I suggest anyone that watches this whole video to watch a documentary called "Fat Head". It has more to do with food health but touches a bit on how the brain works. People today have more "mental illness" due to "chemical imbalances" like Stefan points out. Our brain is dependent on fat. Yet we are taught that we should have a low fat diet. America's war on fat can correlate to the rising "mental health" issues facing us today. Very good doc. Watch it instantly on Netflix. "Fat Head"
the latest Australia latest Mental illness banner is 'I can't help my mental illness, and I can't help how you treat me' .
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Go pick up a nursing psychiatric hand book from any decade and they can't really explain anything and have also i sick opinion of are senior citizens " well , there a tricky one because there mind is already degenerating...it harder to get the right diagnoses and treatment"
Great video, but although mental illness has no laboritory or physical findings, doesn't the same principle apply to our emotions, and do you regard our emotions to exist?
@kfrankieb2007 I believe that emotions show up very strongly on various physical measurements – the fight or flight mechanism, for instance. Love also releases endorphins.
As I recently told someone trying to assert 'mental illness' - people do have uncomfortable emotions and habits, they do things that disturb other people and they make decisions that are not well-thought-out. This is called a PERSONALITY, not an 'illness'. If you think taking drugs improves your PERSONALITY then go ahead and do it, but defending this pseudoscientific biopsychiatric industry is not helping anyone.
What about neuropsychological tests? They do scans and screenings on the brain. Also when they diagnose people with a mental illness they pay attention to eye contact, body movements, reaction time, etc. They can clearly see chemical imbalances on the tests. Those are all psychical testing. We spend a lot of money on stuff like morphine and penicillin as well. That is all clearly for psychical pain. This guy is an idiot. He left out facts.
I don't care who tells me I have a mental illness, I'll just tell you to sod off and die. Just because some supposedly infallible expert defines me as 'mentally ill', I couldn't give two hoots, as long as they as don't call me a psychiatrist! Who will psychiatrize the behaviours and habits of the conformist herd, eh, and who will psychiatrize the behaviours of the psychiatrists? I defecate on your profession
The bottom-line Stef , is that altho it is true that mental illness ( or mental disorder ) can't be diagnosed the same way you can diagnose cancer and such, AND clearly the obsession with generating profit has affected the medical industry like any other... Expecially in the US everyone has a shrink and if you are not a boring obedient slave , but someone with an "interesting personality" they'll diagnose you with adhd or whatever... But to say schizophrenia is not an illness is bullshit...
I've been mentally ill in the past, after a breakdown in 1976. And it IS real. I was 360 degrees different than my normal self. All kinds of delusions, and attempted suicide. There is an intricate balance of chemicals and hormones in the brain. Once they are thrown out of whack, the mind simply does not function normally.
All the naysayers here, I have seen mentally Ill people, volunteered, etc. All the things you want Stef to do, I have done. I agree with Stef, that it is not conclusive enough to believe mental illness exists. People need to realize this over medication of the brain is hurting them and making them dependent on it instead of healing them. At times pills can cost $100 a PILL. The people I have met at these centers or people afflicted with 'mental illness' have had fucked up lives.
@CubanInfinity There are alternatives to the prescription drugs. My sister was cured of her mental illness with the aid of a naturopathic physician I found. But because she had already been on the drugs for ten years, the natural therapies, ( herbal hormones, other herbs and vitamins), had to be combined with the hard drugs. She is doing great, one year later. No more side-effects. But for mental disabilities not caused by physical abormalities, these remedies may be ineffective.
@london2z What I meant was the side-effects from the drugs disappeared when she started the holistic cures a year ago. And are still gone. Natural and homeopathic remedies actually cure, and not just cover up diseases, as pharma drugs do.
Another great video by stefbot. I think the root of the problem is unhappiness. People mistake unhappiness with mental illness. Unhappiness can be caused by loneliness, family death or financial problems. Humans need connection. Some people have a hard time communicating with others, expressing feelings and feeling connected. Many people feel disconnected and very lonely. The solution is not drugs, the solution is work on social skills, find people with your interests, feel loved.
There is a special place in hell for people like you. The same hell I've lived in for over 40 years. If it were not for medication, I would have committed suicide many times over. I agree that the drug industry needs to be more closely monitored, but to just claim that these illness don't exist will cause so much pain and suffering for people who need them.
@tonioverton9 So he deserves hell because hes trying to help people with something he believes will help them? Even if for the sake of argument he is wrong he is just mistaken. And for that you think he deserves eternal torment. Pure class...
@tonioverton9 , the reasons you need medication is because you are unhappy. There is no such thing as mental illness. But unhappiness and suffering can cause people to think they have mental illness. Why will you try to comit suicide? The answer is always pain and unhappiness which is the source of all the people taking meds instead of working to find the real problems in their everyday life. Whether is loneliness, social disconnection, or financial problems.
@sfumato1002 Have you ever worked with or spent time with people diagnosed with a severe and persistent mental illness? I know you haven't from your comments alone. Please, volunteer/work with people suffering from paranoid schizophrenia. Get to know something about the issues first hand and I guarantee it will give you an education on what you're commenting on.
@deziistheone I Lost my brother from schizophrenia. Now I don't agree with Stef very often, but the point of this video seems to be that mental illness is a HUGE business and it just drugging everyone with an 'interesting personality' in the pursuit of profit. Scizophrenia is definitely real , altho we don't know much about it... Fact remains it needs to be triggered my something like a trauma.
The references that Stefan is quoting from and work he is citing (even the title he chose) is implying something potentially dangerous to a particularly vulnerable group. If you want to argue that there are steps we should to take to prevent over-medicating by doctors, or alternatives, I am all for that. But to suggest that medication has not been beneficial in many cases is completely contrary from what I have experienced.
@Tilleyass This video is about the problems with prescribing mind-altering medications for mental illness that don't have any medically quantifiable cause, why such medical practices exist, and how other less intrusive methods can offer more effective treatment. Did you comment based on the title, without watching the video? It's 50 minutes long and he goes into pretty good detail. There's nothing "blanket statement" about it.
I think people are confusing what he's saying here. He isn't saying these conditions don't exist, he's suggesting they are diseases or illnesses that require drug treatment. It's not to say schizophrenics aren't delusional, but that the cause of their delusions are not chemical in nature necessarily. Drugs might calm the symptoms, but do they cure the condition? Labotomy ends symptoms too, but it hardly cures a condition. I do think it's possible to have chemical deficiencies, but why no tests?
The problem was institutional education...I was smarter than the other kids, and was bored. I wanted to advance at my own pace instead of being held back as the poorer students were attended too, and the mediocre caught up to me. I realized the education system was designed to "hurry-up and wait". It was essentially designed for the mediocre students. I quit in high school, and embarked on autodidactism. College was the same; I quit that too. I've had no mental "issues" of importance since.
I was put on Ritalin for asking too many questions and talking too much in school. It was a religious school, and at the time I was professing to be an atheist. I am now a Deist (I know you're disappointed stef...lol). I quit taking the medicine almost immediately. I felt like a zombie on the stuff. I could learn, but couldn't multi-task. My grades improved, but socially I became a total airheaded zombie. I went off the drug on my own, grades slightly decreased, but I realized the real problem.
As someone who endured years living with a seriously mentally ill cousin who never received medication because her psychologist was a fundamentalist Catholic, I challenge anyone that believes the conditions I allude to in my last post are not real should put up or shut up, and go live for a month in a halfway house with diagnosed paranoid schizophrenics who engage in "exercise and well-balanced diets" instead of medication. I'm positive you'll quickly change your tune. Any volunteers? stefbot?
Your argument might be valid if medications were marketed specifically as cures, but they are TREATMENTS. Chemo doesn't cure cancer in an individual for their entire life; it is a TREATMENT. So is cancer also a corporate scheme?
As for evidence of antipsychotic medication efficacy, dozens of 1000-bed sanitariums in the US have closed over the past 4 decades because conditions that once condemned people to a sanitarium for life can now be managed via outpatient therapy with regular medication.
