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Originally Posted by somat
i actually prefer being called crazy to mentally ill. why cant we accept people because they are people? as soon as we need an illness to be accepted... scary thought. and what does that say for people who are different who are not mentally ill? this is partly why, i believe, everything has turned into pathology.
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I am skeptical about the health system regarding mental illness, which, I think, perpetuates it in a way. The problem is in our societies and systems, they are not flexible enough to accommodate different colors on the spectrum. This is my opinion at least.
Take for example the educational system; if someone suffers from ADHD , then (s)he is doomed, basically. That person will be labeled as lazy and annoying, which will make him/her not "normal" in others' as well as that person's eyes, and not normal means abnormal=crazy, which will separate him/her from the "(normal) group" (the human brain is very good in classifying people in-group and out-group). Another example, if someone has social anxiety, people wouldn't be considerate and understanding, but they will say (s)he is not sociable/shy and probably has issues and thus must be avoided.