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But that exact same person in a different time, place, or career, might not be disrupted. I wasn't diagnosed until recently. The compounding of increasing deman

But that exact same person in a different time, place, or career, might not be disrupted. I wasn't diagnosed until recently. The compounding of increasing demands at home with my family and at work, partially due to pandemic side effects lead to it. A hunter gatherer might actually gain benefits from it. Its like saying someone who is very tall has a disorder because it makes them a poor horse jockey, or a very short person has a disorder due to the impact on their NBA career.

krageon 5y ago
> But that exact same person in a different time, place, or career, might not be disrupted. If you are not disrupted, you do not have a disorder. Psychiatric medicine is about you and how you feel about it. If you feel like you can make a life change and have it not impact you, great! Do that. > A hunter gatherer might actually [...] That's nice, but it's not what you are and not how your life currently looks. So why do you think it's relevant? I don't understand this reference. > Its like saying someone who is very tall has a disorder because it makes them a poor horse jockey It is not, because this is about mental quirks that impact your life to such an extent that you feel you cannot adequately live it.
GavinMcG 5y ago
> their NBA career No. Again: the diagnostic criteria are not this simple, and it's a strawman to argue against something that isn't happening. Diagnosis requires disruption across multiple areas of one's life—not just an inability to be successful at the highest competitive levels in a specific skill.