Mental disorders

Thursday, April 25, 2024 at 10:36 AM

I get the feeling that someone reading my blog would think I have a mental disorder.

I believe saying someone has a disorder is just a way to alienate that person and separate them from others. To refuse what that person is saying.

But I am not asking to accept what I say.

I believe this is also how disorders are created.

A doctor looks at someone. He does not like what he sees. He wants the person to fit within what he sees as normal.

So he makes a list of what he does not like, calls them symptoms, and makes up a name for it.

And then, bam! You've got a new disorder.

Then, he puts it in a book. The DSM. It gets published all over the world and every doctor reads it.

Then, you've got a ton of doctors who all share the same opinion. They all decide to agree to think the same on what is or is not a disorder.

Those doctors are very annoying to talk to. They so strongly believe in their beliefs that they no longer see them as beliefs.