Having a "mental illness" is a cope for people who came up short in life

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Or at least, that's one reason. Other times, people are misdiagnosed or a variety of other reasons. But in general, I'm very doubtful that so many people have a mental illness.

I see this opinion pop up here and there, but I've never been able to locate someone with a larger platform articulate this. I've also rarely had a chance to talk to others who share this view, because on other websites, you are censored for suggesting this.

What are your thoughts on this issue? And do you know of any good resources of people who talk about this issue?

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[–][deleted] 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

That might be one of the reasons but I believe some peoples brains are malfunctioning due to excess heavy metals (eg. vaccines, tooth fillings, processed food, tap water) and mineral deficiencies... Combined with the stress of an unnatural lifestyle, living in big cities shrouded in EMF and self-medication of alcohol, illicit/big pharma drugs.

[–][deleted] 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

Why do you think that so many people claim to have a mental illness? Got any good stats, or are you just constantly exposed to the far SJW new left on Twitter because you read their shitposts like me?

If you included "temporary depression" as a mental illness, and counted in a 10 year increment, then sure, 75% of people are "mentally ill".

[–]jet199 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

The best thing to do is compare rates between countries with similar socio-economic conditions. Then you can see if a certain place has a culture of over diagnosis because in theory people's brains work the same way the world over. (Spoiler the US does)

[–]hfxB0oyA 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

over diagnosis

Not to mention all the self diagnoses by people with their MDs from the University of Google Medical School.

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Yeah, I imagine we'd see huge rates of medicated ADD/ADHD diagnosis and some others.

[–]Salsashark 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I wouldn't even say they are misdiagnosed. More often than not, those people are self-diagnosing to feel special.