[thewebguyd]

With most therapy the goal isn't to cure, but to manage and help cope in a healthy way. There are also plenty of mental illnesses or disorders that have no cure, and a few that are in the DSM because they cause problems with how our society is structured, not necessarily because its a true disorder (its only disorder because it causes issues functioning within societal systems).

[tonymet]

They are made up. None of them are empirically or objectively defined

[bonoboTP]

I think it's neither made up, nor actual health care.

It's basically a replacement for having cultural and social guard rails, lots of community, lots of straightforward expectations of roles etc. Today, people are atomized and lost, so they need a friend-and-priest-replacement who has authority but also patience to hear you out and has experience with judgement calls about people's lives.

But all this talk about "healthy" ways of coping etc is basically just there for medicine-envy and insurance reasons.

I think having one's mind/spirit sorted out is quite important, but the specific textbook strategies of today may be indeed mostly hogwash through a strict healthcare lens.

[smokedetector1]

much therapy is basically what youre saying, but the real deal is not, and is a more genuine healing experience that can only be facilitated by an expert

[rendx]

Oh! Just like happiness then! /s