Does your psychiatrist have a mental illness??

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Hi,

I always thought that my psychiatrist (my first one) had such a persona about him too. Wanna know what I did though? - I never went back to him. Problem solved. So, just move on and away from him and find someone else. I have found that female doctors are generally more caring.

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hmm, never a good situation when you do'nt even trust your own doctor... ...Anyway, waiting lists are longer here, would you believe. I have Asperger's Syndrome, but I'd have to wit 4 years to get to see a specialist for it. So, I said, I'm not going to bother waiting around and I'll just acceopt myself that I have Asperger's Syndrome. Why are you seeing a psych anyway? Are you trying to get diagnosed with something?; and do you like pancakes?

I just found out a few months ago that my old psychiatrist(who i had a lot of respect for) fell into depression. My heart goes out to her.

I personally know two psycho-therapists with mental issues. One is a narcissist, who dated one of my friends and put her through emotional abuse throughout their relationship. Another was paranoid and bipolar. (she stalked one of her teachers whom she was convinced was madly in love with her).

Ironically, I think they can be pretty good therapists in some cases because they're great at pointing out faults in others and it's easy to get emotionally detached from them once they tick you off. Which can be a first step to self-empowerment. But then, it depends on what you condition you see them for.

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You did well to pull that one out of the archives, telemachus, and I remember it well. This type of person can exist in any walk of life, however, and I don't think that we should be making such a deal out of doctors who potentially have mental disorders. In my mind, it's obvious that some would, just as it's obvious some nurses, firement, politicians, pornstars, pilots, etc. do.

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Lol...I was just trying to provide as broad a spectrum of jobs as possible. Really though, mental illness is not job-specific, and I don't think it matters that some doctors have such problems. This is the Anti-Psych forum though, so I guess you are entitled to be pessimistic about solely doctors in this case. One of my past psychiatrists was an arrogant fool but - then again - many of my previous bus drivers were ignorant as hell.