(June 5, 2013 at 3:02 pm)Gilgamesh Wrote: My original post here was meant to be food for thought. I've already said that I wasn't implying that creed didn't have bi-polar disorder or that I don't have any of the disorders I said I was going to get diagnosed with. Basically, a lot of people are diagnosed with disorders. A LOT of people. So much people are diagnosed with disorders, that maybe, these people aren't suffering from a disorder. Maybe they're exactly how they should be. That isn't to say the way their feeling loses credibility or that they shouldn't seek help, just because I refuse to call it a disorder. What it's called doesn't change the feeling. If you feel messed up and want help, go get it if you wish. I should've been more direct.
Well, I wish you had said like that, because you make a good point. Although I disagree with your belief that these "feelings" aren't disorders, I do agree that it is way over diagnosed. A kid with a little too much energy gets diagnosed with ADHD. A woman whose dog dies gets diagnosed with major depression and prescribed Prozac(I actually read about that happening in a book.)
It devalues the experiences of those who truly suffer, and gives people, such as yourself, that don't see it as an illness fodder for an argument.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
