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There is a big different because DSM5 official mental illness, and what seems to me what you are talking about when referring to "mental illness" where by a per
by syshum 5y ago
There is a big different because DSM5 official mental illness, and what seems to me what you are talking about when referring to "mental illness" where by a person is not conforming to a life style you believe is "normal" or "proper"
I do agree that as a society in the US anyway we are losing the idea of pluralism, more and more people are being forced to conform to a given sociopolitical ideology largely split on "left" and "right", if you do not conform with the orthodoxy of one or the other you are cast as any number of things other than a free thinking nuanced individual.
- bitwize 5y agoI'm not sure what American political orientation has to do with this. DID is a DSM V recognized disorder. Anyone who thinks this is because of a tyrannical society that oppresses them by refusing to recognize that they are sometimes themselves and sometimes an anime character who has taken over their body, probably needs help -- and chances are there's a lot of shit in their lives they don't have together. I'm not the one confusing a mental disorder with a lifestyle choice. And HR departments are starting to adopt rules to force companies to treat employees' significant mental issues as lifestyle choices, to the detriment of the employees and the companies.