how can we fight against psychiatry (the worst and more powerful religion)?
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psychiatry is certainly not a religion.  i have had a very successful experience with psychiatric medicine as have many others.  but i don't have completely blind faith in it.  i know that others do not have successful experiences and need to develop other healthy ways to cope, such as therapy, exersize, hobbies, strong relationships, etc.  there is no reason to fight psychiatry.  it can be good for some people.  we just need to recognize it is not the only answer to mental health problems.
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Many people with mental illness have a high degree of religiosity.  In the United States and other majority-Christian countries, that is likely to track to fervent Christian beliefs, but that's just demographics; there is nothing inherent in Christian beliefs more than any other religious belief systems to attract people living with mental illness.\n\nThere are several reasons for this:\n(1)  Some illnesses, particularly the manic phase of bipolar disorder, actually appear to intensify religious fervor in people; preoccupation with religious themes and spiritual thoughts & feelings is one possible manifestation of some psychotic disorders like mania or certain schizophrenic conditions;\n(2)  People with mental illness are often exposed to strong religious convictions, because so much of their personal care systems when they are not hospitalized involve "faith systems"; in other words, homeless people with mental illness are very likely to be frequently fed, clothed, housed, and counseled by faith-based organizations and charities, and often the free meals come with preaching and prayer, so this has an impact on their perception of what "healthy" people believe and want to hear;\n(3)  Spirituality is one of the last personal strengths people are left when many forms of empowerment are taken from them because of severe illness or the realities of hospitalization--long after you can't take care of your own money, healthcare, and business decisions, you are still in charge of your own spiritual destiny, so that makes it very important to chronically hospitalized people;\n(4)  Many evangelists deliberately target vulnerable people to hear their comparatively extreme version of their faith, and that means that psychologically impressionable mentally ill people are often deluged with religious proselytizing by the more fervent, vocal, and even at times fanatical elements of any given faith community;\n(5)  Religiosity, with its endorsement of the miraculous/magical dimension of life, resonates with the experience of psychotic people, whose delusions and hallucinations also keep them in touch with that miraculous and magical dimension of life.  In other words, when you hear all day that you are psychotic because you believe that demons possess your neighbors, it can be very reassuring to know that Jesus, too, believed in demons, and cast them out of people.  Religion is a safer place for those who believe in things that are, empirically speaking, not there.  The challenge is to encourage them to maintain their spiritual beliefs but ground them in a reality-based perspective that does not lead them into behaviors that hurt themselves or others.  (In other words, believing in demons is okay, but walking naked down the street to cast the demons out of pedestrians is not...)\n\nHope this helps.
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i agree with auntiegrav. it is a situation where as Karl Marx said "religion is the opiate of the people" if you conjure magic for them in front of there face they will not see the truth behind the malice that you are creating with other issues.
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Ban religion would be the first step!
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Sorry I am a male Clinical Psychiatrist, France.  \n\nI have indepth knowledge of the eleven major religions of the world.  An I have been a volunteer doctor in Bosnia, Afghanistan an Iraq to name a few places over my life time.  \n\n"The Solution To Any Problem?\n\n"THERE IS NO DEITY WORTHY OF WORHSHIP EXCEPT ALLAH, AND MUHAMMAD IS HIS MESSENGER"\n\nThat which you have been given is but a fleeting comfort of this life.  Better and more enduring is tht which Alla has for those who believe and put thier trust in Him: who avoid gross sins and indecencies and, when angered, are willing to forgive: who obey their Lord, attend to their prayers, and conduct their affairs by mutual consent: who bestow in alms a part of that which  We have given them and , when oppressed, seek to redress their wrongs (Al-Qur'an, Sura: 42 (Ash-Shura), Ayat: 36-39).\n\nIf you have atleast 6 of the 18 symptoms below, you have what is known as generalized anxiety disorder.\n\nmotor tension\n\n1. trembling, twitching, or feeling shaky\n2. muscle tensions, aches, or soreness\n3. restlessness\n4. easy fatigabilitys\n\n\nAutonomic hyperactivity\n\n5. shortness of breath or somothering sensations\n6. palpitations or accelerated heart rate (Tachycardia).\n7. sweating, or cold clammy hands\n8. dry mouth\n9. dizziness or lightheadedness\n10. nausea, diarrhea, or other abdominal distress\n11. flushes (Hot flashes) or chills\n12. fequent urination\n13. trouble swallowing or "lump in throat"\n\nVigilance and scannig\n\n14. feeling keyed up or on edge\n15. exaggerated startle response\n16. difficulty concentrating or "mind goes blank" becasue of anxiety\n17. trouble falling or staying asleep\n18, irritability\n\nIf you have 6 of the 18 listed symptoms, then your doctors has made the correct DX.   \n\nMyself I prefer to spend two or three hours with my patients on their very first visit to ask questions that will help me/them to find out what is the root cause of their anxiety disorder.  Once they have answered my questions, I evaluate their answer an on their next visit I will give them their DX.  If it is anxiety disorder, I prefer to use behavior modification, reality therapy, hypnosis, Bio-Feedback an Yoga therapy to see if they will work to rid you of your anxiety.  Plus known your cause of the anxiety, I can give you alternative situations that you can pick to resolve the root cause of your anxiety.  \n\nOfcourse there are some patients where none of the above work.  So in order for them to have a quality life, I will put them on 0say, "Aprazolam". 1mg. BID, (means X2 per day), so they can live a quality life.  \n\nPlus I insist they attend group therapy related to taking this drug, as it is addictive and you will probably on it for the rest of your life.    This is why I prefer not to write and Rx.   Only if all other therapies fail.  \n\nClinical Psychiatrist, France
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Oh now you have done your gunna make all the religious maniacs mad.  Don't question their faith man as that is not allowed, except when they stop you in the street and ask you to re-evaluate your beliefs and try and shove their religion down your throat, or when they send missionaries round the world disrupting savages (that's what they call em when they don't follow Christianity) belief's and ways of life's.......\n\nOh and by reading their comments by reading you crapy passages from the bible (made up book changed by men to control hummanity).\n\nTell me when you die and you find out you have been following the wrong religion your whole life and they send you to hell, what will you do then?
