Read on Twitter
I'd like to see a little more balance between the "just because science doesn't say it doesn't mean it isn't a thing" folks and the "if science doesn't say it, it's not a thing" folks in the mental health community.
Yes, science is important. Yes, sometimes science is behind
Yes, science is important. Yes, sometimes science is behind
For instance, some folks think that if it isn't in the DSM, it doesn't count. You know what's not in the DSM? CPTSD. Plenty of professionals agree that CPTSD is definitely a thing. Yet if you only believe in the DSM, it isn't a thing.
HOWEVER, we need scientific criteria.
HOWEVER, we need scientific criteria.
Sometimes folks forget they're not actual mental health professionals and throw things around and draw conclusions that are not fact-based. That can be dangerous stuff in the wrong hands.
I dunno, I don't really have a point. I just want us all to be safe and rooted in fact.
I dunno, I don't really have a point. I just want us all to be safe and rooted in fact.
Also, we can talk about how folks use science to bolster their superiority complex. Knowledge is a tool to empower, not a weapon. And also, remember that sometimes people have access to the same information you do and still reach a conclusion that is different than yours.
It's funny that some folks will come to challenge whether something you've said is rooted in fact while having no idea what effort you put into research. It's nothing for me to research something, write it, and then send it to a psychiatrist for confirmation
PS - lord forbid the psychiatrists who are unfortunate (fortunate!) enough to be friends with me ever start billing me for their impromptu consults.
PPS - try to remember that science is not always black and white. It is ever-changing and shifting, like the very organisms it studies.
