Comments on: Pissy Psychology http://www.drumsnwhistles.com/2007/12/14/pissy-psychology/ ...politics, pictures, pugs and all that jazz Sat, 20 Mar 2010 04:35:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Karoli http://www.drumsnwhistles.com/2007/12/14/pissy-psychology/comment-page-1/#comment-52108 Karoli Sun, 16 Dec 2007 02:17:46 +0000 http://www.drumsnwhistles.com/2007/12/14/pissy-psychology/#comment-52108 Well said. And if not for amateurs identifying mental illness, the professionals would have a real problem, since they can't go out and solicit their business. Well said. And if not for amateurs identifying mental illness, the professionals would have a real problem, since they can't go out and solicit their business.

]]> By: Karoli http://www.drumsnwhistles.com/2007/12/14/pissy-psychology/comment-page-1/#comment-41695 Karoli Sat, 15 Dec 2007 19:17:46 +0000 http://www.drumsnwhistles.com/2007/12/14/pissy-psychology/#comment-41695 Well said. And if not for amateurs identifying mental illness, the professionals would have a real problem, since they can't go out and solicit their business. Well said. And if not for amateurs identifying mental illness, the professionals would have a real problem, since they can't go out and solicit their business.

]]> By: Joel Sax http://www.drumsnwhistles.com/2007/12/14/pissy-psychology/comment-page-1/#comment-41694 Joel Sax Sat, 15 Dec 2007 00:31:08 +0000 http://www.drumsnwhistles.com/2007/12/14/pissy-psychology/#comment-41694 Professionals are permitted to ~treat~ people with disorders. They do not, however, have a corner on the market of discerning mental illness in others. I find Murray's posts quite disturbing and reason for alarm by those who knew him. The adolescent nature of web communications lead to no one challenging his thinking in the name of Free Speech. So he kept going, empowered by a firey religiosity that led him to pick up a gun and go after a crowd.<br><br>Grohl should give you a break -- if he has his own opinions shaped by his professional experience, he should give it. Instead, he turns pollyanna, whining about how his turf has been invaded by an amateur -- forgetting, of course, that most mental illness is first identified by amateurs. Professionals are permitted to ~treat~ people with disorders. They do not, however, have a corner on the market of discerning mental illness in others. I find Murray's posts quite disturbing and reason for alarm by those who knew him. The adolescent nature of web communications lead to no one challenging his thinking in the name of Free Speech. So he kept going, empowered by a firey religiosity that led him to pick up a gun and go after a crowd.

Grohl should give you a break — if he has his own opinions shaped by his professional experience, he should give it. Instead, he turns pollyanna, whining about how his turf has been invaded by an amateur — forgetting, of course, that most mental illness is first identified by amateurs.

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