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Have psychologizers ever once apologized for the damage they have
done?
Did psychologizers ever say to an AIDS patient "I'm sorry I blamed your
illness on you because of your lifestyle"?
To a woman with PMS "I'm sorry I said you were a hysterical female"?
Someone with ulcers from H - Pylori, "I'm sorry I kept telling you it was
stress when it was really a bacterial infection"?
Tuberculosis; "I'm sorry I told you that you brought this illness upon
yourself by having a nervous disposition"?
Thyroid; "I'm sorry that I said your weight problem was from a lack of
discipline in your diet"?
ADD/ADHD: "I'm sorry that I told you that this was from your bad choice of
sugar laden foods"?
Autism; "I'm sorry that I slapped your child and tried to shake him out of
it"?
SIDS/Cot Death; "I'm sorrry that I accused you of killing your own
child"?
Munchausen: "I'm sorry that I wrongly took your children away forever"?
What do psychologizers plan to say to CFS/MS sufferers when
psychologizers finally realize that they were wrong again and that CFS/ME
is exactly what sufferers say it is?
Is there any illness in history that didn't have psychologizers
standing in the way of sick people seeking medical help by saying "They
don't need that kind of help. They just need to change their attitude".
When the etiology of any illness was finally found to be "Not
Psychological", did psychologizers ever make the slightest attempt to undo
the damage they created?
Did psychologizers ever try to restore the credibility they stole from
those they falsely told "It's All In Your Head"?
Or did they scamper off to concentrate their "help" on the next
"unexplained medical illness" they could find?
How many more examples of this process do we need to go through before
society prevents psychologizers from pronouncing their victims "Guilty! -
until proven innocent of mental illness?
Have psychologizers ever once apologized for the damage they have done? Did psychologizers ever say to an AIDS patient "I'm sorry I blamed your illness on you because of your lifestyle"? To a woman with PMS "I'm sorry I said you were a hysterical female"? Someone with ulcers from H - Pylori, "I'm sorry I kept telling you it was stress when it was really a bacterial infection"? Tuberculosis; "I'm sorry I told you that you brought this illness upon yourself by having a nervous disposition"? Thyroid; "I'm sorry that I said your weight problem was from a lack of discipline in your diet"? ADD/ADHD: "I'm sorry that I told you that this was from your bad choice of sugar laden foods"? Autism; "I'm sorry that I slapped your child and tried to shake him out of it"? SIDS/Cot Death; "I'm sorrry that I accused you of killing your own child"? Munchausen: "I'm sorry that I wrongly took your children away forever"?
What do psychologizers plan to say to CFS/MS sufferers when psychologizers finally realize that they were wrong again and that CFS/ME is exactly what sufferers say it is?
Is there any illness in history that didn't have psychologizers standing in the way of sick people seeking medical help by saying "They don't need that kind of help. They just need to change their attitude". When the etiology of any illness was finally found to be "Not Psychological", did psychologizers ever make the slightest attempt to undo the damage they created? Did psychologizers ever try to restore the credibility they stole from those they falsely told "It's All In Your Head"? Or did they scamper off to concentrate their "help" on the next "unexplained medical illness" they could find? How many more examples of this process do we need to go through before society prevents psychologizers from pronouncing their victims "Guilty! - until proven innocent of mental illness?
-Erik Johnson
Competing interests: None declared
Competing interests: No competing interests