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Old Apr 06, 2016, 11:41 AM
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Originally Posted by ScientiaOmnisEst View Post
Heh. Literally just spent the last 15 minutes rereading "mental illness doesn't exist" stuff, that claims it's all cultural, or based on the behavioral "fashions" of the day, or pathologizing normal feelings and behavior. Someone mentioned there is no normal (though I don't really believe that). One alternative explanation is that people "mentally ill" simply never learned how to get their needs met and need to be educated, not "treated".


The point of all of this being that therapy is bad and unnecessary, or that there's nothing actually wrong with the likes of me...I don't know. I just know I suck at dealing with life.


I'm also numb today. Not sure why, but it's a nice change.


Have you seen images of MRI brains with mental illness compared to "normal" brains? Interesting to see
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