Gay Psychotherapy,Psychiatry and Psychology: Repost

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I really don't want to talk about it in any detail, but I was tortured in a psychiatric hospital when I was 13, and had powerful medications forced on me that stopped my dreams (and gave me horrible nightmares as I finally came off of them), made it nearly impossible for me to feed myself, and I believe screwed with my body. And yet such mistreatment and malpractice didn't turn me into a sociopath (granted, I came REAL close to being a vigilante over it...). That makes me think that psychiatry isn't to blame for people like Dahmer.

Also, I read about Dahmer and I think his problems were manifesting even in childhood (like putting a dog's head on a stake) and I have my doubts that anyone could've prevented him from becoming the monster he was (though the cops clearly could've stopped him earlier than they had, and had Dahmer not been white I'm sure they would've). I suppose he might've been identified as what he was earlier if screened by someone competent, but I don't see how being more accepting of homosexuality would've made them more likely to do so.

However, I do believe that psyche meds can go wrong and make people do things they normally wouldn't do (including suicide and murder), though again that has nothing to do with how one views sexual orientation (unless some psychiatrist was so stupid as to medicate someone for it).