I'll be honest, this is a sensitive issue and I should have made it clearer on my standpoint of why I made that post.
I posted because it was an interesting fact I found in the official book on mental disorders, I have empathy for those that suffer mental illness, and I wanted to show my support.
I wanted to say, "The official definition of mental disorder is flawed, because it cannot be explained in such simple terms, such as a mental disorder can cause the symptoms of simple sadness, worry, or pain." It exists on a spectrum, like many other things in the psychology field, and that's why there is a whole field dedicated to it. It's not black and white, it's a gray area because people are all different.
I wanted to say this because I thought it would be again an interesting fact, that even those that write the books that most in the field go by (I think?) can't even define mental disorder correctly because it can't be defined since we as people are all different. Yes it exists, it's real, however people don't know the cause, whether it is biological, societal, something else or something we can't fully understand yet, therefore we can't make the conclusion that it wasn't naturally intended in the first place.
I hope that clears my point up. I'm not an academic. I don't want to argue. ;_;
(EDIT: I forgot to say, I discussed this with my Ma and we both agreed the definition part could've just been a footnote... I kept it, probably a mistake)
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I posted because it was an interesting fact I found in the official book on mental disorders, I have empathy for those that suffer mental illness, and I wanted to show my support.
I wanted to say, "The official definition of mental disorder is flawed, because it cannot be explained in such simple terms, such as a mental disorder can cause the symptoms of simple sadness, worry, or pain." It exists on a spectrum, like many other things in the psychology field, and that's why there is a whole field dedicated to it. It's not black and white, it's a gray area because people are all different.
I wanted to say this because I thought it would be again an interesting fact, that even those that write the books that most in the field go by (I think?) can't even define mental disorder correctly because it can't be defined since we as people are all different. Yes it exists, it's real, however people don't know the cause, whether it is biological, societal, something else or something we can't fully understand yet, therefore we can't make the conclusion that it wasn't naturally intended in the first place.
I hope that clears my point up. I'm not an academic. I don't want to argue. ;_;
(EDIT: I forgot to say, I discussed this with my Ma and we both agreed the definition part could've just been a footnote... I kept it, probably a mistake)
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