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Jul 25, 2014, 11:31 AM
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Member Since: Nov 2002
Location: Mid World
Posts: 18,111
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Id have to strongly disagree with the statement that everyone suffers from some form of mental illness...kind if invalidating to people who actually suffer from mental disorders that significantly interfere with their life.
In psychology what I learned is everyone likely has a trait or more that would be simular to traits of certain mental disorders...some people might have a couple traits of OCD without having the disorder, same with lots of other disorders. It is only considered a mental disorder/illness/condition ect if you have the symptoms not just a couple traits that could be construed as symptoms and it causes significant impairment in functioning.....Not everyone is suffering from that.
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Well said hellion. The key feature in the DSM for diagnosing a disorder is that the symptoms have to cause the person significant distress.
You mentioned the example of OCD traits. My co-workers tease me that I am OCD about my paperwork. They are right in that I want my paperwork to be done correctly and accurately. That trasit does not cause me distress. It actully makes me better at my job.
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