Man says Ore. psychiatrist told him he wasn’t gay

I'll give him the benefit of the doubt. I think the psychiatrist is thinking the man only thinks he's gay when he's actually not. He could've been led to this conclusion by anything...e.g. being told that the man had fleeting heterosexual desires, for example.

I don't know what the man's true sexuality is, but this could be just what the psychiatrist concluded. And almost all of us have had experiences with crap therapists who come to the entirely wrong conclusions. If he's not satisfied with his approach, he should probably move onto another.

 

"Conversion will become more popular as the country becomes more conservative" wtf is the psychiatrist smoking?

 

When I first stared going to counseling after my wife found out I had cheated on her with men, my therapist told me I didn't fit the stereotype of being gay. I don't know if I lead him to that conclusion by the things I told him about my youth, but I was so happy to hear that I may not be gay that I decided to give my marriage another try. That lasted for a couple years. I was faithful, but not fulfilled.

Another counselor helped my ex and I communicate better and we still tried to save the marriage. My ex could never get over what I had done with men, though, and neither could I. I came out to my counselor and she was fantastic in helping both my ex and me move on to the current phase of our lives - divorced but friendly.

My point is, counselors can only make judgements based on what we tell them. Unfortunately it sounds like in this case, he was trying to force a conclusion. Travesty!

 

Purely objectively, that would probably happen *if* society were headed in the direction of being more conservative. Clearly though, that is not the case.

 

Not too much information is given there about what Hirsch had originally told the psychiatrist.

Crazy scenario where the shrink is right: Hirsch has split personalities, one that's straight, and another that believes he's gay.

In that scenario the shrink would have had every right to say that. I'm not saying that Hirsch isn't gay, I'm just saying it's possible the shrink is right.

 

I'm not quite sure why a psychiatrist would even be doing that sort of therapy. As Chip said, it seems like something more fit for a psychologist instead. If they discovered some sort of serious mental disorder that would require medication then they should have been recommended to a psychiatrist *shrug*

 

He can get a job at one of Bachmann's clinics.