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In reply to the discussion: ODD: “If you’re outraged, you must be mentally ill.” [View all]davidthegnome
(2,983 posts)Well, I'm outraged and I have PTSD. However, if I were otherwise "perfectly normal" and NOT outraged, I would consider that a far more likely symptom of mental illness. This ODD reminds me of something they called "Adolescent Rebellion Disorder" or something like that. I mean, good luck meeting a kid who does NOT have that one.
There are irresponsible physicians who will eagerly pull out that prescription pen just to shut these kids up - or to shut their parents up. Yet there are those who, more logically, would scoff at the notion. Psychiatry has a very... hmm... "colorful" history of inventing deranged cures for imagined illnesses. When it comes to dealing with the real thing though, the success rate is rather limited. It's not because Doctors and social workers don't care, or don't try. It's because our understanding of the human mind is still very infantile.
All that having been said - this kind of nonsense seems to make a mockery of real mental illness and trauma. It is particularly insulting to people like me who must live with it. The only thing truly ODD here, is that anyone at all takes this kind of nonsense seriously... especially supposed medical professionals.