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Originally Posted by Atypical_Disaster
I think you're just one of those people that doesn't fit neatly into a box, there's a lot of people like that. In fact, I would say far more than non mentally ill people would think. You are unique, and frankly I think that while labels have their uses I also think in lots of ways that they're totally overrated.
Also what you said about the DSM was bang on accurate and I totally agree.
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I am most interested in the kin advantage theory for the evolutionary paradox of schizophrenia (why, if it is so damaging, has its rate stayed the same when natural selection could wean it out of a population).
This theory says that it is because of the advantages to those who have the genes but not the disorder. They list a bunch of positive traits, or traits that can either be maladaptive or adaptive... I think that in todays world, it takes a lot of strength to make these traits adaptive rather than maladaptive... I struggle a lot with making my way of being in the world pay off, but when it does pay off, I am amazed.
Scientifically, other theories probably have better arguments... I lean towards this one for obvious reasons! Nevertheless, it is interesting... Psychiatry, of course, is not a science. So any theory is often at odds with the DSM, which I really despise!
I also live in a system where not having a label means getting less support.. so it is not so much that I think that I must fit a label to understand myself (I think I understand myself better than any doctor), but my resources are severely limited without a label... and there is the awkwardness of always having to explain myself. Oh well.