Stefan, over the period of a few weeks I have been watching your videos with increasing interest, and while I don't always agree with your opinions, I enjoy your topics and point of view. That said, it's extremely disappointing to see you discussing a topic that you do not have a basic or rudimentary understanding of, save the academic/statistical side of. I would urge you to spend some time working/volunteering in the field to gain some insight into the issues you're sharing your opinion on.
I have to admit you had me going there. I was willing to entertain the notion that I had been duped. Then I checked the "sources" you cite. Did anyone else notice that they are all newspaper articles, biased websites, and even a few from ehow! Not a single link to a medical or scientific journal. No peer reviewed literature. Can you provide reputable sources?
@jjsas LOl we dont need science to tell us that there is something wrong with the world. we dont need peer reviews to tell us that anxiety is from not knowing why you are here, what your purpose is and where you are going after you die.. give people some spiritual insight and answers to these fundamental questions and a reason for living and you cure 'spiritual imbalance' which helps to cure body and mental imbalance.. if you dont have a genuine reason for life, what is the point of living..?
@SovereignBeing Your response has nothing to do with this video or my comment. As to the irrelevant point you make, there are no answers to spiritual questions. If you claim to have answers then you are either lying or have been deceived yourself. Faith is not an answer. It is merely a guess. And yours is as good as mine.
@jjsas Not to mention quotes taken disturbingly out of context. I think the issue here is that Stefan's core belief in a free market society simply does not have a solution for the predominance of mental illness. Mental illness, and the treatments of it (which are often government funded programs), conflict with the principles of libertarianism. It's easier to avoid the issue and pretend it doesn't exist. Unfortunately this is at the expense of those that suffer from a mental illness.
@deziistheone Actually I would argue that the government causes a lot of mental illness through it's artificial control systems. In fact, the cyclical nature of anomie is tied to the level of state tyrannies present or not in society. These controls and systems often push people toward mediocrity and prevent individual growth at indivudal rates (especially in schools where the excellent are slowed while the poor are dragged along). It doesn't take much to see the state causes many deficiencies.
@ProIndividual That argument would be like saying the state causes diabetes or autism. While many things can have an impact on mental health, to say the state is at fault for mental illness is silly. If you had experience working in the field you would know this.
though we arent removing people sinuses anymore to treat mental illness, Carlin was right when he said doctoring is guesswork in a white coat...if depression was being stabilized why havent suicide numbers gone down?
because society sucks...and would rather dope people up then change
@CoolCollectableToys The alternative is not taking drugs for mental issues. Encouraging a world to be independent and resistant. Pharmaceuticals have proven to be unscientific and dangerous. The whole industry is corrupt. time to wake up. Google; chronological history of health
its like if you find society to just be a pain in the ass and you realize you are pretty much getting fucked in every orifice whether you like it or not.......THEN you have a "mental disease"
if you dont jump up and down on a pew and sing "jesus is a loving motherfucker", THEN you have a mental disease......
Then if you win the lottorey or get rich THEN you are eccentric.
@wideosvatcher I live in Scotland and I have 18 yrs under my belt with mental health care and I have not seen anyone or have heard of anyone being treated for mental illness because they don't believe in Jesus or jump up and down like a motherfucker ?! I would be worried if they did.
@CoolCollectableToys Well I have seen that and you should be worried. I have seen people destroyed by the mental health system in every way you can think of; ECT on people diagnosed with Anxiety, people involuntarily treated for extremely subtle behavioral issues, many kids destroyed for life by the add phase and it just gets worse the deeper you go.
As to the growth point. Isn't the argument that you should exprect a decline, based on false analogy between infectious disease (malaria) and non-infectious disease (mental illness)?
@maganz yes it is. the same flawed argument can be made vs. heart disease: # of prescriptions has increased & they have side effects too, the only relevant data is whether patients improve. fact: severely depressed patients are the group that benefits from treatment. blame overdiagnosis & bad decisionmaking when proper, but
over-perscription of antibiotics does not prove there are no infectious diseases.
read for yourselves in a reputable medical journal or website (medscape.com, etc)
@danceSKSKdance You kind of need to support your assertions, unless your goal is just to make yourself feel better and / or sway stupid people who have no standards and don't know what an actual argument looks like. If I said flying hippos are real, that would be just as valid as your comment is now.
@regresseur so whats your assertions relating to this video apart from the sheeple attack and the argument for the video or against ? people have a right to their opinion regardless how stupid you think their opinion is. But I don't recall you making an opinion relating to the video, just an opinion to others opinions, what does that make you ?
@regresseur I wasn't trying to make an argument - I was stating a fact. I don't know how my comment could possibly sway "stupid people" with "no standards" by hey, if that's what you call people who don't have the same views as you, you can stick to that. I don't need you to validate my comment, it was directed at the creator of this video and if he or anyone else wants to know which findings and points I speak of, they can simply ask. Plus, flying hippos are real, didn't you know?
@bobthechipmonk Statins are used to lower cholesterol, are they not? Correct me if I'm wrong but I don't think their effects on the brain relate to mental illness.
@danceSKSKdance Your brain is manly made of cholesterol. What happens when you take Statins is that it stops the ability of Glial cells to function correctly. Giving you a chemical imbalance to the point where your brain can't repair itself. Therefor, it has great effects on your brain. Do the google search.
I always thought the whole "jury of your peers" thing made more sense if it was an opportunity for the defendant to accuse them as well. The idea of mental illness being telling of society kinda reminded me of that.
Stefan I've listened to you for sometime now and often I thought you came out with good points, but at the same time I could not put my finger on it. Until I spoke to many others and read alot of blogs etc warning young people to stay away from you and your website. I do believe you may have NPD but you are one very sick individual. And I advise everyone to investigate who you are and what you get up to on your website. You are one sick person that manipulates his sheeple for his own greed.
it is my understanding and experience that there isa profound change in the way the brain processes information in the case of severe OCD. ERP can cure obsessions as well as cbt in which you teach the brain what not to do to fuel it anymore.
chlomipramine is a wonder drug and is the only thing that can get you out of a enourmous whole theres no cbt that can be done in that whole. (until you are well enough to do it).
BAD suffering in severe illness in nothing like that in the over generalised
@mrjustaguy89 Good, I am glad someone has spoken out at Stefans stupidity. I would urge everyone who does not know so much about this guy to research him especially people who have young teens that use the internet forums etc. Type into google molyneux revealed dot com and see what others are saying that are outside his sheeple group.
The kids aren't mentally ill,the psychiatrist are & they're greedy so they're looking for ways to make more money,the DSM is the new Witches Hammer to opress along with control the people.
@crypter27 No.. I would'nt go as far as that. There has to be better understanding of Mental Health and better tools to diagnose. It also depends on the Doctor as a person and how good he or she is at their Job. I have nursed many people that without the medication that they are taking they would very unwell. I had a friend who's doctor actually wanted her to stop the meds so she did. She ended up very unwell. Now she is back on the meds and she has started working again & feels good
@CoolCollectableToys You can't say psychiatrist are doctors because they're not,doctors can't treat you against your'e will or lock you up with out a trial or any sense of due process. And in the soviet union psychiatrist were used to lock up political dissidents who did't like being slaves to the state.
@crypter27 Well I cannot speak about the US cause I don't live there and never been. In the UK Psychiatrists are medically qualified doctors.This envolves Medical degree (usually 5 years) after that 2 years working in a hospital and then Specialty training (usually 6 years). So yes I can say they are doctors. Whatever your bad feelings about Mental Health or Psychiatrists you can deny as much as you like They are MD's with a speciality in Mental Health. Altogether 13 years experience to become 1
@CoolCollectableToys The degree & state vetting means nothing,its what they do that shows if they're doctors or not after all doctors are by definition healers & by that definition. Psychiatrist have healed no one & psychiatrist will admit they don't have a cure for any thing only dangerious treatments that do more harm then good.
@crypter27 I know where your coming from and agree that its "what they do that shows they are doctors" and not everyone can be healed whether they have a physical or mental problem. Well I'm yet to hear a pyschiatrist say the only treament they offer is "dangerous treatments". When your treating someone with a mental "illness" it is a two way street. If the patient does not want or often has no insight then it will often not work.I have helped many people become better that is a fact
@CoolCollectableToys I know this tactic,instead of debating on the message your'e trying assault my charactor well I'm not playing that game so unless you want to debate me on the facts. Don't bother trying to pull a fast one on me!
