Auto-SummaryThe post discusses various theories on the rise of mental illness diagnoses in modern society, questioning if it's due to societal changes, the decline of primal human behaviors, or cultural influences like pop culture. It suggests that depression and other mental illnesses may have physical roots, similar to physical injuries, and calls for greater understanding and support. The author emphasizes the importance of recognizing mental illnesses as real, physical conditions, and encourages individuals to seek help and support from loved ones. The post also touches on the idea that some people may be genetically predisposed to experiencing life differently than others.
JRayV said: This is the beginning of the 21st century, we can't yet cure these illnesses, but we can control and manage them.
let me stop you right there and ask you where these illnesses came from? have they always been inherent in human genetics? or were people too busy trying to survive hundreds of years ago to sit around feeling depressed? Why is there a steady increase over the last 20 years of people labelled or diagnosed with mental illness? That calls for a pretty big evolutionary change in such a short time. is it possible that as our society progresses, and becomes more "civilized" that we move further away from a primal inherent natural order of social interaction, and that this discrepancy between primal human behaviour, which is instinctual/inherent in us, and what our society has deemed the model of normal human behaviour is the root of "mental illnesses"? do you think that ADHD has become more "prevalent" because kids are learning less primal things at younger and younger ages? for example if you took the same boy and sat him down to teach him calculus and compared his "Attention Span" to when you took him out to teach him how to shoot a gun.... do you think that there would be a difference?
do you think that in the countries where depression is most prevalent (odd how you have to have psychiatrists around to point out your emotional flaws) like USA, UK and Australia pop culture has instilled an unreachable depiction of success and happiness? Do you think that if we went into some of these primitive tribes that we would find depressed, anxious, or ADD type people?
Quote: How far out of the mental health closet you wish to come is up to you, because the stigma is still very real, but family, friends, coworkers, et al. need to know that some mental illnesses aren't just something you can cowboy up about and get over. Your brain is physically injured, and like any other part of the body that has received a physical injury, it needs the proper care to heal.
and what heals an injured brain? you mean things like giving methadone to heroin addicts? i bet that really cures up a damaged brain. you cannot lump physical, objectively observable maladies with abstract, subjective emotional states. A stroke is a brain injury, depression is an emotional injury.
Quote: The problem that far too many people have is that they can't see the injury, therefore it is not a real injury. Well, you can show them similar injuries here http://amenclinics.com/bp/atlas/ . Sure, that's not your injury, . Sure, that's not your injury, unless you get one of those fancy brain scans yourself, but pictures help people understand that many mental illnesses are, in fact, physical illnesses as well.
why? because of scanning brain function? is it not possible that someone with "depression" has, like the liver of an alcoholic, been trained to switch into a mode of function most suitable for their most common emotional functioning level? showing people scans of brain function to "prove" that there is a biophysiological cause to depression is like showing people paintings by monkeys to prove that they have souls. there is no connection here.... it only shows correlation, and that is not scientific.
Quote: If you're the person with the mental illness and you're trying to get your family and friends to understand why you can't just deal with it and get over it, show them the difference between a normal brain and a brain with whatever it is you have. If you're the family or friends, get some understanding yourself.
maybe you will answer this question for me... because in the last 3 years, only one other person has actually attempted to answer it and all the rest ignored it or left the thread.... Do you believe that someone (born with all their senses) can be genetically predisposed to enjoying life less than me?
it isnt about cowboying up... it is about really taking a look at your life through an objective lens... not a subjective one. who the fuck are you to lay around feeling sorry for yourself, unable to get out of bed, when there are people all over this world that are content or even happy that dont even have a bed? I garauntee you put any "mentally ill" person in a situation where they have to constantly struggle to survive and their "mental illness" will go away in a second. all these people have made their lives into what they thought was the way to live, but in reality was meaningless shit like business appointments, hair styles, and getting a new car.... they have become enveloped by the day time soap opera that they have built their reality around and they didnt only lose the remote to change the channel, but they forgot they ever had one. stop living your life subjectively.. meaning, dont try to keep up with the movie stars.... seriously, wake up tomorrow and walk outside and take a deep breath and marvel at the beauty of just plain existence.... then work from there. dont think "if I only had a million dollars, or a girlfriend, or was highly admired by everyone...." because that is all subjective.... the only thing that is objective is just being and that is what all these "mentally ill" people forgot how to do.
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