Was Therapy Invented to Control Us, Not Heal Us
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Therapy is supposed to help us heal—but what if it wasn’t created that way? This week on Rockin’ on the Porch, Mishi and Giggles wonder whether psychology and psychiatry were originally used more to control people, silence “hysterical” women and activists, and make uncomfortable truths disappear than to actually support mental health.
Along the way, Mishi tells the story of literally waxing the skin off her thumb before a fundraiser, ending up in the ER half‑dressed and doing her own DIY thumb rehab. We talk about vibrators being invented as a medical treatment, electric‑shock therapy and lobotomies, who gets to decide what “normal” even means, and why so many people still don’t trust therapy today. We also squeeze in a Florida‑woman tree wedding and a cheating Tinder guy whose wife hijacks his profile to ...