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Originally Posted by ocdwifeofsociopath
All I was doing by my post, was an explanation for how/why mental illnesses happen. There is no reason to get offended by what I posted. It's the truth, not an insult. That is the physical and scientific truth. Do some research if you doubt me. Here are some simple definitions for those who are stuck on words. Normal - Definition and More from the Free Merriam-Webster Dictionary Another way to put it is; outside the expected. Different than the common or majority.
Medical Dictionary
developmental disability n.
A cognitive, emotional, or physical impairment, especially one related to abnormal sensory or motor development, that appears in infancy or childhood and involves a failure or delay in progressing through the normal developmental stages of childhood.
mental illness
— n
any of various disorders in which a person's thoughts, emotions, or behaviour are so abnormal as to cause suffering to himself, herself, or other people
Medical defiinition: mental illness;
Any of various disorders characterized chiefly by abnormal behavior or an inability to function socially, including diseases of the mind and personality and certain diseases of the brain. Also called mental disease , mental disorder . |
EDIT: with all due respect do some research if you don't believe me. I read the standard info you are citing a long time ago and my critical thinking brain said look on.
I don't think you were intentionally trying to offend. There are many people trying to change the way MI is looked at. While I wouldn't say it is very new it has not completely sunk in. Go to sites like TED talks and there are a ton of speakers talking about these new paradigms. (I don't think I have heard anyone actually dispute neurodiversity.) One of the key points I made earlier is normal is primarily determined by the culture and abnormal follows since abnormal is "not normal". "Normal" can't exist in the natural world.
I don't think having a MI means someone is unable to function in society either. Many people here demonstrate this is just wrong every day. I find that definition to be extremely offensive. No wonder so many doctors demand patient compliance over a patient centric approach if that is what they believe.
The other key point which I must seem like a stickler about (I won't argue that) is that they do not know definitively it is a "disease of the brain". They also do not understand (completely) why there is such an increase in people diagnosed over the last 20 years or so. With other diseases you would look for some environmental cause for it. While there are various ideas the main research still concentrates on "abnormal brains". This is in spite of the fact, for example, we know SAD is the worst diet in the world. Eat any other traditional diet in any country and you will feel better if you eat a SAD diet. Why is NIMH not looking for a correlation? From a cynical POV I would say they rely on a lot of big pharma money.
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