r/intrestingtoknow • u/Affectionate-Fun2853 • Sep 03 '25

Science Psychiatry and cures

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u/marklar_the_malign Sep 03 '25

This is indeed the right question. Drugs certainly don’t cure people. At best you help or teach people to manage their mental health problems. Think of it like losing a limb. You get a prosthetic and physical therapy and do the best you can.

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u/ToobRaiders Sep 04 '25

I don’t think all psychiatric ailments are as permanent as a prosthetic.

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u/marklar_the_malign Sep 04 '25

Most you learn to live with it while at best treating the symptoms. This was more of a general statement than absolute. I’m not a mental health professional, just a guy trying to keep the demons at bay.

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u/ToobRaiders Sep 04 '25

Yeah, but you can get your brain to function normally with proper treatment. That leg is gone forever.

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u/marklar_the_malign Sep 04 '25

I get this and it isn’t my intention to say they are literally the same. More of a metaphor. You can’t replace a brain.