1 Comments Posted by Nadia

I have heard very few people compliment ECT. Mostly I just hear the people who still perform it advocate for it... they must justify themselves for their peace of mind.
But when I think of it, is it really better to go through a treatment that is worse than the illness? It's like what my Taokwondo teacher used to do when I said I had a headache: she would punch me in the arm, so I forgot about the first pain by concentrating on the second. How futile is that.
On the other hand, how difficult is to speak against it. If you are insane or mentally unstable, no one will take your word about how it does not help you. And if you become sane and then tell on the doctors, they will say it was their treatment that cured you. Mostly, I think people are made believe it does. Going to the psychologist wasn't doing anything for me, but I was convinced it did for a long while. It may have helped in some aspects, and in others made it all worse. For example, I still have a major problem saying no. I also, on account of the experience, became very co-dependant.