• stolid_agnostic@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    Early researchers cultivate the myth of the normative human.

    We are still there with mental illness. People have this idea that there are "normal" people and those who require therapy, as if there is a single person on earth that didn't come out of their childhood with some level of trauma.

    • Globeparasite@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Well actually not that much. Two things. First, some trauma can be dealt with thanks to your support circle. Second, the thing is our experience of others is never representative of the overall society. You could look at my social circle and claim it as an argument. But that is not taking in account that my circle is small and not made of average people.

      Lastly. Everyone suffered a cold once, they were not damned, not everyone is constantly sick. Though you wouldn’t say there is no difference between sick and healthy people. Still everyone will go to the doctor once. In my country that is this approach much closer to physiological medicine that mental health professional promote.