@crypter27 Lets get one thing straight you dont know me and why would I assault your character. But I can tell you something which you dont need to tell me and without wanting to sound rude, you are paranoid. You have a huge chip on shoulder about the Mental Health field . All I tried to do was ascertain why you are so pissed off with the mental health field ? that is all. There is no point discussing anything with someone who just rants.
I have suffered a few bouts if depression in the past, the doctors always offered drugs (i always refused) before CBT or other talking therapies and even when asked the waiting list is months long, its taken a long time but I have found ways to help myself. Drugs are not the answer.
@fuckoverload Cool, thanks for sending me here... I disagree though, with the assertion that it's the marketing of Psyche Drugs that's causing the growth of Mental Illness. Both are just symptomatic, of a Psychotic Society. The individual Psycho-Ceramics who flip out are perfectly correct to be overwhelmed, with depression & anxiety. We share the Planet with a majority-Population of Selfish and violent Vandals... Jobs, Dollars, & Votes ; create that Madness !
I see your point but mental illness or imbalance or whatever you call it is very real...maybe the way it's treated in the states is over reliant on drug treatment, but it's only a "band aid" the source of mental illness goes alot deeper.
No, his point (as I understand it) is that the DSMs, or the approach of mainstream psychiatric practice with what THEY consider "mental illness"; that is THEIR word, "mental illness", hence the title of this video, is not scientifically based, only fuels the actual "illness", and makes HUUGE profit, which should be alerting. The SYMPTOMS exists, , but there is no proof of any PHYSICAL signs of these "illnesses", meaning that these "illnesses" might merely be attacks to the mind.
i think what a lot of people choose to ignore about the success some people have had with their mental condition is that a lot of these people see psychiatry, special treatment, or therapy which in itself can cure/fix a lot of people's problems. the drugs they prescribe you aren't guaranteed to do anything. sometimes just talking about your problems makes all the difference for your psyche.
100% true that there is no such thing as mental illness or chemical imbalance. it's just jargon the psychology field and pharmaceutical companies have indoctrinated people to believe in. i've been diagnosed with schizophrenia and i can assure you that i'm perfectly fine. during my drug use, i may have become slightly neurotic, but my paranoia and anxiety eventually went away once it got out of my system. the whole mental health system is quick to misdiagnose you and medicate you.
Stefan please try and reply to this, I know your busy but if you can I would be grateful. What term should be then used if Mental Illness is not the appropriate term or name to define the very real signs and symptoms people display and feel while enduring a "Mental illness". ??
@CoolCollectableToys I don't know as much as Stefan, but maybe, "pain", "shock", "grief", "fear" or "trauma". If we don't have a model of mental illness, as in chemical inbalance, what we're left with is the brain's normal, healthy reactions to highly traumatic events/abuse. That are usually not allowed to be expressed.
@Zerafinel I worked in mental health for 18 years more on the learning disability side than pyschiatric but obviously got experience on that side as well. And what you say is perfectly true. The most important part with any reaction that causes harm to that person suffering from their experience is how one can help if they want or need help. Then when we talk about "need"..do we society believe we have an obligation to help or deem someone that needs help if that person refuses ? It would depend
@dannynovacain Reactions that people experience resulting from certain factors can definately be traced to society and other reactions cannot. I would say from my experience in caring for people with behaviour issues, in the majority if you strip back their family history right to the very start you will usually find the root of the problem. But then in others the cause is not that clear. But yeah social illness or illness of society, yeah I definately see where coming from with that terms.
This probably isn't about the term. Of course I'm not speaking for Stefan here, but the term is probably fine, as long as it doesn't have its current connotation, that there's "something biologically/chemically wrong with people with "mental illnesses" that needs to be fixed by drugs that cost loads of money and only makes you worse".
@somedump You do have a point as does Stefan, there are many people that do receive the appropriate medication that does relieve there suffering. But we mainly hear about the negatives and very often we don't hear about the positives. There are many people that receive good health care and there are others that don't regarding Mental Health.Psychiatry and in particular Psychiatrists tend to deal with assumptions and that can lead to huge mistakes and do have terrible consequences.
@somedump There is hope that in the future, scans of the brain or some other test will be used to confirm the presence of specific mental illnesses.Neurological changes occur in the brains of people with most mental illnesses. Some of these can be seen using brain imaging techniques.It may be possible in the future to use brain imaging to make a diagnosis. However, this is not yet possible. Niacin flushing test, This is a test that is being developed for schizophrenia.
@iggerdanus Possibly ? maybe he will...I hope he does..I think he has a duty to especially when he is insinuating about a subject that does affect millions of people.
@regresseur also these words sad, mad and delirious I don't recall using but I know why you mention them, obviously to get your point across. These words have meanings like all words. If one is paranoid what word would you use instead of paranoid ?
@CoolCollectableToys Perhaps a word for the personality's who use the words mental illness would be Ignaramous not recommended if your looking to make friends
tho :p
ah but the truth shall set ye free could it be we all have a multitude of personality's?
Everyone is in-titled to there own space are you. i Can only imagine how busy Stef must be , Great question Cool. if you can find a martial artist of at least 10 years sincere practice perhaps ask them also. I myself lacking in maturity
Stopped watching after a few minutes because I feel like I'm wasting my time.
First of all, looking at a changing population over time can be misleading if you don't consider population growth.
Second, I don't recall ever hearing a claim that anti-depressants cure anything, so your argument is a strawman.
Third, growth in diagnoses for any illness (mental or otherwise) could be attributed to any number of factors, including potential underdiagnosis in the past.
These things are real and should be researched as much as cancer is.
It is not normal to fear meeting new people. I didn't know that until I did therapy...
If I was giving cognitive therapy starting in the 7th grade I would not have dove into a real clinical depression by the 12th... Prozac does help me but its far from a "cure" for anxiety and depression.
Anxiety, nervousness, fear or however you want to call it is THE most underrated human problem on this planet.
Just read this: "Children in foster care in five states are taking psychotropic drugs at a rate 'two to over four times higher' than non-foster children in Medicaid according to a draft of a new government report obtained by CBS News." (Google "Taxpayer money used to overmedicate foster children")
I've heard Stef is no stranger to a little treading of the boards.
So if anyone is looking to audition for the part of an MD, you've come to the right place. Wrap a stethoscope around that neck and you've got the very archetype!
I have found that there IS such a thing as a chemical imbalance that can be corrected to my benefit with small amounts of medication.
I also think that people who get compulsions to do sick things to other living creatures and can not control these and maim and murder are people who are too ill to be allowed to have access to other living things...some of these people were NOT abused....they just have something wrong with them. Yes I have examples if you want to see them.
Longest, yet the most interesting video on youtube I've ever seen. Thank you so much for this stuff you are doing and sharing with public ... I am looking forward to use many of this stuff during my studies on university and I will try to combust as many discussions as possible, for I am a senator from the student chamber on my university, and I find many things which are being educated there insufficient. Again ... thank you so much for these videos
@salahuddin786 No you are going too far with that rationale. There are many people who do need and ask for help who suffer great pain and misery due to depression and other mental conditions. There are alot of good nurses and doctors who do their very best for people and without these people we would be in a sorry state.
Yes there are bad apples in every barrel and there are people who should not have been hospitalised or medicated. But to say what you said, that is ignorance on your part.
Of course there is mental illness or do you honestly believe that the brain is for some reason the only organ in the human body that can never ever get ill?
@xknowledgeisfreex I think stefan is arguing about the definition of the word illness relating to Mental conditions as in relation to physical illness and how one is defined. For example currently a "Mental illness" can only be diagnosed through behaviour assessment and ruling out physical side, where an illness is diagnosed by medical physical tests unlike "mental illness".I think setfan is playing about with names but he is correct through definition. But I do know what you mean.
@CoolCollectableToys my son was shot and for a long time he had nightmares and could not sleep with out a weapon or have one on him all at all times he was not born like that...
