Posted by alexandra_k on September 27, 2006, at 0:26:40
In reply to Re: Looks like I'm here. ***suicide trigger*** » alexandra_k, posted by Lindenblüte on September 20, 2006, at 9:39:39
> All the while, thinking that the disorder is a cluster of symptoms
it is.
> rather than thinking that the symptoms are a sign of fundamental problems in my psychological processes...
fundamental problems in psychological processes aren't necessary or sufficient for the development of mental disorder.
> Thinking that if I avoided "clinical criteria" for some disorder that my childhood was pretty okay afterall.
having a not okay childhood isn't necessary or sufficient for mental disorder either. having an okay childhood isn't necessary or sufficient for mental health.
i do with they would adopt a dimensional / symptom approach instead of the current categorical approach.
you can meet certain symptoms to a greater or lesser extent...
the boundary between 'mentally ill' and 'not mentally ill' is more a function of what the health insurance companies are prepared to reimburse methinks...
sure there are clear cut cases, but there are so very many more borderline cases...
do i think of myself as mentally ill?
only when i'm feeling really very sorry for myself.
what is mental illness supposed to be?
who the f*ck knows.
its dx'd on the basis of behavioural symptoms. so currently... behavioural symptoms are necessary and sufficient for dx.
what meaning you assign to your dx and to the cause of your dx...
is up to you really... the meanings we create for ourselves...
poster:alexandra_k
thread:687467
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/psycho/20060926/msgs/689511.html