Why can't we accept that mental illnesses are a natural reaction of the human body to the hell that is modern life?

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[–]restlessincanada 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I am reluctant even to recognise OCD and ADD as mental illness or disorders simply becuase of how often young people and young men going through growing pains are willfully misdiagnosed. Its my belief that the drugs used to treat these dissorders are the real cause of harm in most of these cases and that there is intent to do harm. now i have alot to say about covid but after two years i am not always able to find the energy to say it. there is also the subject of gender dysphoria which i do recognise as a mental illness or disorder but is also another case where the drugs being used to treat the illness or disorder are causing greater harm. there is alot to be said about all of this.

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These things are certainly over-diagnosed, and I understand how in these times when every neat freak is diagnosed with OCD, you'd doubt it even exists, but my brother isn't a mild case. Meds and therapy didn't work, and I agree the meds probably did more harm than good. All the King's men and All the King's horses... We just can't fix broken minds.