@mstrephoenix1 I am sorry to hear about your son. It obviously was very traumatic for him. Some would say that his reaction to been shot was a normal reaction and I would agree with that. We all are individuals and we react differently to certain events that may happen to us. Obviously he was not born like that and needed the security of a gun to make or help him feel safer and give him the confidence to carry on in life. PTSD would probably been diagnosed if he went to a doctor.
@CoolCollectable doctors gave him meds and i don't think it helped allot honestly it was not a real solution i dont think doctor's have a pill for that. working out at a gym with a normal sex life,money in your pocket helps and is a better solution and a more real one but by the doctors helping him for to long just with pills and he wont go talk to any body about it, he got in trouble and now is in jail maybe for 15 years at most...program is better for him if he will do it not in my choice
You really didn't do your research properly on this one. Mental illness and mental illness treatment is not like Malaria cures. It is much more like diabetes. With improved treatments for diabetes the life span of people with diabetes has increased dramatically. The number of people with diabetes has increased dramatically because they are living longer and test to find diabetes have gotten better. This is much like mental illness.
Well, I know drugs do not initially cause the problems...and I am pretty certain a sugar pill does not do the same thing as the drug. The drugs numb. But, I agree that the drugs are terrible in the long run and often short. I personally think some people are just more sensitive, it's not a disorder. Society is in disorder.
Mental illness = Thinking differently from the parasitic psychopathic ranks inhabiting the field of psychiatry.
According to whom the idea that love, understanding and belonging might be the cornerstone of mental health and wellness is anathema. While drugs, drugs and more drugs, after a healthy consultancy fee, is the answer.
I thought we didn't believe in witch doctors? Tacit acceptance of these monsters' pseudo-scientific quackery says otherwise.
I knew someone would release a video in some yet-to-exist public video forum making exactly this claim in the mid 90's! They said I was crazy and locked me up under chemical restraint. I got out just recently and after years of enforced solitude, well, NOW I'm mentally ill and I couldn't disagree with this video more...
Hey guys. I'm battling from schizophrenia. I'm not asking for money or views or anything, but just for support and for people to hear me out. My psychiatrist said to let people know about your problem, but everyone thinks I'm weird and my family cannot understand or take me seriously. I made a blog about my problems, and I hope we can talk on there. My blog is battlingschizophrenia.blogspot.com . Fellow schizophrenics, you should also come. We can fight the battle together.
@jaco0bx You should check out some information on the Soteria project. It was a study done in the 1970's by NIHM on possible non-drug treatments for schizophrenia and had a high rate of success. However as one can't make as much of a profit in actually curing a disorder as one can in keeping someone on a pricy and often times addictive narcotic for the rest of their lives the results of the study were suppressed. Anyways check it out and hopefully you'll find something of use.
@jaco0bx You have an over creative mind. That's a good thing. the voices you hear are from you and only you to perhaps fill the deafining silence. Do not buy in to the psychiatry industry it is a straight up lie! Be strong and dont swallow their bs.
@dannynovacain why you been so aggressive with this guy ? first I noticed you were been empathic but now that empathy has changed to anger ? I went to the guys blog and I admit I just scanned it, but why the anger towards him ?
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Mrscientificmethod 2 days ago
I am undiagnosed with something that does not exist today. The future brings hope?
Mrscientificmethod 2 days ago
I suggest anyone that watches this whole video to watch a documentary called "Fat Head". It has more to do with food health but touches a bit on how the brain works. People today have more "mental illness" due to "chemical imbalances" like Stefan points out. Our brain is dependent on fat. Yet we are taught that we should have a low fat diet. America's war on fat can correlate to the rising "mental health" issues facing us today. Very good doc. Watch it instantly on Netflix. "Fat Head"
shadoza 4 days ago
the latest Australia latest Mental illness banner is 'I can't help my mental illness, and I can't help how you treat me' .
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Go pick up a nursing psychiatric hand book from any decade and they can't really explain anything and have also i sick opinion of are senior citizens " well , there a tricky one because there mind is already degenerating...it harder to get the right diagnoses and treatment"
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CliveGains80s 1 week ago
how I wish mental health was really not real.
lipnox88 1 week ago
Brave New World
bommking137 2 weeks ago
Funny video.
PsychFreedom 3 weeks ago
Wow. This video is a textbook example of Fallacious Arguments in action.
Chadwickzilla 1 month ago 6
@Chadwickzilla Care to point them out, instead of just labeling them as such?
cincofone 3 weeks ago
@Chadwickzilla How so?
TheDestruct0r 6 days ago
@Chadwickzilla Evidence please. Or is your statement a perfect example of a fallacious argument?
Mrscientificmethod 2 days ago 2
Great video, but although mental illness has no laboritory or physical findings, doesn't the same principle apply to our emotions, and do you regard our emotions to exist?
kfrankieb2007 1 month ago
@kfrankieb2007 I believe that emotions show up very strongly on various physical measurements – the fight or flight mechanism, for instance. Love also releases endorphins.
stefbot 1 month ago
@stefbot Are you serious with this reply?
GtheMVP 2 weeks ago
Faulty conclusions drawn through a lack of personal experience. Very poor.
gabiotta 1 month ago
As I recently told someone trying to assert 'mental illness' - people do have uncomfortable emotions and habits, they do things that disturb other people and they make decisions that are not well-thought-out. This is called a PERSONALITY, not an 'illness'. If you think taking drugs improves your PERSONALITY then go ahead and do it, but defending this pseudoscientific biopsychiatric industry is not helping anyone.
ThisMachineKillsReds 1 month ago
Absolutely Brilliant video, thankyou for taking the time to produce it.
emmazedbend 1 month ago
Anatomy of an Epidemic - The Explosion of Mental Illness in the West = other video talking about this topic, better explains Stefan's position.
soratsol 1 month ago
The bit about diagnoses sounds like really bad science and not very logical.
It's a bit like this:
Before germ theory there were no diagnoses of viral infection.
After germ theory was accepted scientifically the number of viral infections skyrocketed.
Therefore the acceptance of germ theory is directly responsible for the diagnoses and there's no such thing as germs.
mikbetk 1 month ago
What about neuropsychological tests? They do scans and screenings on the brain. Also when they diagnose people with a mental illness they pay attention to eye contact, body movements, reaction time, etc. They can clearly see chemical imbalances on the tests. Those are all psychical testing. We spend a lot of money on stuff like morphine and penicillin as well. That is all clearly for psychical pain. This guy is an idiot. He left out facts.
CueWunAye 1 month ago
I don't care who tells me I have a mental illness, I'll just tell you to sod off and die. Just because some supposedly infallible expert defines me as 'mentally ill', I couldn't give two hoots, as long as they as don't call me a psychiatrist! Who will psychiatrize the behaviours and habits of the conformist herd, eh, and who will psychiatrize the behaviours of the psychiatrists? I defecate on your profession
Transmintosity 1 month ago
Professor Robert Sapolsky (Stanford) describes schizophrenia as "a disease of thought disorder and inappropriate emotional attributes. "
watch?v=nEnklxGAmak
z3r0Projects 1 month ago
It's not a DISEASE , but definitely a disorder
z3r0Projects 1 month ago
@z3r0Projects Order, like beauty, is a subjective, and therefore can not be observed reliably.
InappropriTunes 1 month ago
@InappropriTunes disorder as in "too fucked up to function" can most definitely be observed. Good is subjective too , don't you observe 'bad' ?
z3r0Projects 1 month ago
The bottom-line Stef , is that altho it is true that mental illness ( or mental disorder ) can't be diagnosed the same way you can diagnose cancer and such, AND clearly the obsession with generating profit has affected the medical industry like any other... Expecially in the US everyone has a shrink and if you are not a boring obedient slave , but someone with an "interesting personality" they'll diagnose you with adhd or whatever... But to say schizophrenia is not an illness is bullshit...
z3r0Projects 1 month ago
Watch this: watch?v=fduMpYhv1_M
"The Marketing Of Madness"
z3r0Projects 1 month ago
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there is only a mental illness called the "illuminati syndrome"
elanonimazo 1 month ago
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elanonimazo 1 month ago
I've been mentally ill in the past, after a breakdown in 1976. And it IS real. I was 360 degrees different than my normal self. All kinds of delusions, and attempted suicide. There is an intricate balance of chemicals and hormones in the brain. Once they are thrown out of whack, the mind simply does not function normally.
london2z 1 month ago
All the naysayers here, I have seen mentally Ill people, volunteered, etc. All the things you want Stef to do, I have done. I agree with Stef, that it is not conclusive enough to believe mental illness exists. People need to realize this over medication of the brain is hurting them and making them dependent on it instead of healing them. At times pills can cost $100 a PILL. The people I have met at these centers or people afflicted with 'mental illness' have had fucked up lives.
