Can someone with a mental illness work as a psychologist or psychiatrist?

[Anonymous]

if you were someone with a mental illness, would you be a psychologist or psychiatrist?

yes

no

Updates

+1 y

Should they?

[ADFSDF1996]

Yes and I think those ones are the best kinds of mental health workers because they actually empathize with their patients.

I know there are some psychologists and psychiatrists that suffer from OCD like me and they have some of the best reviews for how good they are at their jobs.

[genericname85]

i'm sure there's some mental illnesses that would make working as a psychologist impossible but generally it should not be a big problem. tho they won't be able to treat themself. that's unfortunately not how this works.

[exitseven]

I think that a lot of mental health workers are a little nuts themselves.

[strateguy632]

things sure seem they do

[RevengeofLadyJ]

No that would be very wrong