yah, such misdiagnoses are a perversion created by the financial incentives at play in psychosocial disorders. it certainly doesn’t help with treatment, only wi

yah, such misdiagnoses are a perversion created by the financial incentives at play in psychosocial disorders. it certainly doesn’t help with treatment, only with getting paid for it, dropping negative externalities on the patient along the way. i have a therapist friend who has said as much using different words. my main point, which i think coincides with the underlying thread of yours, is that (many/most) named disorders are extremes of the human condition, so instead of looking for “what’s wrong”, let’s look for “what’s too much/too little” about them. and for the non-severe versions, let’s mostly just broaden the definition of “normal” to include them and just collectively get better at cherishing and accommodating the amazing diversity of human experience.