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This is mental illness not introversion. You don’t get anxious about other things you don’t like. You might not enjoy playing board games or Russian literature.
by asdf6969 2y ago
This is mental illness not introversion. You don’t get anxious about other things you don’t like. You might not enjoy playing board games or Russian literature. Does it stress you out and make you anxious? Probably not. You just don’t care.
- vector_spaces 2y agoI'll suggest to you that the boundaries between introversion vs mental illness are probably quite blurred in some cases. And although it may seem ridiculous to you, there are people for whom board games and Russian literature are pretty stressful and anxiety inducing in the same way that public speaking is stressful for many people. If you had also included math in your list of frequently disliked subjects, then it might be less ridiculous an idea
- interludead 2y agoIt's important to remember that stress responses vary widely
- vasco 2y agoThey said talking to another human being fills them with terror. Blurry boundaries or not, either you're dedicidng to minimize what it means to feel terror, or I agree with who you're replying to. Bit weird to point the finger at someone and tell them they have mental illness, but it does look like it. Again, if you accept the description, I cannot see how terror would be an appropriate response to a conversation and would prevent someone from leading a normal life. It would be nearly impossible to have a job for example.
- delusional 2y agoPlease do not impose the "mental illness" label on people over the internet. One of the foundational requirements for any diagnosis of a mental illness is a negative effect on the person's capacity to function, and you just can't evaluate that over the internet. Its quite harmful to stigmatize peoples stories. Let people be different.
- Gigachad 2y agoIf someone is feeling deeply anxious over a social interaction, that’s a pretty clear negative effect on their capacity to function.
- internet_points 2y agoIf someone never feels deeply anxious over a social interaction, that's a pretty clear negative effect on their capacity to function.
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- thayne 2y agoAnd how do you know that the Aditya from the story didn't have a mental illness?
- asdf6969 2y agoI don’t know that. Why would it matter?