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I wonder if this points to the problems in the concept of this diagnosis. It has been seriously questioned since World War II as to whether schizophrenia is ev
by pattisapu 7y ago
I wonder if this points to the problems in the concept of this diagnosis.
It has been seriously questioned since World War II as to whether schizophrenia is even a disease.
The questioners being mostly from the psychoanalytic school (some psychiatrists), all forgotten, may have something to do with it.
In my family more than half of one side of my immediate parent-generation family members have been diagnosed with the disease. Most of them get by with little to no drugs.
All of them were diagnosed in connection with divorce proceedings.
(We had a misunderstanding. You must be hearing voices.)
I could not help but believe, admittedly biased, that this is "health" as a locus of power, blame, and control.
In higher education I had close blind friends who achieved high marks and went on to work in Fortune 500 companies, at a level not unlike people I knew before they got hit with a diagnosis. Did they have disagreements with loved ones? Sure. If they had found themselves in a bitter marriage and divorce, would something they said be weaponized into a diagnosis of mental illness? Maybe. At the rate of the general population? Maybe. I don't know.
I am not criticizing, accosting, or accusing anybody of anything. Just asking some questions.