Are depression, ADHD, bipolar, etc., real?

ClaySoul
Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:02:39 +0000

mental illnesses are not like IQ because IQ is a gradient. you can’t be “kind of” schizophrenic, or “kind of” bipolar. you are or you aren’t. there are degrees of severity, but that often is mitigated by external factors, not internal ones.

saying that you have to be 9 out of 10 depressed to be “depressed” severely delegitimizes the very real struggle of those who may be 6 out of 10.

you are adding to stigma, you adding to inequality in health care, you adding to ignorance.