Re psychologists:
Self realization is essential for mental health, but sometimes a friend cannot understand the depth and breadth of trauma.
A friend will also ache for you, which can limit their effectiveness as a listener.
It also takes a great deal of focused time to self study, define trauma and address it with mindful techniques, or make the life changes required to ease the effects of trauma.
Some traumas become so visceral, no thought is involved. Just the smell of a hospital or a certain noise can send the body, mind, and heart into severe reflexive, instinctive reactions.
All this is a lot to ask of a friend. Dealing with trauma that has seeped into your body, your life choices, and your subconscious and instinctive emotional reactions to people, places, and things is something only a professional can deal with effectively.
I only bring this up because victims of the cabal will need professional help to become more healthy and whole. We should start fortifying those resources in preparation.
JMO. Having a good friend, or several friends, might have prevented a lot of mental problems in the first place.
Agree with your points and not arguing against them.
I think that many conditions are over-diagnosed and the mental health field is ripe for that. Just keep bringing in mostly healthy people who want someone to listen to them. Steady cash flow.
The real cases are different and much more difficult to treat.
NOw that I have learned (and thought and hoped it was so) that the psychology profession has changed for the better, I totally agree with you.