I speak with the conviction of a child primarily because that is who I'm most concerned about. Adults who have been so "psychologically damaged" (due to their parents/society, most likely) that any hope of them ever functioning normally in society without the use of psychoactive drugs are, what I would deem, a lost cause.
Not that they can't be useful in society, indeed they can, and have (they are the "worker bees"), it's just that going forward, particularly in the next generation, I think it's extremely important that the illusion of mental illness be brought to light. We can't raise a generation of people where it is believed that there is a "right way" of "thinking, feeling, cognitively processing (whatever you want to call it)" and expect them not to attempt the obvious. We are humans after all...
No one is "mentally ill". People are "mentally different"..but I do not think being "mentally different" warrants a change in that person's cognitive processes. Some people look at the world and see nothing but misery. Instead of changing the misery they see around them, they choose to change the way they see the world. How is that, in anyway, rational, or helpful to society? If that is an adults choice, then that's on him/her. But a child, I'd argue, needs to be allowed to make that choice..and growing up being exposed to the fallacy of "mental illness" severely limits him/her in that choice.
If, however, those cognitive processes lead a person to acts that are detrimental to society (like killing people)..perhaps society should take notice, not to change that person, but to protect itself. In these cases, society actively acts out of the obligation to self preserve.
But, what is so detrimental to society about some person who can't motivate themselves to get out of bed in the morning because they are "depressed"? Society holds no obligation to these people to motivate them, using drugs or otherwise, (particularly if they are adults). If they want to "not snap out of it"..that's on them. If they can't "snap out of it, without using drugs"...then are they really "snapping out of it"..or are they just hiding behind a drug induced "state"...as "unnatural" as the one they are trying to snap out of. (Unless, of course, taking drugs is "natural"..in which case, I have no argument. But, I predict many of them have and will snap out of it, naturally or otherwise, in due time)....and those that don't ever snap out of it, "naturally or otherwise"? Well..perhaps they were never meant to, perhaps there really is nothing to "snap out of"..or perhaps they already have, they just don't realize it yet, themselves.
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But they were never "mentally ill" or "sick"...they just took some time to develop what other humans, I'd argue, develop sooner. The point is, though, we all develop it (it's fundamental to being human)...and indeed the "delayed time" that it takes for some is obviously beneficial, and I'd argue necessary, for humanity's existence.
Indeed, the fact that I am so "mentally young" should indicate that perhaps I'm more qualified to speak on the subject than it would first appear.
That's all I'm going to say on this..but I'll read the thread in its entirety to see if perhaps, I have overlooked important details.
But then again, maybe my ignorance will blind me from the truth.