Does anyone else feel like people just brush off the anti-psychiatry argument without looking at the valid points?

The semantics enable psychiatrists to deprive people of freedom. People deem mental illness as legitimate grounds for the imposition of "treatment."

You cannot ever categorically ascertain what somebody believes/thinks. It is impossible. All diagnoses predicated on one's perception/cognition are conjectures.

To digress for a moment, I must say you seem to be quite condescending.

Involuntary hospitalization is not necessary. If you desire treatment seek it. If you do not desire treatment then do not.

Why do I need to ingratiate to preclude the possibility of being involuntarily hospitalized? If these diagnoses are not based on conjecture you should be able to prove that my illness exists without scrutinizing my conduct. This evinces that the basis for labeling somebody as "mentally ill" or "crazy" is their conduct's agreeability, which can easily be feigned.

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