CubanInfinity 2 months ago
@CubanInfinity There are alternatives to the prescription drugs. My sister was cured of her mental illness with the aid of a naturopathic physician I found. But because she had already been on the drugs for ten years, the natural therapies, ( herbal hormones, other herbs and vitamins), had to be combined with the hard drugs. She is doing great, one year later. No more side-effects. But for mental disabilities not caused by physical abormalities, these remedies may be ineffective.
london2z 1 month ago
@london2z What I meant was the side-effects from the drugs disappeared when she started the holistic cures a year ago. And are still gone. Natural and homeopathic remedies actually cure, and not just cover up diseases, as pharma drugs do.
london2z 1 month ago
Another great video by stefbot. I think the root of the problem is unhappiness. People mistake unhappiness with mental illness. Unhappiness can be caused by loneliness, family death or financial problems. Humans need connection. Some people have a hard time communicating with others, expressing feelings and feeling connected. Many people feel disconnected and very lonely. The solution is not drugs, the solution is work on social skills, find people with your interests, feel loved.
sfumato1002 2 months ago
There is a special place in hell for people like you. The same hell I've lived in for over 40 years. If it were not for medication, I would have committed suicide many times over. I agree that the drug industry needs to be more closely monitored, but to just claim that these illness don't exist will cause so much pain and suffering for people who need them.
tonioverton9 2 months ago
@tonioverton9 So he deserves hell because hes trying to help people with something he believes will help them? Even if for the sake of argument he is wrong he is just mistaken. And for that you think he deserves eternal torment. Pure class...
AcresofAnarchy 2 months ago
@tonioverton9 , the reasons you need medication is because you are unhappy. There is no such thing as mental illness. But unhappiness and suffering can cause people to think they have mental illness. Why will you try to comit suicide? The answer is always pain and unhappiness which is the source of all the people taking meds instead of working to find the real problems in their everyday life. Whether is loneliness, social disconnection, or financial problems.
sfumato1002 2 months ago
@sfumato1002 Have you ever worked with or spent time with people diagnosed with a severe and persistent mental illness? I know you haven't from your comments alone. Please, volunteer/work with people suffering from paranoid schizophrenia. Get to know something about the issues first hand and I guarantee it will give you an education on what you're commenting on.
deziistheone 2 months ago
@deziistheone I Lost my brother from schizophrenia. Now I don't agree with Stef very often, but the point of this video seems to be that mental illness is a HUGE business and it just drugging everyone with an 'interesting personality' in the pursuit of profit. Scizophrenia is definitely real , altho we don't know much about it... Fact remains it needs to be triggered my something like a trauma.
z3r0Projects 1 month ago
@z3r0Projects Sorry for your loss Z3r0.
The references that Stefan is quoting from and work he is citing (even the title he chose) is implying something potentially dangerous to a particularly vulnerable group. If you want to argue that there are steps we should to take to prevent over-medicating by doctors, or alternatives, I am all for that. But to suggest that medication has not been beneficial in many cases is completely contrary from what I have experienced.
deziistheone 1 month ago
There ARE ppl who are mentally disturbed. What about ppl who are hallucinating and delusional?? You are making a blanket statement
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Shanockdotcom 2 months ago
@Tilleyass This video is about the problems with prescribing mind-altering medications for mental illness that don't have any medically quantifiable cause, why such medical practices exist, and how other less intrusive methods can offer more effective treatment. Did you comment based on the title, without watching the video? It's 50 minutes long and he goes into pretty good detail. There's nothing "blanket statement" about it.
Shanockdotcom 2 months ago
he's suggesting they aren't* diseases or illneses that require drug treatment.
ProIndividual 2 months ago
I think people are confusing what he's saying here. He isn't saying these conditions don't exist, he's suggesting they are diseases or illnesses that require drug treatment. It's not to say schizophrenics aren't delusional, but that the cause of their delusions are not chemical in nature necessarily. Drugs might calm the symptoms, but do they cure the condition? Labotomy ends symptoms too, but it hardly cures a condition. I do think it's possible to have chemical deficiencies, but why no tests?
ProIndividual 2 months ago
The problem was institutional education...I was smarter than the other kids, and was bored. I wanted to advance at my own pace instead of being held back as the poorer students were attended too, and the mediocre caught up to me. I realized the education system was designed to "hurry-up and wait". It was essentially designed for the mediocre students. I quit in high school, and embarked on autodidactism. College was the same; I quit that too. I've had no mental "issues" of importance since.
ProIndividual 2 months ago
I was put on Ritalin for asking too many questions and talking too much in school. It was a religious school, and at the time I was professing to be an atheist. I am now a Deist (I know you're disappointed stef...lol). I quit taking the medicine almost immediately. I felt like a zombie on the stuff. I could learn, but couldn't multi-task. My grades improved, but socially I became a total airheaded zombie. I went off the drug on my own, grades slightly decreased, but I realized the real problem.
ProIndividual 2 months ago
As someone who endured years living with a seriously mentally ill cousin who never received medication because her psychologist was a fundamentalist Catholic, I challenge anyone that believes the conditions I allude to in my last post are not real should put up or shut up, and go live for a month in a halfway house with diagnosed paranoid schizophrenics who engage in "exercise and well-balanced diets" instead of medication. I'm positive you'll quickly change your tune. Any volunteers? stefbot?
DarthCormac 2 months ago
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DarthCormac 2 months ago
Your argument might be valid if medications were marketed specifically as cures, but they are TREATMENTS. Chemo doesn't cure cancer in an individual for their entire life; it is a TREATMENT. So is cancer also a corporate scheme?
As for evidence of antipsychotic medication efficacy, dozens of 1000-bed sanitariums in the US have closed over the past 4 decades because conditions that once condemned people to a sanitarium for life can now be managed via outpatient therapy with regular medication.
DarthCormac 2 months ago
Stefan, over the period of a few weeks I have been watching your videos with increasing interest, and while I don't always agree with your opinions, I enjoy your topics and point of view. That said, it's extremely disappointing to see you discussing a topic that you do not have a basic or rudimentary understanding of, save the academic/statistical side of. I would urge you to spend some time working/volunteering in the field to gain some insight into the issues you're sharing your opinion on.
deziistheone 2 months ago
@deziistheone nicely put
CoolCollectableToys 2 months ago
@deziistheone Argue the facts, then. Or are we meant to take your word for it?
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CoolCollectableToys 2 months ago 2
What qualifications does this person have to be making these absurd claims??
MrGrevy 2 months ago
@MrGrevy zero
CoolCollectableToys 2 months ago
I have to admit you had me going there. I was willing to entertain the notion that I had been duped. Then I checked the "sources" you cite. Did anyone else notice that they are all newspaper articles, biased websites, and even a few from ehow! Not a single link to a medical or scientific journal. No peer reviewed literature. Can you provide reputable sources?
jjsas 2 months ago
@jjsas LOl we dont need science to tell us that there is something wrong with the world. we dont need peer reviews to tell us that anxiety is from not knowing why you are here, what your purpose is and where you are going after you die.. give people some spiritual insight and answers to these fundamental questions and a reason for living and you cure 'spiritual imbalance' which helps to cure body and mental imbalance.. if you dont have a genuine reason for life, what is the point of living..?
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@SovereignBeing Your response has nothing to do with this video or my comment. As to the irrelevant point you make, there are no answers to spiritual questions. If you claim to have answers then you are either lying or have been deceived yourself. Faith is not an answer. It is merely a guess. And yours is as good as mine.
jjsas 2 months ago
@SovereignBeing Thank god you don't care for people with a mental illness.
