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[–]RedEyedWarriorGay | Male | 🇮🇪 Irish 🇮🇪 | Antineoliberal | Cocks are Compulsory 9 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 0 fun10 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Nope. I'm not touching that. There is a very good reason why a lot of people with genuine mental health disorders do not want to talk about their conditions: so that it does not become normalised. The fact that these disorders are being celebrated and people are pretending to have these disorders, it makes me sick.

[–]Horror-SwordfishI don't get how flairs work 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

I'm all for destigmatizing mental illness as much as possible, so that people that have problems can actually admit to themselves that they have problems and can get help without feeling like they're a social pariah, but I'm very much against glorifying mental illness as though it's a good thing to have and doesn't need treatment.

[–]MarkJeffersonTight defenses and we draw the line 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

They should be viewed in a more neutral fashion. No glorifying or stigmatizing. But this is harder for people to do.

In addition, either approach is bad because it creates very reactive conditions that can have can have unfair consequences for how these things are handled down the line. One pulls the string and lets go(or loses control) and it may snap the other way and back again, perhaps for years or generations.

[–]RedEyedWarriorGay | Male | 🇮🇪 Irish 🇮🇪 | Antineoliberal | Cocks are Compulsory 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I'm all for erasing the stigma and making life easier for the mentally ill. And like you, I'm against glorifying mental illnesses and allowing them to be promoted. The sufferers need treatment, not validation or worship.