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First I would advise against referring this friend to mental heath care unless you believe him/her to be seriously suicidal (even then, pray about it first). From first-hand experience, I can say that doctors, no matter how well meaning, rarely can make things better, especially if they are not christian. Mental hospitals can keep patients alive, but they can't make the root problem better. Only God can do that.\n\nSecond, as someone else said, advice is not usually welcome in someone depressed, so think carefully before you speak. I can't give you any specific help except don't give general advice (for example, suggest he/she take a fifteen minute walk each morning and evening, rather than the more general, "be more active").\n\nFinally, instead of specific verses, I would suggest reading with her/him everyday if he/she will allow it. What may not strike you may be the exact key that they need. The King James Version (this is not evident in any other version) also has a soothing property in its sound arrangement which scientists have found helps to calm distress.\n\nIf he she is suicidal, I would suggest this section in which Paul describes feeling the same way:\n2 Corinthians 1:3-10, "Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort;\nWho comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God.\nFor as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also aboundeth by Christ.\nAnd whether we be afflicted, it is for your consolation and salvation, which is effectual in the enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer: or whether we be comforted, it is for your consolation and salvation.\nAnd our hope of you is stedfast, knowing, that as ye are partakers of the sufferings, so shall ye be also of the consolation.\nFor we would not, brethren, have you ignorant of our trouble which came to us in Asia, that we were pressed out of measure, above strength, insomuch that we despaired even of life:\nBut we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead:\nWho delivered us from so great a death, and doth deliver: in whom we trust that he will yet deliver us;"\n\nGod bless you and help your friend.
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Christians and Muslims can turn against secularism provided that there exists a leadership coalition that sincerely believes in Peace and Coexistence and Respect and the abandonment of selfish ulterior motives such as subjugation for the cause of Greed, Covetousness and the spread of falsehood in order to control the depleting resources of the world. Hatred is merely an instrument to accomplish all these insidious goals.\n\n And for this you need a strong, morally upright and guided leadership that is willing to forgo the self, wealth and comfort and the pursuit of hedonistic thrills. Anybody out there fits the bill?
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Not all religion. I would have to say though that FUNDAMENTALIST religion IS INDEED a tool of mind control that allows a small group of people to wield enormous influence over the masses, and I think that's wrong.
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It is their foundation.  I sometimes wonder if arguing with someone about their core beliefs is moral.  if I ever convinced someone that they aren't going to Heaven, and the most powerful thing ever (God) doesn't love them, they would probably not feel good.  Of course, there are psychiatrists all over the world trying to convince people they are not God, or Jesus, or Napoleon, so I am immoral with company.
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You can't! Without religion, there would be no hope, and without hope, chaos would consume us. There is no peace without religion.
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The only person who can keep you from living your life to the fullest is YOU.  Naturally we all want to shift the blame and responsibility onto someone else -- the government, the situation, our family, maybe even god.  Start taking responsibility for yourself.  Why don't you start a grassroots agenda for something you care about?  Start reading the news, and find an issue that you care deeply about.  Nothing will make you fill more fulfilled than helping those in need.  \n\nI have to ask...you're not actually *hearing* god, are you?  If so, you really need to tell a professional.  Please, please don't let anyone convince you that it's normal to hear a voice in your head.  That's not a religious issue, it's a mental health one.
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the problem with a question like this is that there are a thousand different ways to answer it.\n\nA religious person will tell you that he needs their religion in his life to help him better deal with his problems and find himself.\n\nA sheep in the flock of society will tell you that therapy will help him find peace and deal with his emotions.\n\nA doctor will shove pills in his hands and bill him for them.\n\nAn Alarmist will tell him it's all in his head, or that our shallow society isn't allowing his self-fulfillment like it does for the rest of the flock. \n\nYou ask a hundred different people and you'll get a hundred and one different answers.\n\nso instead of asking people that don't know your friend, talk it over with him, ask him what he thinks will work and what he wants to try. If he wants to go to a therapist let him decide. And if screaming into a pillow is his thing and that works for him, there is no reason some anonymous person on Yahoo! needs to tell him otherwise.
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Violence begets violence. However, the only way to stop this madness is to do away with Islam and those who follow it. I am on your side on this one.
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Speaking out against them is one thing, promoting hatred and actual assault is another.  Words are all we have sometimes to convey ideas, and most religions are a quest for truth, which is an idea hard to present in another way.  Sometimes the only way to define the truth is to point out the lies.\n\nIf the words do not promote/encourage hatred of people or criminal activities (riots, assaults, suicide bombings, etc) then let them speak.  Truth will always prove itself out in the end.
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Not submitting yourself to the authorities of the religious institutions, and thinking for yourself.\n\nI will ring your doorbell and run away!!!
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You can't do that, see what religion will do to people!!