tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post4581086886091214830..comments2024-03-26T06:17:49.527-07:00Comments on Had Enough Therapy?: The Worst Mother in New York, via TherapyStuart Schneidermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12784043736879991769noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-8760264282683228262013-01-23T10:03:24.997-08:002013-01-23T10:03:24.997-08:00Thanks Catherine. It is always good to remind ours...Thanks Catherine. It is always good to remind ourselves that exposing too much about mental afflictions produces as many problems as it is supposed to solve.<br /><br />In Ethan Watters' book, Crazy Like Us, he writes about how young girls in Hong Kong did not know anorexia until the media decided to go on a crusade about it... then they had an epidemic of anorexia.Stuart Schneidermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12784043736879991769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-57514201010760642822013-01-23T09:22:53.769-08:002013-01-23T09:22:53.769-08:00Stuart - As a teenager I learned my anorexia (Cher...Stuart - As a teenager I learned my anorexia (Cherry Boone) and bulimia from self help books meant to expose the disorders to help people. CatherineMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04909616844180482228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-72606284020681062552013-01-20T12:52:48.427-08:002013-01-20T12:52:48.427-08:00Not a chance... they all would have done the same ...Not a chance... they all would have done the same thing.Stuart Schneidermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12784043736879991769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-12439316970209019812013-01-20T12:11:48.934-08:002013-01-20T12:11:48.934-08:00Will the therapist be censured by his/her professi...Will the therapist be censured by his/her professional organization?Sam L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00996809377798862214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-56094691699776583352013-01-20T10:34:36.566-08:002013-01-20T10:34:36.566-08:00I'm not disagreeing that this was an inane thi...I'm not disagreeing that this was an inane thing to do and really didn't have any benefit to anybody in this particular situation.<br /><br />I was speaking more generally.<br /><br />And yes, once there's money at the end of the rainbow, some people are going to chase it.JPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11126071014909954387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-38202180900490816892013-01-20T09:47:49.405-08:002013-01-20T09:47:49.405-08:00I'm afraid that the general public has too muc...I'm afraid that the general public has too much knowledge about things like eating disorders. Ethan Watters has a book, Crazy Like Us, that shows that at one time there were no anorexics in Hong Kong. Then, the press decided to publicize the death of one anorexic, and before you knew it there was an epidemic of anorexia in Hong Kong.<br /><br />Also, the therapist was telling this women to submit herself and her daughter to public humiliation, unnecessarily. I cannot imagine how that is going to help anyone.<br /><br />And then, to outsiders it's going to look as though Weiss is being rewarded for her exhibitionism... which is not going to discourage them from contracting the same illness and dealing with it in the same way.Stuart Schneidermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12784043736879991769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-26373893804324915292013-01-20T09:42:04.404-08:002013-01-20T09:42:04.404-08:00"You see, Weiss had her own history with food..."You see, Weiss had her own history with food. Rather than keep it private and teach the value of discretion, the therapist counseled moral exhibitionism."<br /><br />However, you have to get enough knowledge into the general public.<br /><br />For instance, it would have been nice to know that there were such things are mental illness and what they look like before getting tossed into college with people who were, in hindsight, mentally ill.<br /><br />I still have no idea what "mental health" looks like.<br /><br />Granted, I know what OCD, major depression with psychotic features , agoraphobia, etc. looks like because I now deal with it all day.<br /><br />Part of the problem is that we don't really know how prevalent these problems are or how to deal with them in our friends and neighbors.JPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11126071014909954387noreply@blogger.com