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Tom Cruise has always been a very vocal person. Be it about his relationships or his belief in the Church of Scientology, he has always been very candid about things that he believes in. Due to this, he has naturally had some very controversial moments in his career.
However, none have been as loud as the time that Cruise went on a very critical rant about psychiatry. On top of criticizing Brooke Sheilds for how she chose to deal with her postpartum depression, he also criticized using medication for mental illness as a whole.
Tom Cruise Explained His Interaction With Brooke Shields
Many years ago,Tom Cruisegave an interview withTodaywhere he addressed his very public interaction with Brooke Shields. According toThe New York Post, the pair got into a very public spat where he ended up criticizing her for using medications to cope with her postpartum depression.
Naturally, the moment was very controversial for the actor, resulting in the questioning during the interview.
He confessed that he had done a lot of research on the topic and history of psychiatry as a whole and was very critical of taking drugs to deal with problems. He mentioned that he had never been supportive of the science, even before he joined the Church of Scientology, and even called psychiatry a “pseudoscience.”
I think [Shields] is a wonderful and talented woman, and I want to see her do well. And I know that psychiatry is a pseudoscience.
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Cruise believes that science is a way to cover up bigger issues and goes as far as to imply that using drugs is part of a bigger conspiracy. He mentioned that people do not know what effect these medications can have on their bodies, and they should not take them because of this.
Here’s the problem, you don’t know the history of psychiatry. I do. All it does is mask the problem. That’s what it does. That’s all it does. You’re not getting to the reason why. There is no such thing as a chemical imbalance.
He further mentioned that it does not fix a problem but masks it, even claiming that there wasn’t such a thing as a “chemical imbalance,” which is usually what is used to identify if someone needs medication or not.
Tom Cruise vs. Psychiatry
It is safe to say that Tom Cruise made some very bold claims about psychiatry when he was explaining his interaction with Brooke Shields. However, enough research has been done to debunk the claims that the actor made. He mentioned that drugs like Ritalin and Adderall can be very dangerous to people.
While there is no denying that they can be abused and turned into something dangerous, they are often used to treat disorders like ADHD and can be very beneficial for those who have them. He also mentioned that he understands the history of psychiatry, and it plays a big role in why he does not believe in the science.
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All medical developments started off very gruesome. However, as technology and knowledge about these things have grown, the methods of treatment have also drastically changed. Although people may think of electroconvulsive therapy when they first think of treatment, things have evolved far past such methods for all mental illnesses.
Ananya Godboley
Senior Writer
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Ananya Godboley is a Senior Entertainment Writer at FandomWire, majorly focusing on TV shows, with over 2,000 articles published. She has been an entertainment journalist for the past two years. Currently pursuing an undergraduate degree in psychology from K.R. Mangalam University, Ananya also likes to fangirl as a full-time job. She covers news and analyses on anything from Rick and Morty to Hannibal and even Arcane. In between these lines, she also enjoys superheroes and Taylor Swift.A philosophy enthusiast, Ananya enjoys digging deeper into the media she consumes, trying to understand the root of her favorite characters' behavior.
