You simply cannot be a psychologist or a psychiatrist if you have mental issues. Being a mentally deficient psychologist or psychiatrist is a paradox. You can't understand mental health if your brain doesn't work properly. Anybody who wants to become a mental health professional, must sign a legal document to self-certify own mental health. In XXI century this is still not happening. If you need help in mental health department, chances are that your doctor may be mentally impaired.
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dreamcomfortmemory ago
My guess is a remarkable percentage enjoy the feeling of being in control of someone, seen as the person with all the answers, the authority to diagnose someone and impact their life. There is probably a spectrum but I bet a lot of them get serotonin hits or something from fucking with people, a manifestation of their own lingering dysfunction. Similiar to the phenomenon where after the first few intense interactions where the come out the winner, police can fall into a cycle of needing to more and more intense interactions during routine things. They want that feeling so they start provoking people to get the brain chemical feeling of winning.
I'm no psychologist just a theory.