Anyone else a member of Recovery International, or other cognitive behavioral training programs?

[hunter]

10. When I see a list like this:

Anger/outbursts
Anxiety
Attention deficit disorder
Bipolar disorder
Borderline personality disorder
Compulsions
Conflict resolution
Depression
Dizziness
Eating disorders
Fatigue
Feelings of low self worth
Fears
Insomnia
Light-headedness
Mood disorders
Obsessions
Obsessive compulsive disorder
Palpitations
Panic
Panic attacks
Poor self image
Schizoaffective disorder
Schizophrenia
Shyness
Sleep problems
Social anxiety
Social phobia
Suicidal tendencies
Stress
Sweats
Tremors

http://www.lowselfhelpsystems.org/system/our-method.asp

I think of this:


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patent_medicine

The disclaimer, "... it is not intended as a substitute for professional care, but rather as an adjunct to it..." is the same one you see on many sorts of alternative medicine schemes, a rare number that may be useful, but mostly not.

One thing I've learned by very hard won experience is to never underestimate the power of THE CRAZY.

The Crazy is like cancer, there's no one treatment for all the various types. Some mental illnesses are more or less benign, others are absolutely deadly.

There are mental illnesses best treated with drugs. Like cancers, there are different drugs for different illnesses, and in many cases the indications are not precisely defined. There are aspects of my own crazy that simply evaporate with the right medicines. It's astonishing. Take a pill, I'm better. Like magic. Some mental illnesses can be treated with talk therapies, or a combination of drugs and talk therapy. Some mental illnesses are not treatable and may require the physical removal of the person from environments where they become a danger to themselves and others.

This site pushes my internal skepticism meter into the warning zones.