[dhs12345]

Absolutely. My experience with shrinks is that more often than not, they have a screw loose.

[PGR88]

There are maybe 10% of professional “shrinks” who are really quite wise and can offer real insights into medical and psychological reasons for behavior

The remainder are in the profession because of the snakes in their own mind.

[Buckeye McFrog]

All I can say about these folks is that it sure must be nice to have a job where you have ZERO accountability for your work.

[Vigilanteman]

In a previous life, my Dad was well acquainted with a number of employees who worked at the famous Karl Menninger Clinic in Topeka, Kansas.

The standing joke was they were to run off all the squirrels whenever the old man came around lest they tried to gather him up.

[fwdude]

My experience with shrinks is that more often than not, they have a screw loose.

The vast majority of them are nuts, or are social justice revolutionaries - as I said, nuts!

[an amused spectator]

Absolutely. My experience with shrinks is that more often than not, they have a screw loose.

In my anecdotal experience, most people who work in the psych fields indeed have a screw loose.