A psychiatrist who tried to scam me is not giving speeches and interviews now and idk why it's making me angry.
I'll try to keep it short....
long ago, when I was jobless I used to go to a free mental health center and got really good psychologists and psychiatrists. They showed care and empathy. Every session they used to take at least 2 or 3 pages asking things and all. It helped back then and things were going well.
Recently another issue came and the family insisted on meeting this person and made an appointment (costly one). I went with my parents and this person literally tried to do emotional blackmail on me and my family. He didn't even write half a page, didn't ask anything, just jumped onto conclusions. He sent me outside and he added a few more things and my parents literally came out and insisted on taking his personality development course, it costs 2 months of my salary for 5 sessions (1-2 hours) and this meeting ended in 15 mins and he left in BMW. His assistant made many attempts to reach us by whatsapp. His message clearly said "RESULTS ARE NOT GUARANTEED BUT DOCTOR WILL GIVE FULL EFFORT, please join"......
Then I did some research and came to know the Personality Development Course is not clinically approved.
I was extremely furious but ignored him and gave up.
Now I see him giving speeches and interviews on mental health and the importance of taking professional help.
Made an extremely detailed post and posted this in our country's main group but they removed it saying low effort.
idk if this post belongs here but idk whom else I can share this with
Posted Apr 8, 2026, 1:11 PM UTC