This post may offend you. Bring it.
Friend: A doctor diagnosed me with (mental illness).
Me: I don't think you have it.
What I think---------
Friend: My art teacher says my art project looks bad.
Me: I think it looks fine.
What they hear---------
Friend: This is my excuse to not always be at full potential.
Me: You have no excuse.
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Friday, August 7, 2009
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ReplyDeleteby which i meant:
ReplyDeleteIf your intent is really on just making them not feel bad about it, it might be better to concentrate on like, saying you don't perceive them as demonstrating <negative trait associated with (mental illness)> or something like that, leaving out of the question whether they have it or not. Cause maybe they do, and they are still a fine person and shouldn't despair/hate themselves, but also maybe they want to be in denial about it instead of responsibly taking care of themselves, and you reinforcing that could be bad.
often it's not about trying to make them not feel bad, i genuinely think that they don't have it- any of it. we list out some symptoms and then disagree over whether they exist or not. i mostly posted this because i've been trying to figure out why people end up mad at me when i personally would rather not have a disorder. About the denial thing, i think if someone is going to tell me they have a mental illness i've probably known them for long enough that i'll agree with their diagnosis if i do see it in them.
ReplyDeletethe other possibility is that my acceptance of human behavior is really wide and other people's are really fucking small
Your blog is awesome. Just caught up.
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