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You're missing my point. I'm not trying to deal with the 'conditions' that individuals or groups say they have. My point is that if a group says a person has
by verisimi 1y ago
You're missing my point. I'm not trying to deal with the 'conditions' that individuals or groups say they have. My point is that if a group says a person has a condition it's considered real, but if an individual says so, it's not. It's a point about deferring to authority over what is existent or not.
Who defines conditions, says that ADHD is real, for example? It wasn't in earlier generations. The are terms of social (group) art - special names that are generally accepted as meaningful.
- nradov 1y agoIn the USA it's mainly the American Psychiatric Association which defines whether ADHD or any other mental health condition is real. https://www.psychiatry.org/psychiatrists/practice/dsm https://www.psychiatry.org/psychiatrists/practice/dsm
- verisimi 1y agoSure, I'm not disputing that.
- seethedeaduu 1y agoYeah this is sadly common. People with autism, adhd, or who are trans are infantilized and have their agency removed from them when dealing with the medical establishment. In a "I will tell you how you feel" way.