i guess i wonder though why one needs dx labels in order to work towards making the changes in ones life that one wants to make. i mean... aside from the whole health insurance thing...

so basically... dx may be necessary in our society because of the way 'help' is set up. it is unfortunate that we need to medicalize distress in order to do that, however. it is certainly conceivable that there be societies that don't medicalize distress but who assist with it never theless.