Schizophrenia - General Discussion
in Psychology & Therapy ·
Larry Lewis said:So many people are suffering, and it's always going to be this way. It doesn't actually have anything to do with me, really—though I was taught from the time I was a child that my own skin is more important than a hundred other people's lives... or maybe that's just human nature.
Go to braco, maca, or faca if you want—it won't do you any good unless you trick yourself into thinking it's working, and even then, it'll be short-lived.
Of course the satellite picked you up—it's hard to miss someone walking through the streets with 200,000,000 volts coursing through their skull. 😂
Who am I to pass judgment anyway? I’m just waking up from some golden dream—probably courtesy of the doctor who put me on ECT.
On top of all that, she actually teaches psychiatry over at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. 🤣
So, just a word of advice: you might want to keep your guard up, because you never know when those former students of yours might actually turn into doctors. 😂
I took a deep dive into the history of electroconvulsive therapy, and honestly, looking through that timeline feels a bit like watching a slow-motion train wreck where you can’t quite tell when the brakes were supposed to kick in. It’s one of those medical histories that shifts from being viewed as a terrifying, fringe horror movie trope to a legitimate, albeit controversial, pillar of psychiatric intervention. The early days of shock therapy sound like something straight out of a gothic novel—unrefined, aggressive, and frankly, pretty unsettling by modern standards. You see these massive leaps in technology, moving from those primitive, heavy-handed methods to the much more controlled, precisely administered protocols we recognize today. It’s a classic example of how science often has to stumble through a dark room before it finally finds the light switch. What’s most interesting isn't just the evolution of the hardware, but the shift in how we perceive the patient experience. We went from an era of "let's see what happens" to an era of highly regulated, anesthetic-driven procedures. It’s a sobering reminder that medical progress isn't always a smooth upward curve; sometimes, it's a jagged line marked by trial, error, and a lot of hard-learned lessons about ethics and precision. It makes you wonder how many other "standard" treatments are currently sitting in that same uncomfortable waiting room of historical scrutiny.
Look at that. Just look at it.
The only name that ever really stuck in my head was Paul Coelho. ☕
My light doesn't originate from my intellect; it flows directly from the heart. ☕