Fade said:
This is one of the reasons I left the mental health field. These people are disturbed.
That's like an othopedist saying they got out because there was too many broken bones.
But, I agree that at a point "beliefs" become delusional.
Stick around here, I think you'll make some diagnoses, as I'm sure you do everyday in daily life.
I can understand your frustration.
Mental illness is the hardest to treat because: its so pervasive, the patients are in denial about the need for treatment (when you have a broken arm you take care of it), its a newer field and the science is still developing, misunderstanding of it among the public, and lack of support for diagnosis/treatment in industry/government, and therefore there is a big "burn out" factor causing many in the profession to leave. You of course can be of no help unless you're healthy.
But, on the other hand, the brain is the vanguard of science.
(And my second favorite organ

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