@icedquinn @IcyGrillz
Not too familiar with her case either. I just know she ultimately won, and that her father was a manipulator that wanted her money.

@alyx @IcyGrillz she had forced IUD implant, forced drugging, which was reinstated every time she went off script, mandatory work schedules etc

@icedquinn @IcyGrillz
I've heard that she was treated like she had severe mental health issues long after she should have been deemed sound of mind. I do not know what that entailed, but forced drugging sounds very plausible. In which case, yeah, that could have fucked her up too.

@alyx @IcyGrillz there was something called 'the psychopath test' that supposedly went in to detail about how the medical system easily convinces itself a sane person is still insane and is obviously just pretending to be sane to get out of treatment

combine that with a complex that benefits from you being classified as unwell, well.

i can't speak for ye but this kind of stuff happens

@icedquinn @IcyGrillz
Well, the US system at least, does seem to pathologize everything these days.

@icedquinn @alyx @IcyGrillz somewhat related, iirc there was a study done where a scientist had a bunch of people go to a mental health institution and claim they were crazy and some of them got locked in there and the scientist had to confirm it was just a study.

@beardalaxy @IcyGrillz @alyx @beardalaxy
Pseudoscience at work
@icedquinn @alyx @IcyGrillz

@Awoo @beardalaxy @IcyGrillz @alyx psychology is pretty bad but it's not pseudoscience

@icedquinn @Awoo @alyx @IcyGrillz there's not a whole lot in psychology that can actually be OBSERVED, it's all a lot of theory crafting and people trying to understand other people, rather than people trying to understand the world/universe. it gets a bit messier. but it is super interesting to read about and think about. one psychologist will have completely different ideas than another one. i feel like some of it relates to philosophy.