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Pathologising

B

I'm just going to quote myself here from the Terminology thread:

" ... a lot of things I grew up believing were just a normal part of being human have names and are actually now labelled a 'condition' or 'disorder'.

I think I must now have about 20 conditions and disorders I wasn't aware of until recently.

It feels as though everything is being neatly put into boxes."

I read this article the other day

https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-special-needs-racket-is-out-of-control/

(if a box comes up + it looks like you can't read the article, you can close the box down and read still).

I'm really undecided what I think about all this.

When I was younger I had 'anxiety' put on my medical records and I was very surprised as I thought everyone got anxious, although I'd been given meds to deal with it.

Anyway, I later heard about 'general anxiety disorder' and I still can't make my mind up about whether anxiety is just part of the human condition.

Do others have views on these thoughts?

Are too many things being pathologised and defined these days?

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  • Just to clarify my thoughts a little: I don't think that all diagnoses are 'labels' and I know that they can be very positive indeed.

    In the 20th century, up to a certain point, if women behaved outside society's norms they could be called 'hysterical' or 'neurotic'.

    They could also be imprisoned in 'mental asylums'.

    I think that some of these 'conditions/disorders' could be used by those in power to control society: ie if you don't think, behave, etc as 'we' do then there is something wrong with you.

    It's definitely not all mental health/developmental etc 'disorders' I'm talking about here, but mainly the ones I keep learning about this century (and some that have thankfully fallen from common use from the last).

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    B said:
    In the 20th century, up to a certain point, if women behaved outside society's norms they could be called 'hysterical' or 'neurotic'.

    This is me in my family till this very day. I'm always the problem and nobody in my family believes me or understands me

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