Well, I would like to very respectfully disagree about one thing - the illness v injury question. I find it scientifically and objectively dubious in that it really is semantics and just the emperor's new clothes. Because it is still the same emotions no matter what we call it. But functionally for me, it did make a difference because it relieved a lot of the pressure and shame I felt. Because under the injury theory I can put blame on other people, whereas if I when I though it was an illness I felt I was to blame and that I had defective genes. I know, it's all just mind games with myself. If I were on ten other side I would feel the opposite and hate the concept and deny it. It is a way to comfort myself - even though I know it is an artificial construct . I hope they come up with empirically verifiable tests for MI so we can stop the diagnosis go round, which IMHO causes a lot of harm.
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