Laura SophiaMar 9

What did I just listen to? According to the trainer at today's resilience training session, ADHD is a scattered mind resulting solely from trauma. According to him, it's a coping mechanism to not be alone with your own emotions, and it's not a mental condition. And he recommends everyone to read the book "Scattered Mind" by Gabor Mate.

And then he went on that depression is also just a coping mechanism and has nothing to do with brain chemistry. According to him, you just have to deal with your underlying emotions, and then you are no longer depressed. And to deal with the underlying emotions, you might have to take psychedelics in a controlled environment like DMT or ayahuasca.

Show threadEllejay Mar 9
@livho WTF
That course is getting more an more "interesting" 😮
Show threadLaura SophiaMar 9
@doppelgrau "Interesting" as a word seems more and more too weak for the course. Within the next days I will post something on the course's forum to warn other participants to not blindly believe the stuff they tell in the course. I more and more think that the course might actually be harmful.
Show threadEllejay 
@livho Yes, that sounds really awful.
You also might send an email to the people organizing this stuff, I hope that they aren't aware how problematic some stuff is.
Mar 9 at 9:17pmWeb
Show threadLaura SophiaMar 9
@doppelgrau The trainer of today's session was the cofounder of the company offering the training and is the husband of the other trainer and cofounder. So even my message in the next days will not be welcome. But I will send an email to the ones at our university who recommended the training and pay for it.