answer:I took a class called “Philosophy of Freud.” I was surprised to learn that he faked data and engaged in other intellectually dishonest behavior. I also remain suspicious of the parallels of psychoanalysis and psychic cold-reading techniques, not to mention the perils of confirmation bias. I do think that there’s a very legitimate and real healing power that comes from genuinely connecting with a patient, trying to understand and help them with their psychological issues that the more objective colder behavioral psychology seems to be lacking. After struggling with a rather nasty and prolonged case of depression myself, I’ve realized that the field of psychology is still in its infancy (maybe 2 notches past blood-letting). There’s a lot of trial-and-error approaches to medications and is really pretty crude. The inability to isolate variables, reliance on fallible self-reports and other less-than-reliable techniques and strategies made me loose a lot of faith in how it’s executed. Not that there are any other alternatives. I just hope that more research, improved tools, and advancement in technology will help this field evolve faster.