So many people minimize the words associated with mental illness.
They'll admit to "binging" on streaming shows one after another and
losing a whole day doing it and laugh and say that's just the way it
works now. Kind of like a bulemic person will binge on food and then
"purge" by vomiting it out of their body.
They'll call somebody that's a little bit skinnier than what they like
or appreciate "anorexic". The person's not anorexic at all but they
are skinny.
They'll say that someone that someone who is careful and double-checks
things has "OCD". Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) is a mental
illness.
Marketers have ruined the word "mania" by saying, oh, shopping mania
happening this weekend during the holiday. When you have a relative go
through a manic session, you learn just how wrong it is to use that
word that way.
Shows also poke fun at it and use it for comedy. From what I
understand Big Bang Theory was based around a person who had autism.
Maybe two or three of the people on their had autism and they were
super smart but they had emotional issues and it was comedic relief to
put them through a bunch of hoops and laugh about it.
I went through and got a mental health coach certificate. I learned a
lot going through those lessons. One of the things that keeps popping
up in the press and that they stressed in those mental health coach
lessons I went through was that we have more mental health issues in
our country than ever before. I wonder if it's because we joke about
and minimize it so much?
I'm starting to understand why people longed for the days of simple
shows like the Andy Griffith Show and Leave It to Beaver. Even if they
were facades covering up terrible things in some cases, the shows were
pleasing and typically stress-free. The extremism of today was not
there.
Please be careful using words that are associated with mental health
issues. They tend to hurt people when you use them in certain ways.
#personal
