My guess is a remarkable percentage enjoy the feeling of being in control of someone, seen as the person with all the answers, the authority to diagnose someone and impact their life. There is probably a spectrum but I bet a lot of them get serotonin hits or something from fucking with people, a manifestation of their own lingering dysfunction. Similiar to the phenomenon where after the first few intense interactions where the come out the winner, police can fall into a cycle of needing to more and more intense interactions during routine things. They want that feeling so they start provoking people to get the brain chemical feeling of winning.

I'm no psychologist just a theory.

Yes sir.

You faggots sound like children, making wild claims that all shrinks are this way or psychiatry practice is that way. Have any of you ever been to therapy? You're just a bunch of Armchair quarterbacks thinking you have it all figured out and garner little respect.

Its actually helpful for a doctor who has lived experience either personally or with close family member because they truly understand it. It's like a combat veteran who only wants to talk with another combat veteran that has actually been there. You dumb fucks would have no idea how to help a ptsd survivor. You would label him as damaged or weak. Study the occult and you will see that it is a lot of ancient psychology practices. Dark occultist use the knowledge to control people, but it can also be used to free trapped souls. Thats how powerful it is.

When I was a child I spoke as a child, understood as a child, thought as a child. When I became a man I put away childish things and told the faggots of voat to read a book before spouting nonsense

to become licensed to practice in any state (i believe) you do have to sign a document stating that you do not have any mental health problems on your application. As well as crimes, drug and alcohol use.... I'm sure none of them smoke weed or drink either.... But yes to your main point & Libtards are rampant in that field created by Jews. a minefield

We need philosophy

today everyone can be a psychologist. all he has to do is follow the instructions of the official psychology guide book, thats also how they get the phd, by following instructions. not by being sane.

The definition of working properly is open to interpretation.

The worst med students are forced into psychiatry. Psychology is a magnet for sociopaths.

You simply cannot be a psychologist or a psychiatrist if you have mental issues.

You simply can, and so many do. Anecdotally, all people I know except one went into psychiatry did so because they wanted to figure out their own shit first and I don't want their advice. The one 'normal' exception picked up his degree in cogsci because he liked the science...ended up going into management at a big company. (I'm not sure he should count.)

I’m retarded

My mom really wanted to be a therapist because there's so much mental illness in the family. Later in life scrolling the web I read a random article and it was about kids with narcissistic parents. I had all the symptoms, and looking back, all her decisions make alot more sense if I take into account she's probably a narcissist.

This woman is out of her mind, but she was taking classes to become a therapist. She's a teacher for 6th grade charter school instead, not sure if that's much better

“A lot” How scientific. Fucking retard.

If they didn’t when they started, then they will when they finish.

They also think they are masters of cognition and they can do other people's fields, but lack the left brain to do them.

They are the biggest example of dunning krugger effect I've ever seen with subjects they know nothing about.

was told along time ago that many get in the field to fix their own mental problems or deep rooted issues.

but they stopped trying to fix, instead support and promote mental illness

They should all have brain scans to prove they have empathy!

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Kind of like on Frasier, how he's a radio psychiatrist but is the most mentally broken of all the characters?

Most people working in psychology are attracted to it for the underage sex opportunities, and all of them are batshit crazy and practice with other psy-nutz to be able to pass the test for being sane and still be cray cray as fuck .

It's a profession overrun with extreme leftists. And no wonder, they are largely academically incompetent but want to feel superior to others by telling them how to live their lives. Ignorance and arrogance. Like a lot of politicians.

Most of these systems are used to find blackmail targets and candidates for being exploited through other methods.

For instance, traits like conscientiousness are typically of note, as targets with low levels are often convinced to do certain things that most people would have major issues with. These individuals are more lucrative assets for positions like all kinds of politicians, certain types of lawyers, media anchors and spokespersons, various types of positions within law enforcement, federal employees, etc.

In addition, self-help circles, 12 step programs, and other types of organizations like these are certainly to be steered clear of. Not necessarily because the people running or participating in them, but largely because of the traits of the people that work in these types of places, as they tend to be rather useful idiots.

Of course they're mentally ill. You can say that again and any parent who takes their kids to one is setting their kids up for failure and are mentally ill themselves.

Hey "doc", I'm sad.

Stop being a faggot. What about your life makes you sad. Fix it retard.

Hey "doc" I'm in a shitty marriage.

You two are being shitty to each other and aren't communicating properly. Obviously fix that you retards.

Hey "doc", I'm ____

Figure out why you're ___ yourself and fix it. What are you, a retard?

Can I have a 6 digit salary now too?

This is exactly the thing I'd imagine someone with mental issues would write

And depending on what kind of relationship these mental health practitioners have / had with their parents , determines if they feed the client " it's all your parents fault why you are fucked up " etc,. and encouraging adult children to blame , hate and put out of their life , their bewildered parents.. . Yea a bad psychoanalyst can do more harm ... Grrr.

All of them. They all go that way in the hopes of silently healing themselves.

Psychiatry is jew bullshit anyways. It makes sense that it's done by mentally ill retards.

This is kinda retarded, eh?