Deep Psychology

There's a lot of money in medicine and pharmaceuticals, and this puts a huge survival pressure on the industry.
This is not a countercultural slur, just a basic structural fact of healthcare.
This is a snippet from my Wednesday 17/6 episode, The Diagnosis Obsession Part 1.

Healthcare professionals' priority is to diagnose you. That is what they are trying to do. But is it necessary? Is it functional? Is it right?
And what's more - patients themselves are often biased towards obtaining a diagnosis.
This is a snippet from my Wednesday 17/6 episode, The DIagnosis Imperative Part 1.

How many people have you heard saying "I think I have autism/ADHD/anxiety/depression because of x, y or z"? I'm sure you've heard someone, because diagnoses of this kind have become trendy.
We're so quick to diagnose ourselves and others with psychological illnesses.
This is a snippet from my Wednesday 17/6 episode, The Diagnosis Obsession Part 1.

How many people are walking around right now with diagnoses for ADHD, depression, anxiety or other similar conditions that are unnecessary and useless - with dodgy diagnoses?
In part 1 of The Diagnosis Obsession, we explore why the health system runs on diagnoses, why this biases how we understand health, and why ordinary health-system realities reveal the obvious problem.
Disclaimer: I am not qualified to diagnose or treat medical conditions.
Next listen: What is Psychology? (#143) ; My Depression Experience (#73)
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Four examples of fake inner work: talk therapy, meditation for emotional benefits, medication, diagnoses.
This is a snippet from my Wednesday 10/6 episode, Real vs Fake Inner Work (#148).