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PickleShtick42 karma

I always thought it was a great place. Any plans to expand on it?

PickleShtick2 karma

In your article you wrote, "Almost every disorder outlined in the DSM-5 describes a deviation from the idealized notion of what a self is and does. “Self-disturbances” characterize conditions such as psychosis, depersonalization, borderline personality disorder, codependency, eating disorders and dissociation, among many others. Our cultural understanding of “self,” then, largely determines how we define mental illness and health." Doesn't that mean mental illnesses are not truly mental illnesses and are only so because everyone agrees that they're not part of the current norm and social expectations? Are we then not wrong in "treating" these people instead of accepting them as they are?

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Ever heard of Peter Green's rendition of "I've Got A Mind to Give Up Living/All Over Again"? If so, what do you think of it?