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Published February 8, 2011
Updated May 15, 2025
If you’ve ever typed “psychiatric meds ruined my life” into Google, you’re not alone — and you deserve better answers than fear-based clickbait. I hear from quite a few people, generally part of special interest groups, who think psych meds are evil, psychiatrists are evil, or psychologists are evil. When groups like Scientology aren’t driving these ideas, these statements of hatred often come from negative personal experiences with psych meds or psychiatry/psychology. Often, these people are lashing out emotionally because they didn’t like how the medicine or other form of treatment went. I get that. Once burned, twice an antipsychiatrist, I guess.