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Old Jan 12, 2016, 05:13 PM
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Originally Posted by jacky8807 View Post
Imagine if someone went into the bipolar forum and said it didn't exist?
Or even better to the borderline forum and said they all choose to be this way?
Apparently you guys are fair game yikes
Yes my my we can break this down for all the mental illnesses!

[Sarcasm]

Schizophrenia doesn't exist, it's totally natural to have an imagination. It's a HUMAN TRAIT THAT EVERYONE POSSESSES, hearing voices/having delusions/being incoherent is totally natural! Don't take those pills!

Bipolar doesn't exist, doesn't everyone have mood swings?

Depression doesn't exist, everybody feels sad sometimes!

Borderline Personality Disorder doesn't exist, aren't you all just making excuses for being neurotic and emotional all the time?

None of the personality disorders exist, they're in the DSM for no reason because everyone just chooses to be the way they are. They can all just be better if they just stop pathologizing themselves!

Dissociative Identity Disorder(I have this one), doesn't exist because everyone feels like a different person sometimes and everyone is always changing, it's totally normal to not remember most of your entire existence and to randomly black out for hours to weeks to months at a time!

Autism doesn't exist, you're just socially awkward! You're normal honey I promise!

ADHD doesn't exist, it just means you have to manage your time better! Lack of focus that impairs your ability to function is a NORMAL HUMAN TRAIT.

See, everyone on Psych Central, we're all just lazy people making excuses for our behavior and we need to all admit that we're just lazy, masochistic, sadistic, abusive, not trying hard enough, stupid, etc because all these mental illnesses aren't real and they're all just totally natural parts of being human I mean everyone gets manic and psychotic, it isn't debilitating unless you WANT it to be and wrap a label around yourself because god forbid we're all here because we all have SERIOUS issues that require copious amounts of medication and therapy all the time... Nope, it's all because we're just expressing natural human tendencies and labels are the source of all evil!

[/Sarcasm]

See how laughably ridiculous all of that sounded? That is the logic being used here right now and I can say that NOBODY in the mental health community would at all appreciate being told that their mental illness(es) don't exist at all.
Thanks for this!
jacky8807, marmaduke, ScientiaOmnisEst