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  • Taiatari@lemmynsfw.comtoMental Health@lemmy.world[deleted]
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    2 months ago

    It starts with whether you consider mental disorders, such as depression as an illness or not. In western literature we are moving away from the illness aspect, because of its linguistic implication.

    Illnesses are often thought of as being curable and have a foundation in something that causes the illness, like a virus, bacteria or similar causes. Whereas depression causes are manifold, from the light levels during winter, over learned behaviour to the very system of society. Which is why we consider depression not to be an illness but a condition.

    As an analogy, you would not classify bad eyesight as an illness but a condition, there is no cure but there’s treatment, glasses. In some cases the treatment can be lasers and surgery which fix the condition, but generally speaking the same goes for depression. You can treat it with different methods, some can remove the cause and others require constant treatment.


  • Taiatari@lemmynsfw.comtoMicroblog Memes@lemmy.worldcrazy
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    2 months ago

    The pictures also only mean anything when you know what they are supposed to be showing. If you have no context what either shows then it took us 66 years to add some colour to pictures while the overall quality of the picture didn’t even increase by all that much.









  • Yep, everyone has to make adaptations, compromises and has to deal with things that are not ideal. However, this is often easier for neurotypicals than it is for neurodivergent and often on a less frequent basis. As in all things both have to make adjustments and both need to understand that the others have needs. The art is in finding what works for you, what does allow you to live your life in the best quality while limiting the impact on other peoples needs. Goes for everyone neurotypical or not.