CoolCollectableToys 2 months ago
@SovereignBeing The existentialists beat you to that conclusion. Still, it has nothing to do with mental illness.
MrGrevy 2 months ago
@jjsas well said, don't expect that idot that appears to think that he knows everything to reply to you.
CoolCollectableToys 2 months ago
@jjsas Not to mention quotes taken disturbingly out of context. I think the issue here is that Stefan's core belief in a free market society simply does not have a solution for the predominance of mental illness. Mental illness, and the treatments of it (which are often government funded programs), conflict with the principles of libertarianism. It's easier to avoid the issue and pretend it doesn't exist. Unfortunately this is at the expense of those that suffer from a mental illness.
deziistheone 2 months ago
@deziistheone Actually I would argue that the government causes a lot of mental illness through it's artificial control systems. In fact, the cyclical nature of anomie is tied to the level of state tyrannies present or not in society. These controls and systems often push people toward mediocrity and prevent individual growth at indivudal rates (especially in schools where the excellent are slowed while the poor are dragged along). It doesn't take much to see the state causes many deficiencies.
ProIndividual 2 months ago
@ProIndividual That argument would be like saying the state causes diabetes or autism. While many things can have an impact on mental health, to say the state is at fault for mental illness is silly. If you had experience working in the field you would know this.
deziistheone 2 months ago
keep up the good work
IllichSketchShow 2 months ago
though we arent removing people sinuses anymore to treat mental illness, Carlin was right when he said doctoring is guesswork in a white coat...if depression was being stabilized why havent suicide numbers gone down?
because society sucks...and would rather dope people up then change
wideosvatcher 2 months ago
@wideosvatcher give us an alternative to what the mental health care is providing today ?
CoolCollectableToys 2 months ago
@CoolCollectableToys The alternative is not taking drugs for mental issues. Encouraging a world to be independent and resistant. Pharmaceuticals have proven to be unscientific and dangerous. The whole industry is corrupt. time to wake up. Google; chronological history of health
dannynovacain 4 weeks ago
its like if you find society to just be a pain in the ass and you realize you are pretty much getting fucked in every orifice whether you like it or not.......THEN you have a "mental disease"
if you dont jump up and down on a pew and sing "jesus is a loving motherfucker", THEN you have a mental disease......
Then if you win the lottorey or get rich THEN you are eccentric.
wideosvatcher 2 months ago
@wideosvatcher I live in Scotland and I have 18 yrs under my belt with mental health care and I have not seen anyone or have heard of anyone being treated for mental illness because they don't believe in Jesus or jump up and down like a motherfucker ?! I would be worried if they did.
CoolCollectableToys 2 months ago
@CoolCollectableToys Well I have seen that and you should be worried. I have seen people destroyed by the mental health system in every way you can think of; ECT on people diagnosed with Anxiety, people involuntarily treated for extremely subtle behavioral issues, many kids destroyed for life by the add phase and it just gets worse the deeper you go.
dannynovacain 4 weeks ago
As to the growth point. Isn't the argument that you should exprect a decline, based on false analogy between infectious disease (malaria) and non-infectious disease (mental illness)?
maganz 2 months ago 6
@maganz yes it is. the same flawed argument can be made vs. heart disease: # of prescriptions has increased & they have side effects too, the only relevant data is whether patients improve. fact: severely depressed patients are the group that benefits from treatment. blame overdiagnosis & bad decisionmaking when proper, but
over-perscription of antibiotics does not prove there are no infectious diseases.
read for yourselves in a reputable medical journal or website (medscape.com, etc)
castelgandalf 2 months ago
This video is incredibly ignorant. You have no idea what you're talking about and your findings do not validate any of your points.
danceSKSKdance 2 months ago 3
@danceSKSKdance You kind of need to support your assertions, unless your goal is just to make yourself feel better and / or sway stupid people who have no standards and don't know what an actual argument looks like. If I said flying hippos are real, that would be just as valid as your comment is now.
regresseur 2 months ago
@regresseur so whats your assertions relating to this video apart from the sheeple attack and the argument for the video or against ? people have a right to their opinion regardless how stupid you think their opinion is. But I don't recall you making an opinion relating to the video, just an opinion to others opinions, what does that make you ?
CoolCollectableToys 2 months ago
@regresseur I wasn't trying to make an argument - I was stating a fact. I don't know how my comment could possibly sway "stupid people" with "no standards" by hey, if that's what you call people who don't have the same views as you, you can stick to that. I don't need you to validate my comment, it was directed at the creator of this video and if he or anyone else wants to know which findings and points I speak of, they can simply ask. Plus, flying hippos are real, didn't you know?
danceSKSKdance 1 month ago
@danceSKSKdance Go look at the effect of Statin drugs on the brain...
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@bobthechipmonk Statins are used to lower cholesterol, are they not? Correct me if I'm wrong but I don't think their effects on the brain relate to mental illness.
danceSKSKdance 3 weeks ago
@danceSKSKdance Your brain is manly made of cholesterol. What happens when you take Statins is that it stops the ability of Glial cells to function correctly. Giving you a chemical imbalance to the point where your brain can't repair itself. Therefor, it has great effects on your brain. Do the google search.
bobthechipmonk 3 weeks ago
I always thought the whole "jury of your peers" thing made more sense if it was an opportunity for the defendant to accuse them as well. The idea of mental illness being telling of society kinda reminded me of that.
Arashmickey 2 months ago
Stefan I've listened to you for sometime now and often I thought you came out with good points, but at the same time I could not put my finger on it. Until I spoke to many others and read alot of blogs etc warning young people to stay away from you and your website. I do believe you may have NPD but you are one very sick individual. And I advise everyone to investigate who you are and what you get up to on your website. You are one sick person that manipulates his sheeple for his own greed.
CoolCollectableToys 2 months ago 3
it is my understanding and experience that there isa profound change in the way the brain processes information in the case of severe OCD. ERP can cure obsessions as well as cbt in which you teach the brain what not to do to fuel it anymore.
chlomipramine is a wonder drug and is the only thing that can get you out of a enourmous whole theres no cbt that can be done in that whole. (until you are well enough to do it).
BAD suffering in severe illness in nothing like that in the over generalised
Solefear 2 months ago
This video is stupid. I am bipolar, take medication and thanks to them I'm fine. I have no problem anymore.
mrjustaguy89 2 months ago
@mrjustaguy89 Good, I am glad someone has spoken out at Stefans stupidity. I would urge everyone who does not know so much about this guy to research him especially people who have young teens that use the internet forums etc. Type into google molyneux revealed dot com and see what others are saying that are outside his sheeple group.
CoolCollectableToys 2 months ago 3
The kids aren't mentally ill,the psychiatrist are & they're greedy so they're looking for ways to make more money,the DSM is the new Witches Hammer to opress along with control the people.
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The solution is get rid of psychiatry & big pharma!
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@crypter27 No.. I would'nt go as far as that. There has to be better understanding of Mental Health and better tools to diagnose. It also depends on the Doctor as a person and how good he or she is at their Job. I have nursed many people that without the medication that they are taking they would very unwell. I had a friend who's doctor actually wanted her to stop the meds so she did. She ended up very unwell. Now she is back on the meds and she has started working again & feels good
CoolCollectableToys 2 months ago
@CoolCollectableToys You can't say psychiatrist are doctors because they're not,doctors can't treat you against your'e will or lock you up with out a trial or any sense of due process. And in the soviet union psychiatrist were used to lock up political dissidents who did't like being slaves to the state.
crypter27 2 months ago
@crypter27 Well I cannot speak about the US cause I don't live there and never been. In the UK Psychiatrists are medically qualified doctors.This envolves Medical degree (usually 5 years) after that 2 years working in a hospital and then Specialty training (usually 6 years). So yes I can say they are doctors. Whatever your bad feelings about Mental Health or Psychiatrists you can deny as much as you like They are MD's with a speciality in Mental Health. Altogether 13 years experience to become 1
CoolCollectableToys 2 months ago
@CoolCollectableToys The degree & state vetting means nothing,its what they do that shows if they're doctors or not after all doctors are by definition healers & by that definition. Psychiatrist have healed no one & psychiatrist will admit they don't have a cure for any thing only dangerious treatments that do more harm then good.
crypter27 2 months ago
@crypter27 I know where your coming from and agree that its "what they do that shows they are doctors" and not everyone can be healed whether they have a physical or mental problem. Well I'm yet to hear a pyschiatrist say the only treament they offer is "dangerous treatments". When your treating someone with a mental "illness" it is a two way street. If the patient does not want or often has no insight then it will often not work.I have helped many people become better that is a fact
CoolCollectableToys 2 months ago
@crypter27 I take it that you have had a bad experience or some kind of experience within Mental Health / psychiatry ?
