Is it normal that i think that psychology is a scam?

Psychology is a new science compared to all the others. For instance medical practice once involved an examiner staring at a bottle of piss to determine pregnancy or illness. I think psychology is simply in the staring-at-piss stage and some day psychologists will be able to pour that mental piss on a stick to figure out exactly what is wrong with our brains.

Some of it is crap but some treatments work for some people. I've been to several psych clinics and I find a lot of their services to be useless but not all of it. Its true it is not an exact science. I have some neurological problems and no therapy is going to change that. I'm not trying to be pessistmestic but it does cause me a financial burden because I always seem to be accidently breaking things or getting in some sort of money troubles. I've been fired from several jobs for creating work related accidents. Even last week I got a job and I already destroyed the company vechile and owe them $800 now I have to pay off. It seems to me every job I've had costs me more than I make.

Your emotional intelligence must be near rock bottom.

Do you know that psychology isn't medicine, right? Do you know it's a human science, not a biological one like neurology or psychiatry? And do you know that it's much easier to graduate in psychology in a crappy college than to become a doctor in psychiatry? I'm brother and son of mental disordered people and I know in my own skin that psychology is at the best hypothesis a therapy which complements the medicinal care.

I don't disagree with you at all.

The Neurological Aspect of Psychology, that grey area on the Venn Diagram where Psychology and Neurology intersect, that isn't bullshit. Neurology can be tested and proven, you can test and figure with chemicals will do what to your brain. Psychology and Neurology overlap wildly.

Then you have the theoretical and experimental Psychology as well as behavioral Psychology, all of which are as relevant and reliable as the culture being studied, the person doing the statistical analysis and the person doing the studies. While I won't deny that there is some scientific form and measure to their findings, quite a bit of it is still theoretical in a soft form.

But that's what Psychology is, it's a soft science. It's still based on data, research and principles, but it is not hardcore fact as Mathematics, Biology or Physics is, where when there is a rule, unlike in Psychology, there is no exception. Whereas in Psychology, X is usually Y but sometimes it's Z and other times it can be B but it's usually Y, in other sciences, X is Y and if it is not, then it is not even X. The laws of Gravity always apply, the laws of Physics don't change depending on the circumstances.

It is the way it is because it is a soft science. When our technology develops to a degree where Psychology and Neurology are practically applied in the same manner and degree as Psychology is, then we won't be having this discussion. Children being diagnosed with ADHD will not be diagnosed based on pure observation, people with depression won't have to cycle meds to get the "right one", a Neurological scan will produce the necessary data.

Your cynical view of therapy speaks volumes about you. And it's too bad that others' uninformed opinions have reinforced your cynicism. I hope for your sake that someday you can raise your level of honesty and do some serious introspection.

Everything is science.

If a theory is proven, it is not anymore recongnize as theory.

Everything is not precise, so do psychological field. But that doesn't mean that it is a scam or nonsense.

Behavioral science is so critical, it is so hard to understand that's why they are engaging in some surveys for feasible purposes but they don't just rely on surveys and in fact they made some remedies that psychologist and psychiatrist made. It is not just about the medicine, it should be combined with therapies.

Therapies help patients to determine their problem and to change their disoriented views. And it takes time, and the problem is those people who is unpatient.

It is illogical to conclude that a thing is a scam just because you don't completely understand it.

It's so obvious which country you live in.

I think you meant psychiatry, not psychology.

@ baronroderick .. so technically speaking , as mental illness tends to be biological .. you are possibly nuts also .. lol

It is the Science of the Mind. Do you know how complex the mind is? How far its intricacies intertwine? No. That's exactly why some aspects of Psychology are yet to be proven whilst some have an accredited degree of authenticity gathered from research and scientific outcomes.

That research takes time. It takes resources. It takes insurmountable knowledge that only innovative technology can provide. We cease to attain that level. This is why we cannot just dismiss its merit in and as Science. If there is a credited theory, it is considered and tested until it yields facts. The core of Science is based on these hypotheses.

Psychology is still on its start-up state. It is not comparable to the years of groundwork placed on Physics and Medicine. It is under null-hypotheses. It cannot be Science if there is no room to falsify. That's what Psychology is dealing with.

The drapes. He wanted to change the drapes in the psychotic game room. Dr. Ashley felt that color has a great deal to do with the well-being of the emotionally disturbed.