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"Chemical imbalances in the brain" (for which there never has been any proof -- and what causes such imbalances as may exist?)

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Just because there are not advanced tests to PROVE we have chemical imbalances does not mean that the imbalances do not exist. There are numerous studies with brain scans and tests on CADAVERS that prove these imbalances. We just don't have advanced-enough medicine to take a "sample" of the dopamine in our brain.

Well guess what. 100 years ago you couldn't do a mammogram. Does that mean breast cancer didn't exist??? Just because science isn't advanced enough to PROVE it...doesn't mean it is not real.


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Do you see a distinctly "well" society around you?

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So....since everyone is messed-up mentally, that means oh we should just suck it up and pretend that it's normal to be suicidal or psychotic? Cause "everyone else is doing it"???

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My contention is that the vast majority of what we call mental illness is in origin due to the discrepancy, or enforced split, between what is said, and what is in fact, true.

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Oh, so now I am just LYING to myself if I am suicidal? I am being dishonest to say that I have mood swings??

I seriously don't understand your logic here. I'm sorry.


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So I am saying that "mental illness" is not something distinct and apart from society as a whole.

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So...are you saying that everyone is mentally ill? And that therefore no one is mentally ill?? Huh??

Or you just want to "fit in" by saying that you're not any different than society? That everyone is crazy, and therefore, crazy is normal??