I don't think we're saying anything different, really. > Mental health issues are not emotions. They may interplay to a degree Bit of an understatement in man

I don't think we're saying anything different, really. > Mental health issues are not emotions. They may interplay to a degree Bit of an understatement in many cases, eh? "Interplay to a degree?" No, when it comes to anxiety, the emotion we call "anxiety" is just by definition the primary symptom. Yeah, they "interplay to a degree" just like 3rd degree burns and having your skin slough off "interplay to a degree." Nonetheless, your point is correct and vital. Mental health issues can absolutely not be dismissed. There are deep seated physical and/or behavorial reasons for these problems. They are every bit as real as breaking one's arm or one's spine, and mental health issues are in some ways much tougher to handle because they are "invisible." At least when you have a broken leg, nobody asks you to run a marathon.