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Jul 08, 2024, 09:40 AM
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Member Since: Nov 2002
Location: Mid World
Posts: 18,101
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Originally Posted by DocJohn
Much about the causes and etiology of mental illness remains unknown, so there's no real data to answer your question as to whether any type of mental illness is "terminal." For some people with some disorders, it is likely they will live with a form of the disorder for their entire lives. With treatment (just like in medicine), that "living with" can still result in a good life.
Our understanding of mental illness is still in its infancy in many ways. It's a good question, but one where science doesn't yet have the answer to.
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Doc John, you remind me of a saying I heard in grad school. "Physics and chemistry are hard sciences. The life sciences are soft science. Psychology is the impossible science."
Your comment about living a good life while dealing with a mental illness is so true for me. I've been depressed most of my life, but after therapy and finding the right drug mix I've lead a good life.
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