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The DSM is Bunk: IPNB Offers a Humane and Scientific Understanding of Mental Health
Some trauma experts have said that if the psychiatric Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) acknowledged trauma, it would be a very thin volume because virtually everything else would fall beneath it. But from an Interpersonal Neurobiology (IPNB) … Continue reading
The “Mental Illness” Frame Is the Problem. Interpersonal Neurobiology Changes Everything
The mental illness industry frames mental health in terms of individual pathology, diagnosis, and personal responsibility. It focuses on what’s wrong with a person: what disorder they might have, what cognitive distortions they carry, what behaviors need changing. It tends … Continue reading
Pathologizing to Control: How the Mental Illness Industry Silences Healthy Resistance
In a society built on distorted hierarchies and unnatural demands, it is normal to feel anxious, depressed, enraged, or dissociated. These are not signs of personal malfunction; they are signs of a system out of balance. But instead of listening … Continue reading
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Tagged culture, Mental Health, mental illness industry, pathologizing, resistance, shame, shame-based
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Sigmund Freud is Alive and Well, in Psychoanalysis
While fewer psychologists today openly use shame-based Freudian terms like “death drive” or “Thanatos,” the core idea has been repackaged in modern psych and trauma discourse under new names, often stripped of Freud’s original poetry but retaining the same oppressive … Continue reading
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Tagged death drive, Freud, mental illness industry, pathologizing, Psychology, shame-based, Thanatos
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The False Claims Of Psychology
Psychology claims to be a science, but much of its methodology does not meet the rigor found in fields that study observable, measurable, and consistently reproducible phenomena. While psychology does use systematic methods, those methods often fail to account for … Continue reading
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Tagged Behavioral Health, Mental Health, pathologizing, pseudo-science, Psychology, science, shame-based
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Stop Calling It “People Pleasing!”
From an Interpersonal Neurobiology (IPNB) perspective, what’s labeled as “people pleasing” is actually a deeply ingrained survival response known as “please and appease.” This is an adaptation that develops in environments where maintaining safety and connection feels threatened, especially in … Continue reading