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>gas-lighting is shocking
By design. Shock treatment reverts people to an infantile state. This makes them putty to the manipulator. There's a pretty famous book called The Shock Doctrine by Naomi Klein. I've had to put it down even though I am less than 1/4 the way through because the themes are difficult for me given my recent traumatic experiences. It's about using economic shocks to mould a population but also goes into how psychiatry has played a role in shocking people with drug therapy. I will pick it up again when I am feeling up to it. It is a well reviewed book and I recommend it too even though I'm only just getting into it. I think you'll get a lot out of it if you can stomach it, given the themes discussed here.
Evil feels religious. I don't like that. Also, I feel people here seem to mean immoral when psychopaths are more accurately amoral. I've read a lot of the literature, and I think this is the best book on the subject. https://www.amazon.com/Sociopath-Next-Door-Martha-Stout/dp/0767915828
Here's a link to the book this article is about if anyone's interested. It's not likely to help us very much - e.g. he bemoans less funding for state incarceration of people labelled mentally ill
Hey boo, a friend recommended these to me some time ago... my neurologist friend says it's just placebo but I take one pill every morning and I have to say that I'm really feeling some benefit. The extract of HYPERICUS and PASSIFLORA directly goes to suggestion of the serotonin receptors... It is not even expensive. :3
Check this shit out.
"Kitty Dukakis, the wife of former Massachusetts governor and 1988 Democratic presidential nominee Michael Dukakis, is a well-known and much-loved public figure"
https://www.amazon.com/Shock-Healing-Power-Electroconvulsive-Therapy/dp/1583332839
To this day, "they" are angered and offended if anyone questions them in any way.
"Despite these divergent books, it is important to avoid characterizing ECT as controversial. The Shorter-Healy and Dukakis books should dampen the controversy, because they characterize ECT as a safe, effective, and important treatment that psychiatry almost forgot. With its emotion-laden accusations and name-calling, the Andre book will inflame opinions."
https://www.psychiatrictimes.com/view/perplexing-history-ect-three-books
They want the "good old days" , when annoying patients didn't want to talk about their problems to them. So tiresome. They'd rather just get rich off of blasting people I guess.
I don't have much of an issue with depression, but I'm currently reading this book that's got a lot of great strategies for managing depression:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09HGCRY6N
If you don't have a kindle or can't afford it, you can hit up the author (u/BigDome22) with a PM
I feel like The Body Keeps the Score, by Bessel van der Kolk would be a great starting point.
Currently reading this book . It’s a psychology based on philosopher named Levinas. I don’t believe his genealogy is in psychoanalysis.
> We need a new age spiritual awakening, like bridging the gap in language between religion and science
I'm always a bit hesitant about that. While I totally agree and use many of these strategies myself, I can see that it's not for everybody. And I don't blame people for that. It's one way, not the way. I don't want to force religious or spiritual beliefs on anybody. Though frankly they could be a bit more open about it instead of immediately shutting me down as a science denier or heathen.
> we may have to be open to looking at controversial works such as Carl Jung
He, I actually subscribed to r/Jung recently ^^ though I still have too much reading ahead of me to go ahead and make my reading-stack even larger. There's still like 5000 pages unread hhhhh… Currently diving a little into Stoicism through Marcus Aurelius first. Parallel going a bit into Yoga to keep my body on track.
Any works by Jung you can suggest?
> Also talking about trauma
Hell yes. This society is built upon centuries of abuse and abuse is central to how the current world works. Colonialism, imperialism, capitalism, patriarchy, psychiatry, cisheteronormativity, education systems, punitive justice systems, poverty, exploitation, wage labor,…
It's all just a flaming piece of abusive shit and we need to work through that. I'd argue these things cause or primarily contribute to 99% of mental health struggles.