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Old Oct 13, 2014, 02:20 PM
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Originally Posted by vonmoxie View Post
I was reading an interview with Jennifer Saunders the other day (Edina in AbFab), and this comment jumped out at me: "I wish someone really important would admit to procrastination and turn it into a disease." On the one hand-- she's hysterical. On the other, it's actually a really provocative comment, because while celebrity admissions can bring out awareness in the public, it can also be in a very distorted manner, through the lens of the media feeding frenzy, of sensationalism and advertising dollars. Her pointing to the possibility of an effect like procrastination becoming validated as a disorder through that lens is revealing.
Alas, my take on the DSM V is that they have the attitude that everything should be a "mental disorder" so they can justify treating it and billing insurance.
Thanks for this!
Angelique67, brainhi