It’s not just a commonly shared theory on the Internet, it’s also becoming a concept taught as part of modern clinical psychology courses. It’s not taught to mi

It’s not just a commonly shared theory on the Internet, it’s also becoming a concept taught as part of modern clinical psychology courses. It’s not taught to minimise the mental distress a person is experiencing, or in order to brush things off, it’s done so in order to considered the entire person in the context of their life experiences - the reason is because of the over-pathologizing of what can be normal human responses to life experiences and events. This is also useful in informing how one might approach treatment for an individual and allows a clinician more freedom to take into consideration social and culturally specific aspects of an individuals life and can mean treatments can be provided without having to necessarily give someone a label that might result in stigmatisation, but also - in instances like this, it’s useful in considering some wider social issues going on, and might provide some insight into how people can improve these social issues in order to reduce the number of people experiencing a mental illness.