Are psychology and psychiatry real sciences?

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3. i think it's squishy.

i think shrinks and neurologists r finally starting to talk to each other, but that’s new.
to me, the idea that there is a mind that is separate from the brain which is separate from the body is just stupid on it’s face.
i find their ‘tests’ crude and biased, having been subjected to 1. checklists where if u have family members w mi, and 1 or 2 symptoms, even sleep troubles, and u get a label. i think the reason finding the right meds can be so hard is cuz their testing is so crude.

but case in point- tbi’s and ptsd. the standard testing CANNOT tell the diff. i, personally, believe that this results in a lot of bad calls. the v.a. has found the diff on pet scans. i dont know if that testing is getting used elsewhere. the therapy for ptsd is some tough stuff. not appropriate for someone w/o the condition.
have 1st hand experience here w my youngest finally diagnosed w epilepsy from a long ago head injury. among the kinds of seizures she had were hallucinations that were chalked up to delusions.
having your brain short out on the regular tends to make you anxious. another box to check.

in my own case, i have autoimmune diseases that cause great fatigue. this has repeatedly been called a symptom of depression, when it is the other way around.
this led me into talk therapy that, imho, led me to bad directions. led me to think it was my life that was f’d, and to ‘fix it’. did things that only made it worse. went into it at 1 point to figure out how to live w the fatigue, the docs, the pills, the pain. 2yrs. wasted.

and dont get me started on the lack of solid evidence for most therapy modes.
and how much i hate freud.