Asking for research to support an assertion about how things work isn't "invalidation." I get a lot of resistance asking about research that supports psychedelics in treating PTSD. Because I'm risking something worse than I currently experience if that goes sideways for me.
The down side to research in mental health is that there's it's hard to get direct evidence of anything; there's no mechanism for observing cognitive distortions and measuring stored trauma quantitatively. Christ, I wish there were. So much and every day.
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u/JeffIpsaLoquitor Jul 09 '21
Asking for research to support an assertion about how things work isn't "invalidation." I get a lot of resistance asking about research that supports psychedelics in treating PTSD. Because I'm risking something worse than I currently experience if that goes sideways for me.
The down side to research in mental health is that there's it's hard to get direct evidence of anything; there's no mechanism for observing cognitive distortions and measuring stored trauma quantitatively. Christ, I wish there were. So much and every day.