Is love a mental illness?
If by love, you mean the head over heels infatuation with someone you barely know, then “love” has lots of things in common with mental illness.The ultimate love story of Romeo and Juliet where a couple of teenagers throw away their lives after barely knowing each other in the name of “love”, definitely suggests mental impairment. (Our idealization of Romeo and Juliet as the biggest love story of all times says a lot about our current society..) Shakespeare did not intend it as a love story.. it was meant to be more a parody of stupidity..People who are otherwise reasoning human beings, do some pretty crazy shit in the name of love.. for people they barely know..Infatuation with a person you barely know can result in obsession, selective vision (only seeing good and dismissing warning signs), OCD, depression, anxiety, stalking, irrational behavior, jealousy and tragically in some rare cases suicide and even murder.If that’s not mental illness, I don’t know what is.Real love, one that grows over time and is proven to one another over loyalty and repeated actions of kindness, has nothing to do with mental illness. It’s genuine and it’s real.
Is Mental illness a myth?
Ok, I just read through Mr. Szazs's information and, to some extent I agree with him. I have worked in both ends of the medical field. I worked as a case manager many years ago at an out-patient mental health facility and then moved on to a career in Pharmacy. I believe that Psychiatrists and Psychologists could be considered as pseudo-doctors. However, seeing things from the true medical perspective, so-called mental illnesses are real. I don't believe that a person with schizophrenia needs a psychiatrist to tell her to go out and join a socail club at the mental health center (which is the kind of non-sense that they do at those centers), however, without the proper medications, these people, as well as people with anxiety and depression and other so-called mental illnesses would be complete basket cases and not able to function. I think that psychiatrists and/or psychologists are good for someone who has a short-term issue, like a death in the family that's very hard to get over. Everyone needs someone to talk to in times of need, some people would just rather have that person be someone they don't know. However, my hope is that one day all of these conditions that have been labeled as "mental illness" will be treated the same way as heart disease and cancer are treated: with medication!
Is autism a mental illness?
The autistic brain quite simply has a notably different neurology in how it functions, much like a cat and dog are different in neurology, though seem mostly alike in many ways: a cat isn't a defective dog, just a cat. Likewise, if a cat attempts to be a dog, it doesn't work so well in practice: a cat that tries to be something it's not (a dog) will end up with mental problems from attempting to live that lie. So, too, will autistics have more psychological problems brought on by trying to (or being forced to externally) act like neurotypical (aka "everyone else") people, because it isn't natural, and results in a lot of long-term stress. Mental illness is something that's transient, or at least it develops over time: autistics are born that way, and it can't be cured, and it doesn't go away with time: it is a developmental difference, and some types of expected developments may not happen, or happen much later, while still other developments may be something neurotypicals never have themselves.
Is ADHD a mental illness?
ADHD is classified as a mental disorder. It can be classified as a learning disability if it substantially limits your academic performance. You may be eligible for services under the IDEA 504. Usually, services included in a 504 Plan involve accommodations in the classroom — like extra time to complete assignments. But the plan may also include the use of assistive technology, such as computer-aided instruction, or access to therapy. There are no legal requirements about what a 504 Plan should include, and the school isn’t required to involve parents in developing it (although many schools do). I would look into title 504 and see what the school district can do to help.
Why is autism a mental illness?
It’s not quite a mental illness. It’s a neurodevelopmental disorder. That means that if a person’s autistic, their brain developed differently from the typical, causing disability.It’s in the DSM along with mental illnesses because it’s treated by a psychologist, psychiatrist, or neurologist. (Or various therapists. Or social workers. But you get the picture.) The DSM isn’t a manual just for mental illnesses, though; it has many different things in it that are all in some way brain-based, but not necessarily an “illness” in the sense of the brain getting out of balance, the way it does with, for example, depression or bipolar disorder. It includes things like dyslexia and intellectual disability.An autistic brain isn’t a sick brain; it’s not a defective neurotypical brain, it’s a healthy autistic one. It’s kind of the way a short person is just a short person, not a sick tall person, even if they’re so short they can’t reach things. That’s why the best approach for autism is therapy teaching useful skills and communication, rather than an effort to “remove” the autism; autism is a description of the way someone’s brain works, not something extra added on. Changing the way the brain works is best done through learning; the ideal state for an autistic person is “competent, independent autistic person” rather than “non-autistic person” because the most efficient way to do things, with an autistic brain, is usually to do them in a way that works with your brain type rather than against it.Contrast that to a mental illness like depression, for which the goal of treatment is to restore the brain back to its non-depressed state and go into remission.
Is there such a thing as terminal mental illness?
I would call most mental illness terminal.a terminal illness is generalised as an illness incurable with 6 months or less to live.Aids is classed as a terminal illness and a person can live with it their whole lives, but due to the unknown of when they may unexpectedly die its still classified as such.presumably someone who is diagnosed with suicidal depression and does not get help at all will die pretty quickly.the death will be suicidal but they will die none the less. a mentally ill person who kills themselves is killed by their illness; for if they were to not have depression they would not have killed themselves.same goes for any mental illness. luckily for some people they are taught how to cope, but a majority of us diagnosed will have that diagnosis permanently.my personality disorder will never be cured and it has come very close to killing me. but i have been taught how to cope with day to day life but i will be continually fighting it, probably til im very old.
Is anxiety really a mental illness?
According to what a former therapist of mine told me, depression and anxiety come together. It has to do with a certain part of the brain called the amygdala. But...are you SURE you have "anxiety disorder"? Have you actually been diagnosed with it? Or are you just a jittery, nervous person? And if you were to take medication for "anxiety disorder" that works for you, you would certainly notice the before-and-after difference. So yes, it is a mental condition.