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Stephen H asked in HealthMental Health · 8 years ago

If you had to choose between two concepts?

... "mental health" and "mental illness", assigning exactly one of those to yourself, which one would you choose?

(I would choose "mental illness", because traditionally if people choose "mental health" then they are expected to force drugs into other people against their wishes and agree that that should be done. And I don't like forcing drugs into myself or other people, against their wishes, or agreeing that should be done, and I only do what I like, so the mental illness is better out of those two for me. Generally I'm not really into variants of the "world is a competition" theme. I was always in trouble school for that, or at least that's what the teachers thought, although it didn't bother me. So especially not interested when it gets extreme and into image, power, status and control, double-bind, switching and force. It's not really my cup of tea that sort of thing. I am very entrepreneurial in other ways according to the associated psychological tests, but without those specific entrepreneurial motivations.)

Which would you choose for yourself if you had to? I know you don't have to really, and I don'. But let's just suppose that you do, just out of interest.

Update:

Caroline, that seems ok to me if they are good aliens. Don't really want the other kind that usually talk to people without them even knowing that it's happening, unless you do know and know how to handle them.

Update 2:

So far, only two, both favouring "mental illness" and neither liking the drugs being forced into anyone, (and both assigned diagnosis "schizophrenia"). It seems that schizophrenia means liking things and themselves and people as they are and favouring those over drugs. Surely some people like "mental health" and forcing drugs into other people against their wishes (for themselves), and experience a growing problem with "mental illness". The "mentally ill" people don't seem to be experiencing growing problems, but are more interested in growing a solution of not forcing drugs into people.

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  • Anonymous
    8 years ago
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    mental illness when ill i like talking aliens and been a recluse.

    Source(s): me.
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