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WCDT 7-11 March 2011 (1876-80)

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slydon:
I wouldn't question Hanner's logic. If anyone's broken the dating scene down to it's mathematical components, it's her.
Oh yeah. :psyduck:

JackFaerie:

--- Quote from: steveh11 on 09 Mar 2011, 02:09 ---Well, my point is that (to me) psych is still an immature science, which is at about the same level of maturity as alchemy wrt chemistry.  But like I said, I've never had any experience of any kind of 'therapy', short of novels, film/TV and now comics.

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You do realize you've basically just said: "I have a strong negative and dismissive attitude about psychology although I know nothing about it?" Or to put it another way: "to me psych is an immature science, and my sole knowledge of it comes from highly fictionalized, dramatized media that is more interested in story than accurate representation of medical knowledge"?

I'm not saying you can't/shouldn't hold a negative opinion about psychology--many people do. But holding such an opinion with zero knowledge of the discipline as it is actually practiced (and there are many different ways of practicing) is another matter.

For one thing, the way psychiatrists use talk therapy can be different. In some cases, patients just need an opportunity to talk, air out their issues, and be listened to. A lot of people simply don't spend much time analyzing their reactions and relationships, etc, and having someone "safe" ask questions simply prompts some much-needed self-reflection. In other cases, therapists will guide you towards certain realizations. Dora's just starting therapy--but what was useful from her first session is that it right away pegged her brother, and her relationship with him as a sore point (otherwise she wouldn't have gone off talking about it for 45 minutes and not even known the time was up), and of course the content of Dora's Sven-speech might have given some basics for the therapist to explore/work on with Dora later. As Dora talks more and the therapist learns more about her, he will be able to help her put her various issues together, and guide her to explore particular parts of her psyche.

Fen:
I liked therapy. I was afraid of it for years and when I finally got around to going there I regretted not doing so earlier. I was reluctant at first what with all the TV talk about it, and have heard some IRL stories about horrible psychiatrists that tell people with low self esteem that "no man will ever want them unless they lose weight"(we're talking about a pretty good looking and healthy woman here, not an obese person).
I DO blame the whole "psychiatry sucks" idea for all the sucky psychiatrists out there. Half my class went on to study psychology, some to "fix their own problems" and others because they just assumed it was all easy. Ergo, how bad psychotherapists are flooding the industry >.>

(yes I know psychiatry and psychology are different things, I just didn't bother saying "psychiatry and psychology" every time. and yes, mine was a psychiatrist though I went there for cognitive-behavioural psychotherapy).

Also, there was this thing that made me really understand how hard it is to be a psych. Basically my therapist's office was in a building at the local neuropsychological hospital, and lots of schizofrenics would hang out near her hallway. Whenever i'd get there early I'd spend about 5-15 minutes with them. It was extremely depressing. You need some nerve to be able to handle people like that imho.

Eddurd:
Maybe this falls under "Don't Explain The Joke", but for the non-math-inclined ...

Why is Marigold's self-loathing the square root of two?
Because it's irrational.

Dora's flaws would be sqrt(-1), since most of them are imaginary.

Odal:

--- Quote from: akronnick on 10 Mar 2011, 01:24 ---A greater number of the former minority gender would be past equality.

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My point was that equality is theoretical to begin with.  Same with going "passed equality."  Thus it does not exist in reality.

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