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Nov 28, 2012, 06:11 PM
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Why are we so focused on everything being so black & white over here guys?! We're bipolar, we're superheroes.  But in all seriousness... I live on both side of the tracks every day. My mind is numb from all of the thought. All of the speculation. Going from one extreme to the other, when they're both equally valid.
I have always been heavily spiritual, but I know that when I started to grow totally psychotic a year & a half ago that something was very wrong. The messages were skewed & didn't make sense anymore. I became paranoid & frightened of everything, out of the blue, during the happiest time in my life. I moved in with my boyfriend, away from everything that held me back, with new healthy habits. But everything stopped making sense. And everything became very, very scary & very, very wrong. Why would a spiritual being insist you don't eat, that you let your physical body wither & die so you can rejoin the astral plane? That's ****ing sadistic.
There's definitely an argument for society wanting to trap people into a specific build. But there ARE neurological conditions that persist. And there are very many things that can't just be "seen" that are also very real. Spiritual & biological. We can't afford to discount either or cease to hold any modicum of perspective. You can be creative & spiritual, but also damaged. If it is impairing your life, it is a disorder. It is a disease. It is something that needs intervention & not always by "hey, pop this pill".
You can't technically have a disorder or disease unless it causes significant impairment in one or more areas of your life. If it doesn't? THAT is a personality trait. That is a way of being. My antisocial tendencies don't bother me any & I have a very solid relationship with my boyfriend. Haven't been in any legal trouble for my shenanigans & I haven't caused any irreparable harm. I just care very little for anything that isn't immediate or about me -- & that serves me well. Keeps me logical & objective. But there are a great deal of people who destroy everyone around them, knowingly or unknowingly, with the same affliction. No two people are exactly the same... Whether they have a "disorder" or not. [Even though the latter doesn't at all exist these days.]
So while I understand the revulsion of the medical models & the standardization of how people should act? There's no reason to totally discount it. Just because there are some people here that seek treatment, it doesn't mean they are weak. Or lack the will to just "feel better". It's very real for everyone. I never thought I'd seek treatment, but there are some ways I can improve. Beyond my own scope of understanding. And I'm okay to admit that now, even though I'm very much usually in the "happy" state that you are! But the happy turns into angry & that's not a very good place to stay.
I like what everyone's had to say here. And thank the ****ing Gods I could actually pay attention to it all! But my point is, everyone is different. And not everything is black & white. So why do we still treat it that way? It's close-minded to accept one thing & not acknowledge the existence of the other. 
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