It feels anecdotally correct. Consider things like depression as a result of bereavement or child birth (for women). Insomnia , anxiety , etc. So many ways to b

It feels anecdotally correct. Consider things like depression as a result of bereavement or child birth (for women). Insomnia , anxiety , etc. So many ways to be “mentally ill” temporarily. That said it does seem that the extreme prevalence of something over a long period of time makes dubious the claim that it is a “mental illness”. It feels like treating people as defective for falling over because they don’t have 3 legs ...