Post by Prince Atanda (@princewriter01)

In the mid-19th century, many doctors refused to wash their hands before surgery, finding the idea insulting. They believed "bad smells" or miasma, not invisible germs from cadavers, caused infection and death. A doctor by the name of Ignaz Semmelweis said that washing hands stops the spread of germs and saves lives, and the medical establishment met it with scorn, ridicule, and rejection.

The same thing is happening in bio-psychiatry. They went with calling schizophrenia a brain disease/disorder. A false belief, which psychiatrists persist in telling. Then they turn around and ridicule anyone who challenges their brain disease/disorder theory. Just as doctors had once rejected the idea that washing hands before surgery would prevent the spread of germs, infection and even death. And this is where we are in modern psychiatry. The argument continuous, no explanations, no actual answers, just medical jargon that doesn’t fit the experience of schizophrenia and complete recovery without pills.

The sad part is sufferers remain in their mental and emotional suffering, just as I once did, waiting for someone to help me, until I healed myself, which was a tremendous battle, and I shouldn't have gone it alone. I should’ve had a competent MH professional guiding me through the process.

Nothing has changed in thirty years. Stalemate, and it isn’t fair to sufferers or their families.

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