CoolCollectableToys 2 months ago
@CoolCollectableToys I know this tactic,instead of debating on the message your'e trying assault my charactor well I'm not playing that game so unless you want to debate me on the facts. Don't bother trying to pull a fast one on me!
crypter27 2 months ago
@crypter27 Lets get one thing straight you dont know me and why would I assault your character. But I can tell you something which you dont need to tell me and without wanting to sound rude, you are paranoid. You have a huge chip on shoulder about the Mental Health field . All I tried to do was ascertain why you are so pissed off with the mental health field ? that is all. There is no point discussing anything with someone who just rants.
CoolCollectableToys 2 months ago
I agree with you 100%,psychiatry is one big fraud & a crime against humanity check out psychiatry an industry of death!
crypter27 2 months ago in playlist More videos from stefbot
I have suffered a few bouts if depression in the past, the doctors always offered drugs (i always refused) before CBT or other talking therapies and even when asked the waiting list is months long, its taken a long time but I have found ways to help myself. Drugs are not the answer.
falco1066 2 months ago
Mental illness is mainly caused by TV and sugar based on my observations.
ComicPenius 2 months ago
@fuckoverload Cool, thanks for sending me here... I disagree though, with the assertion that it's the marketing of Psyche Drugs that's causing the growth of Mental Illness. Both are just symptomatic, of a Psychotic Society. The individual Psycho-Ceramics who flip out are perfectly correct to be overwhelmed, with depression & anxiety. We share the Planet with a majority-Population of Selfish and violent Vandals... Jobs, Dollars, & Votes ; create that Madness !
WarblesOnALot 2 months ago
Brilliant stef !
Another of mankind's woes addressed by the 21st Century's most prolific polymath !
Still waiting for your video on the transformative hermeneutics of quantum gravity and rural drainage.
Lol.
: )
smallblueclouds 2 months ago
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@CoolCollectableToys no, it didn't do anything for me personally. i stopped taking it a while ago.
cyberwaffles 2 months ago
@CoolCollectableToys no, it didn't do anything for me personally. i stopped taking it a while ago.
cyberwaffles 2 months ago
I see your point but mental illness or imbalance or whatever you call it is very real...maybe the way it's treated in the states is over reliant on drug treatment, but it's only a "band aid" the source of mental illness goes alot deeper.
ollie370 2 months ago
@ollie370
No, his point (as I understand it) is that the DSMs, or the approach of mainstream psychiatric practice with what THEY consider "mental illness"; that is THEIR word, "mental illness", hence the title of this video, is not scientifically based, only fuels the actual "illness", and makes HUUGE profit, which should be alerting. The SYMPTOMS exists, , but there is no proof of any PHYSICAL signs of these "illnesses", meaning that these "illnesses" might merely be attacks to the mind.
somedump 2 months ago
i think what a lot of people choose to ignore about the success some people have had with their mental condition is that a lot of these people see psychiatry, special treatment, or therapy which in itself can cure/fix a lot of people's problems. the drugs they prescribe you aren't guaranteed to do anything. sometimes just talking about your problems makes all the difference for your psyche.
cyberwaffles 2 months ago
PAXIL...
mstrephoenix1 2 months ago
100% true that there is no such thing as mental illness or chemical imbalance. it's just jargon the psychology field and pharmaceutical companies have indoctrinated people to believe in. i've been diagnosed with schizophrenia and i can assure you that i'm perfectly fine. during my drug use, i may have become slightly neurotic, but my paranoia and anxiety eventually went away once it got out of my system. the whole mental health system is quick to misdiagnose you and medicate you.
cyberwaffles 2 months ago
What is Mind? No Matter.
What is Body? Never Mind.
CoolCollectableToys 2 months ago
Stefan please try and reply to this, I know your busy but if you can I would be grateful. What term should be then used if Mental Illness is not the appropriate term or name to define the very real signs and symptoms people display and feel while enduring a "Mental illness". ??
CoolCollectableToys 2 months ago 19
@CoolCollectableToys I don't know as much as Stefan, but maybe, "pain", "shock", "grief", "fear" or "trauma". If we don't have a model of mental illness, as in chemical inbalance, what we're left with is the brain's normal, healthy reactions to highly traumatic events/abuse. That are usually not allowed to be expressed.
Zerafinel 2 months ago
@Zerafinel I worked in mental health for 18 years more on the learning disability side than pyschiatric but obviously got experience on that side as well. And what you say is perfectly true. The most important part with any reaction that causes harm to that person suffering from their experience is how one can help if they want or need help. Then when we talk about "need"..do we society believe we have an obligation to help or deem someone that needs help if that person refuses ? It would depend
CoolCollectableToys 2 months ago
@CoolCollectableToys Social illness... Or an illness of society
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@dannynovacain Reactions that people experience resulting from certain factors can definately be traced to society and other reactions cannot. I would say from my experience in caring for people with behaviour issues, in the majority if you strip back their family history right to the very start you will usually find the root of the problem. But then in others the cause is not that clear. But yeah social illness or illness of society, yeah I definately see where coming from with that terms.
CoolCollectableToys 2 months ago
@CoolCollectableToys
This probably isn't about the term. Of course I'm not speaking for Stefan here, but the term is probably fine, as long as it doesn't have its current connotation, that there's "something biologically/chemically wrong with people with "mental illnesses" that needs to be fixed by drugs that cost loads of money and only makes you worse".
somedump 2 months ago
@somedump You do have a point as does Stefan, there are many people that do receive the appropriate medication that does relieve there suffering. But we mainly hear about the negatives and very often we don't hear about the positives. There are many people that receive good health care and there are others that don't regarding Mental Health.Psychiatry and in particular Psychiatrists tend to deal with assumptions and that can lead to huge mistakes and do have terrible consequences.
CoolCollectableToys 2 months ago
@somedump There is hope that in the future, scans of the brain or some other test will be used to confirm the presence of specific mental illnesses.Neurological changes occur in the brains of people with most mental illnesses. Some of these can be seen using brain imaging techniques.It may be possible in the future to use brain imaging to make a diagnosis. However, this is not yet possible. Niacin flushing test, This is a test that is being developed for schizophrenia.
CoolCollectableToys 2 months ago
@CoolCollectableToys He's not busy, he's ashamed to show his face here!
iggerdanus 2 months ago
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@iggerdanus Possibly ? maybe he will...I hope he does..I think he has a duty to especially when he is insinuating about a subject that does affect millions of people.
CoolCollectableToys 2 months ago
@CoolCollectableToys paranoid, sad, mad, delirious? why must there be a blanket term, why not just be descriptive and use normal, useful words?
regresseur 2 months ago
@regresseur If the jacket fits wear it
CoolCollectableToys 2 months ago
@regresseur also these words sad, mad and delirious I don't recall using but I know why you mention them, obviously to get your point across. These words have meanings like all words. If one is paranoid what word would you use instead of paranoid ?
CoolCollectableToys 2 months ago
@CoolCollectableToys Spiritual Imbalance..
SovereignBeing 2 months ago in playlist Favorite videos
@SovereignBeing well that is the most stupidest anwser yet.
CoolCollectableToys 2 months ago
@CoolCollectableToys Perhaps a word for the personality's who use the words mental illness would be Ignaramous not recommended if your looking to make friends
tho :p
ah but the truth shall set ye free could it be we all have a multitude of personality's?
