Xinhua - English
Ok, so, I realize that everyone is probably a little crazy in some way or another. At least that is what I have always been told. You always here someone having certain quarks or specific strange things about them. But that is normal isn't it? Isn't it normal for each person to be strange, or SPECIAL in a certain way.
This article confirms my suspicions that the Psychiatrists of today are over-diagnosing. I realize the true existence of mental illnesses, but too many people who are sad are depressed, who are moody are bi-polar, and so forth. I think that too many doctors are seeing our unique qualities as diseases, and in some sort taking advantage of that to get us drugged, to make them feel achieved, and to make money.
On the other hand, it may be because so many people are pushing to be like everyone else, "why am I like this?" or "Why can't I be like that person." Too many people are pushing themselves toward the norm... a place that doesn't really exist in life, only in magazines and on TV...
So, go ahead and push yourself there... but remember, you won't impress me. I will just flip the channel or turn the page. Be Yourself!
1 comment:
Very well put...over-medicated, probably...being different is great and embracing the difference even better, but as many children and adults know...being different or quirky is not usually held in great esteem by one's peers...
the only need for medication i see is when your quirkiness makes doing everyday things impossible...
I am medicated and feel that it makes me a "easier to live with" person...it enhances me for the better...truly, I was not happy with me before meds...actually it was watching myself do things i didn't like doing and being unable to stop myself...so meds do have there place...don't even get me started on the ADHD subject....
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