Ian McLoone

@ellefromdiscord @scottdomes @proud_penelope I guess bc the idea that we all have discreet “parts” that fit cleanly as different roles (Protector, Firefighter, etc) is inherently an oversimplification. People are infinitely complex…but, if some folks find it helpful, great. Just wild seeing someone get rich on this idea

@scottdomes @IanExpanse @proud_penelope how do we even know for sure that it’s an oversimplication? how can we really tell which story/terminology is most descriptive/parsimonious? on a metaphilosophical level, I think that’s beyond our scientific capacities. I know little about either though so maybe it is clear idk

🧵The more I look at the graph Mel is wisely criticizing, the more I’m going nuts because it’s like “A Drunk Take on Psychoanalysis,” and I feel the masochistic urge to explain/make parallels/try to make sense of it. So here we go 😂: The Managers is perhaps a chopped up way to

@scottdomes @proud_penelope IMHO: Any framework can become popular with folks, especially if it’s an oversimplification. but being popular does not necessarily equate to being correct, or being helpful to healing. Just because a map exists and is easy to read, doesn’t mean it will bring you home.

@proud_penelope okay well if you're not curious *why* this framework is so popular with so many people, then I don't have much to add here!

@FeistyKittyPie 💯 Another reason personal psychotherapy is an absolute must for therapists

Btw, inability to do this guarantees that you'd suck at helping people who have been horrifically abused. You need to be able to assume the mask of the perpetrator without losing yourself and forgetting that it is the transference and retaliating towards the patient.

@newstart_2024 wouldn't it be great if this guy was offering more than just snake oil? too bad his PET scans are nothing more than that - especially bc he makes sense and says a lot of important things, calling out the failures of the MH industry. but his solution is an ($$$) expensive scam

Dr. Daniel Amen unleashes on Steven Bartlett: America's mental health system is insane—diagnosing purely on symptoms (zero bio data), then drowning people in pills. 337 million antidepressant prescriptions last year alone (pre-2026 spike), and 27% of ALL doctor visits end with a benzo script like Xanax/Valium. Latest data (2025/2026): ~16.6% of US adults on antidepressants now, benzos still ~5-7% of visits despite overdose risks. He calls it a "dark period in psychiatry" historians will study for centuries—like a medical scandal fueled by groupthink and profit. In 2026, with mental health crises exploding and trust in the system cratering, is this the silent catastrophe we're ignoring? What "insane" mental health trend do you think future generations will judge us hardest for?

@FeistyKittyPie @the_mel_jar @IHearSimon @jesusrglez @proud_penelope I’d take a copy, if possible? I had university library access until a few months ago and am still grieving…

@the_mel_jar @IHearSimon @jesusrglez @proud_penelope I can help lol.

I can't recommend this article enough, actually. I read it and I am blown away by it. If you have any interest in any of these ideas, or ideas related to them, you should read this one.

@JonathanShedler Gabor Mate:

Depression is most helpfully understood as the psychic equivalent of fever. Fever is a NON-SPECIFIC physiological response to near-infinite range of underlying conditions from the common cold to Ebola. Likewise, depression is a non-specific psychological response to a near-infinite range of underlying causes which may be psychological, social, biological, or a complex interaction between them. Blanket statements about where depression “comes from” are necessarily wrong. But they sure make for great PR.

Too soon?

Currently organizing a campaign to cancel anyone who doesn’t say nice things about D’Angelo in the coming days. Who’s with me?

@TheCinesthetic easily the wildest LSD trip of my life

Imagine being in a theater in 1999 and seeing this for the first time.

@ZachWritesStuff That’s crazy. No way someone saw that and was like, this is a good idea. Is it a troll?

People who equate exercise with therapy confuse feeling better with getting better.

So you’re saying he’s a wannabe, bargain bin Dark Knight Joker? Man, helluva timeline we’re in

@FeistyKittyPie especially if you are doing so with intention. This is why Intention, preparation and integration are the mainstays of psychedelic therapy - those who prepare often come away with very meaningful insights. Tho, of course, many do not, or they come away with fleeting benefits

@FeistyKittyPie Just imagine: you are seeing things from an entirely different vantage point, a true state-change. The substance you take informs the vantage point from which you are now observing things (the world, your life, problems). But yes, insights are happening all the time in that state

Folks who know more about shrooms, acid, MDMA etc., When someone is on the trip do insights passively happen to you? Is there any agency at all (like lucid dreaming). How pre ingestion state of mind drives the trip if at all? Is integration different from working through?

