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> The anti-diagnosis attitude is surprising on a site like this. Did you know, up until the 1970s, homosexuality was considered a mental disorder [1] by the ps
by michaelt 2y ago
> The anti-diagnosis attitude is surprising on a site like this.
Did you know, up until the 1970s, homosexuality was considered a mental disorder [1] by the psychiatric profession?
Can you understand why many homosexuals felt that they were just being themselves, and that them being themselves didn't warrant inclusion in a diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders?
With that thought in your mind, can you see how a happy and successful person who wasn't struggling in any way might feel similarly?
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homosexuality_in_the_DSM https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homosexuality_in_the_DSM
- Forgeties79 2y agoI honestly do not think that’s a fair comparison to someone with something like depression. LGBT people had been persecuted from so many angles for a long time, the tools used against them are incredibly varied. Just because mental health diagnoses were (and still are) used as a cudgel against them doesn’t mean the entire exercise of diagnosing should be called into question any more than somebody using a knife to stab somebody should call into question all of us keeping cutlery in our home.
- banannaise 2y agoThe good news is that we eventually decided (mostly) that the solution to that "disorder" was not to try to fix the individual, but to fix the society around them. Many autistic advocates are, in fact, advocating for improving society such that autism is no longer a major barrier to success. Until we have that, autistic people often require medical care. It is perhaps important to also note the recent pushback against autism's equivalence of conversion therapy (ABA).