Susan,Perchancetodream wrote:Den, that was my initial reaction to this thread. But then it occurred to me, how many of us have seen this attitude in the flesh?
At the risk of generalizing, I have seen the same defensive "I'm right because I am older, more educated, more experienced and because I said so'" from parents, teachers and doctors.
There is still a strong tendency for medical practioners, of any level, to treat patients like children instead of adult health care consumers. And it seems that the less competent they are the more they resent a patient who knows how to spell his condition, much less participate in its resolution.
And they only get away with it because we let them.
Susan
One reason I tend to think "Hit & Run Sniper" is that the posts just came out of "nowhere". The initial post in this thread sounds too "black & white" for somebody who supposedly has been around this therapy for some time. Kind of like the person has been hiding under a rock and is unaware of what's happening in this therapy.
Another suspicion......he/she may be a member of the ASAA forum (maybe an Admin) having "fun" over here because it gets boring over there not being able to actually HELP people with real advice other than "Go see your doctor."
Heck, ANYBODY can claim to have all kinds of credentials on the Internet.
Sorry if I offended any of you folks who frequent both forums.
Den