If dopamine = pleasure... Then why does chocolate still taste good when it’s blocked? Because dopamine isn’t about liking. It’s about wanting and learning. Let’s rewire how we think about the world's most popular neurochemical 🧵

@FeistyKittyPie @Castalia1981 @AlinaV_Psy Yea this seems like a troll or fake

@Castalia1981 @AlinaV_Psy I like "therapist violates confidently." So if the therapist violates the client hesitantly that's okay? Lol.

What do you think is the biggest challenge for novice psychodynamic psychotherapists?

In the mental health professions, the surest sign of lack of expertise (at best) or pure grift (at worst) is claiming to know the right way to treat anyone or anything—before meeting the person and spending the time necessary to do a thorough assessment and develop a sound clinical case formulation Lots of things look the same on the surface. Surface symptoms and presenting problems tell you next to nothing about what is really wrong, or what would be helpful for a specific individual. One size never fits all. The “tell” that you are dealing with an amateur or a snake oil salesman (or both) is claiming to know the cause of your problems, or the right treatment for you, without first developing a deep understanding of you as an individual. Draw your own conclusions from this.

@ZachWritesStuff Cringe

@BrightonPsych have you written the read about psychogenic seizures here?

@the_mel_jar so, i've been at this contemporary analytic thing for a few years now and have read plenty. Am curious what a good paper might be for an initial exposure to Lacan for someone who's curious but never been exposed to his writings before?

You want to read to increase your Knowledge? So yeah, definitely don’t start with Lacan. Or, like, Hegel. Obviously, yes? You know not to start with them. Oh, you want to start with Freud? OK, but a few minutes later you’re like, “I need to get on it, with all of the philosophy. So let’s start with Plato.” But this is also too hard. Ugh. You know why? You really want to know? Because, and it pains me to say this, but we must address the elephant in the room now: you needed to start with Reading Books. You were supposed to Read, ideally, starting from childhood. You were supposed to do quite a bit of reading, regularly and consistently. Reading was supposed to be a habitual part of your life, in school and, perhaps more importantly for why things are hard now, out of school. You were supposed to read at least some quality children’s literature. You were supposed to have Mom and Dad to read Dr. Seuss and Sandra Boynton to you. “Hippos Go Berserk, that’s clever!” you were supposed to think, in your toddler way. I know that you may not have had that going on at home. I know. This feels bad, man. It really sucks. It’s not fair. It’s also not your fault. People and society failed you. Yeah, perhaps you too had choices, but you were a kid, and ultimately, let’s try to be serious about how much is legitimately on you. Let’s try to be serious about where you were at, practically and developmentally speaking. But even more seriously, the good news is: there’s hope. There’s a lot of it, actually. Because now you want to take on the challenge. You want to know more. You’re ready. This is exciting and excellent stuff to hear. But first, you have a muscle to build, so build it. Read Hippos Go Berserk. Read A Wrinkle In Time or The Secret Garden or Charlotte’s Web or One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish. Whatever you want. This stuff is great. Try not to feel too much shame or to let anyone shame you. Fuck that. Take physical copies of these books to read on the train, with pride. Do you judge someone who is learning another language via reading whatever they can handle in that language? No, you don’t. You’re impressed. We’re impressed, because you’re doing a thing called reading, and you’re building muscle, and learning. We read Le Petit Prince in third year French, I believe, not, like, Lacan. Be serious: that’s for 900th year French, when we’re all dead. That’s the basic spirit you can have, if that’s motivating. “The hell to that, I can get there in a couple years!” If that’s more motivating, then great. Remember: this is not about intelligence. It’s really not. It’s about doing a thing you may have never done before, or have not done for a long time. “But I was that kid, always reading!” you might protest. Great! But if you’re not there right now, then you may have to rebuild for a while, too, and this is OK! You might get there more quickly than you may imagine, or it might still take some time, but either way, the important thing is just to start, and then to keep going. Just start with whatever, and just ride this wave for as long as it lasts, and enjoy.