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well that's the idea, but i've known many people who go to "therapy" and really all they're doing is paying for validation. i've known many more people who don'
by yungporko 3y ago
well that's the idea, but i've known many people who go to "therapy" and really all they're doing is paying for validation. i've known many more people who don't go to therapy and have never made any effort to work on themselves at all, and just expect the world to grant them some kind of protected status and absolve them of any responsibility for their own actions.
- maleldil 3y agoRegarding the latter group, are you talking about mental illnesses self-diagnosis or something like that? Sorry, I'm not sure what you mean. I'm especially confused about "some kind of protected status".
- yungporko 3y agoeither one, for example saying things like "it's not my fault i showed up an hour late to work again, i have anxiety" as if it just means that you aren't responsible for your actions and it isn't a problem you need to solve
- maleldil 3y agoHmm. I'm not sure how I feel about that. Certain mental health conditions are recognised as disabilities in the UK, and the people affected are entitled to support at work [1]. Still, I agree that it doesn't exempt one for their actions. I just don't think it's always binary like that, especially for chronic conditions that can be improved but not solved. [1] https://www.gov.uk/when-mental-health-condition-becomes-disability https://www.gov.uk/when-mental-health-condition-becomes-disa...
- yungporko 3y agoi'm not saying that flexibility and support for those suffering is a bad thing by any means, i'm just saying that there's a massive difference between "i have anxiety, deal with it" and "sorry i struggle with [thing] because of anxiety, but i'm working on it and support in the form of x would help me achieve y in the meantime"