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Old Aug 21, 2018, 09:37 AM
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Originally Posted by eskielover View Post
People can be shy, sensitive & insecure without having a mental illness & get picked on too.
True, even if it remains a sad thing that humanity seems to have an innate need to have targets to pick on.

That said (and at the risk of topic drift), how do we define shyness/sensitively/insecurity as being personality traits vs MI and is it actually helpful to try to make that separation? On one hand, it may not be wise to rush towards categorization/treatment, but on the other if the individual is caused distress, shouldn't some assistance be available, regardless of whether a DSM diagnosis appears to apply or not?

*Don't mind me - I'm sort of thinking aloud *
Thanks for this!
eskielover