Everyone is in-titled to there own space are you. i Can only imagine how busy Stef must be , Great question Cool. if you can find a martial artist of at least 10 years sincere practice perhaps ask them also. I myself lacking in maturity
nitram12345 2 months ago
@nitram12345 and your point is ?
CoolCollectableToys 2 months ago
Stopped watching after a few minutes because I feel like I'm wasting my time.
First of all, looking at a changing population over time can be misleading if you don't consider population growth.
Second, I don't recall ever hearing a claim that anti-depressants cure anything, so your argument is a strawman.
Third, growth in diagnoses for any illness (mental or otherwise) could be attributed to any number of factors, including potential underdiagnosis in the past.
PoliticsStudent 2 months ago 2
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As for the title, I think anxiety / depression should be labeled as a serotonin deficiency.
baker7205 2 months ago
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These things are real and should be researched as much as cancer is.
It is not normal to fear meeting new people. I didn't know that until I did therapy...
If I was giving cognitive therapy starting in the 7th grade I would not have dove into a real clinical depression by the 12th... Prozac does help me but its far from a "cure" for anxiety and depression.
Anxiety, nervousness, fear or however you want to call it is THE most underrated human problem on this planet.
baker7205 2 months ago
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baker7205 2 months ago
Just read this: "Children in foster care in five states are taking psychotropic drugs at a rate 'two to over four times higher' than non-foster children in Medicaid according to a draft of a new government report obtained by CBS News." (Google "Taxpayer money used to overmedicate foster children")
fractalplay 2 months ago
I've heard Stef is no stranger to a little treading of the boards.
So if anyone is looking to audition for the part of an MD, you've come to the right place. Wrap a stethoscope around that neck and you've got the very archetype!
thespacialone 2 months ago
I have found that there IS such a thing as a chemical imbalance that can be corrected to my benefit with small amounts of medication.
I also think that people who get compulsions to do sick things to other living creatures and can not control these and maim and murder are people who are too ill to be allowed to have access to other living things...some of these people were NOT abused....they just have something wrong with them. Yes I have examples if you want to see them.
lironess 2 months ago
Longest, yet the most interesting video on youtube I've ever seen. Thank you so much for this stuff you are doing and sharing with public ... I am looking forward to use many of this stuff during my studies on university and I will try to combust as many discussions as possible, for I am a senator from the student chamber on my university, and I find many things which are being educated there insufficient. Again ... thank you so much for these videos
simonovych 2 months ago
Greek word in the bible for sorcery is pharmacia. Hmmm.
terrbear903 2 months ago
These 2 WORDS Mental Illness is a SCAM and FRAUD.....
It is to keep the system OILED and keep people in jobs and others to be treated for such MYTH......
doctors, hospitals,nurses, social services etc etc .......
No such thing has existed in HISTORY.....
It is about CONTROL
salahuddin786 2 months ago
@salahuddin786 No you are going too far with that rationale. There are many people who do need and ask for help who suffer great pain and misery due to depression and other mental conditions. There are alot of good nurses and doctors who do their very best for people and without these people we would be in a sorry state.
Yes there are bad apples in every barrel and there are people who should not have been hospitalised or medicated. But to say what you said, that is ignorance on your part.
CoolCollectableToys 2 months ago
Of course there is mental illness or do you honestly believe that the brain is for some reason the only organ in the human body that can never ever get ill?
xknowledgeisfreex 2 months ago
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Germanicworlds 2 months ago
@xknowledgeisfreex I think stefan is arguing about the definition of the word illness relating to Mental conditions as in relation to physical illness and how one is defined. For example currently a "Mental illness" can only be diagnosed through behaviour assessment and ruling out physical side, where an illness is diagnosed by medical physical tests unlike "mental illness".I think setfan is playing about with names but he is correct through definition. But I do know what you mean.
CoolCollectableToys 2 months ago
@CoolCollectableToys my son was shot and for a long time he had nightmares and could not sleep with out a weapon or have one on him all at all times he was not born like that...
mstrephoenix1 2 months ago
@mstrephoenix1 I am sorry to hear about your son. It obviously was very traumatic for him. Some would say that his reaction to been shot was a normal reaction and I would agree with that. We all are individuals and we react differently to certain events that may happen to us. Obviously he was not born like that and needed the security of a gun to make or help him feel safer and give him the confidence to carry on in life. PTSD would probably been diagnosed if he went to a doctor.
CoolCollectableToys 2 months ago
@CoolCollectable doctors gave him meds and i don't think it helped allot honestly it was not a real solution i dont think doctor's have a pill for that. working out at a gym with a normal sex life,money in your pocket helps and is a better solution and a more real one but by the doctors helping him for to long just with pills and he wont go talk to any body about it, he got in trouble and now is in jail maybe for 15 years at most...program is better for him if he will do it not in my choice
mstrephoenix1 2 months ago
@mstrephoenix1 Does he feel okay now, has he got over the trauma of been shot ?
CoolCollectableToys 2 months ago
You really didn't do your research properly on this one. Mental illness and mental illness treatment is not like Malaria cures. It is much more like diabetes. With improved treatments for diabetes the life span of people with diabetes has increased dramatically. The number of people with diabetes has increased dramatically because they are living longer and test to find diabetes have gotten better. This is much like mental illness.
SpamSpamNEggs 2 months ago
Well, I know drugs do not initially cause the problems...and I am pretty certain a sugar pill does not do the same thing as the drug. The drugs numb. But, I agree that the drugs are terrible in the long run and often short. I personally think some people are just more sensitive, it's not a disorder. Society is in disorder.
TheEidolon7 2 months ago
The word "hyponatremia" is pronounced:
"High-Po-Nay-Tree-Mee-Uh"
not
"High-Po-Nat-Rem-Ee-Uh".
FlowCell 2 months ago
Mental illness = Thinking differently from the parasitic psychopathic ranks inhabiting the field of psychiatry.
According to whom the idea that love, understanding and belonging might be the cornerstone of mental health and wellness is anathema. While drugs, drugs and more drugs, after a healthy consultancy fee, is the answer.
I thought we didn't believe in witch doctors? Tacit acceptance of these monsters' pseudo-scientific quackery says otherwise.
thespacialone 2 months ago
This sounds very like the story of HIV/AIDS as told by the 'AIDS denialists'
betolimoun 2 months ago
I knew someone would release a video in some yet-to-exist public video forum making exactly this claim in the mid 90's! They said I was crazy and locked me up under chemical restraint. I got out just recently and after years of enforced solitude, well, NOW I'm mentally ill and I couldn't disagree with this video more...
nerdyharry 2 months ago
Hey guys. I'm battling from schizophrenia. I'm not asking for money or views or anything, but just for support and for people to hear me out. My psychiatrist said to let people know about your problem, but everyone thinks I'm weird and my family cannot understand or take me seriously. I made a blog about my problems, and I hope we can talk on there. My blog is battlingschizophrenia.blogspot.com . Fellow schizophrenics, you should also come. We can fight the battle together.
jaco0bx 2 months ago 4
@jaco0bx You should check out some information on the Soteria project. It was a study done in the 1970's by NIHM on possible non-drug treatments for schizophrenia and had a high rate of success. However as one can't make as much of a profit in actually curing a disorder as one can in keeping someone on a pricy and often times addictive narcotic for the rest of their lives the results of the study were suppressed. Anyways check it out and hopefully you'll find something of use.
God Bless.
TheCaptinLove 2 months ago
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dannynovacain 2 months ago
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CoolCollectableToys 2 months ago
Make no mistake the majority of posters on this page or any page like it who are for psychiatry are not who they say they are.
dannynovacain 2 months ago
@jaco0bx You have an over creative mind. That's a good thing. the voices you hear are from you and only you to perhaps fill the deafining silence. Do not buy in to the psychiatry industry it is a straight up lie! Be strong and dont swallow their bs.
dannynovacain 2 months ago
@jaco0bx but your probably a fake ass HN anyway. your blog is very suspect.
dannynovacain 2 months ago
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@dannynovacain why you been so aggressive with this guy ? first I noticed you were been empathic but now that empathy has changed to anger ? I went to the guys blog and I admit I just scanned it, but why the anger towards him ?
CoolCollectableToys 2 months ago