Vague, yes, but I disagree that it’s useless. It at least is an extremely basic overview that someone can build on.
Hmm. I wouldn’t call stupidity mental illness- low IQ doesn’t necessarily mean they’re an illogical person. it can mean they’re slow, or challenged, etc. A person can be “stupid” and not, say, think the moon is made of cheese. Limitations on your complexity of thought doesn’t necessarily mean the thoughts you have are wrong.
No, 100 years ago, a woman getting mad at her husband was a sign of mental illness. Mental illness was considered very common. People were put in asylums for anything from homosexuality to being too smart, or being transhumanist, or atheist.
I can see how the concept is dangerous, but only if misused. Cars are dangerous if misused. We use them daily. The idea isn’t to toss pills at anyone unhappy or who happens to have different beliefs, the point is that some patterns are harmful and some people would like help with that. I think deciding for others what is harmful is, itself, harmful- if a person enjoys their hallucinations, and the hallucinations don’t cause them to do harm, then honestly, we should leave them alone. If a person likes murder, we shouldn’t. If you want to lose weight, you should get nutrition and exercise advice. It becomes a diseased thinking pattern if you think you still need to lose weight when you have a body fat index of 5%, or if you think no one will ever care about you if you weigh above 125. If you feel dissatisfied with life, the question is why. If you have everything going perfectly in your life and you’re still constantly sad, that’s a sign of a problem, and you should probably see a doctor. You might be prescribed therapy rather than a pill.
I think most people decide for themselves if they like their thinking patterns. I don’t like mine. I’m seeking help. A person might be friends with the voices in their heads. A person might be tired of them telling him to kill himself. A transgender person may be miserable with their body-mind disjointedness and want therapy and/or a treatment plan to become what they want to be.
Vague, yes, but I disagree that it’s useless. It at least is an extremely basic overview that someone can build on.
Hmm. I wouldn’t call stupidity mental illness- low IQ doesn’t necessarily mean they’re an illogical person. it can mean they’re slow, or challenged, etc. A person can be “stupid” and not, say, think the moon is made of cheese. Limitations on your complexity of thought doesn’t necessarily mean the thoughts you have are wrong.
No, 100 years ago, a woman getting mad at her husband was a sign of mental illness. Mental illness was considered very common. People were put in asylums for anything from homosexuality to being too smart, or being transhumanist, or atheist.
I can see how the concept is dangerous, but only if misused. Cars are dangerous if misused. We use them daily. The idea isn’t to toss pills at anyone unhappy or who happens to have different beliefs, the point is that some patterns are harmful and some people would like help with that. I think deciding for others what is harmful is, itself, harmful- if a person enjoys their hallucinations, and the hallucinations don’t cause them to do harm, then honestly, we should leave them alone. If a person likes murder, we shouldn’t. If you want to lose weight, you should get nutrition and exercise advice. It becomes a diseased thinking pattern if you think you still need to lose weight when you have a body fat index of 5%, or if you think no one will ever care about you if you weigh above 125. If you feel dissatisfied with life, the question is why. If you have everything going perfectly in your life and you’re still constantly sad, that’s a sign of a problem, and you should probably see a doctor. You might be prescribed therapy rather than a pill.
I think most people decide for themselves if they like their thinking patterns. I don’t like mine. I’m seeking help. A person might be friends with the voices in their heads. A person might be tired of them telling him to kill himself. A transgender person may be miserable with their body-mind disjointedness and want therapy and/or a treatment plan to become what they want to be.