The Terror of Pseudoscientific Psychology

March 21, 2019

We live in a society that pathologizes everything under the guise of „mental health awareness.“ But behind this veneer of scientific legitimacy, much of modern psychotherapy peddles little more than trendy nonsense dressed up as medicine.

The Hypersensitivity Epidemic

Our public spaces have become battlegrounds between the boorish (phone zombies, aggressive cyclists, dog owners who turn restaurants into kennels) and their hyper-reflexive counterparts – those perpetually „triggered“ by cigarette smoke, perfume, children laughing, or even birdsong. The workplace has become a minefield of imagined slights, where „burnout“ serves as both diagnosis and excuse for incompetence.

This cult of self-absorption didn’t emerge spontaneously. The therapy industry actively fuels it through:

• Inventing absurd new „disorders“ (school phobia, internet addiction)

• Pathologizing normal human experiences

• Promoting the dangerous myth that everyone needs „professional help“ to cope with life

The Therapy Scam Exposed

After the 9/11 attacks, studies revealed a shocking truth: those who avoided psychological counseling coped better than those subjected to „trauma therapy.“ This pattern holds across disasters worldwide – the healthiest response is typically no professional intervention at all.

Modern psychiatry operates in two tiers:

1. Real medicine (treating schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, Alzheimer’s)

2. Pseudoscientific nonsense (endless new „syndromes“ perfectly tailored to cultural trends)

The Toxic Trio Ruining Mental Health

Three ideological movements bear primary responsibility:

1. Psychoanalysis
   Freud’s „science“ belongs alongside phrenology and alchemy. His theories – based on Greek myths and personal neuroses – posit invisible mental mechanisms as fanciful as „a hamster powering a car engine.“ Yet this 19th century quackery still infects modern therapy.

2. Postmodern Philosophy
   The abandonment of objective reality in favor of „lived experience“ has produced generations incapable of distinguishing feelings from facts.

3. Gender Ideology
   The assertion that biology doesn’t determine sex has spawned academic absurdities like:

   • 60+ „gender identities“

   • 173 gender studies professorships in Germany

   • Calls to remove deer mating photos from nature parks (too „heteronormative“)

The Coming Backlash

As society fractures into isolated bubbles of personal „truth,“ the contradictions become unbearable. The hypersensitive will ironically suffer most in the world they’ve created – one where:

• Basic communication becomes impossible

• Every disagreement registers as trauma

• Objective reality dissolves into competing narratives

The solution? Defund the „talk science“ industry and return to:

• Evidence-based neurology

• Rigorous pharmaceutical research

• Biological psychiatry

Why This Matters Now
This 2019 article predicted our current mental health crisis with eerie accuracy. Five years later:

• Therapy-speak has infected workplaces, schools, and government

• „Mental health awareness“ campaigns pathologize normal stress

• Gender clinics push life-altering treatments without rigorous science

The pseudoscience must end before it does more damage.