliefs. That's harder when you have more theory and less testable data.
He's been giving someone money for over a year to help fix his life by talking. That isn't evidence?
No, it isn't. No treatment is guaranteed success. It does not mean the treatment is universally invalid.
That depends on whether such a statement would violate the forum rules.
I'm sure there are plenty of people who have been helped through psychotherapy. It's harder to determine how many people wasted years or hundreds of dollars with it.
By your logic, Mouthwash, we should not engage a brain surgeon to remove a tumour: instead we should get somebody with a brain tumour to perform the operation.
By your logic, Mouthwash, we should not engage a brain surgeon to remove a tumour: instead we should get somebody with a brain tumour to perform the operation.
Is there an alternative that works better, as evidenced through statistics and scientific observation?
By your logic, Mouthwash, we should not engage a brain surgeon to remove a tumour: instead we should get somebody with a brain tumour to perform the operation.