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Re:I'm Wil Wheaton. I Live with Chronic Depression and Anxie... by dominotw on Friday August 24, 2018 @09:22PM (#17839033)
> Is there a better word for mental illness, which stands on its own?

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Re:I'm Wil Wheaton. I Live with Chronic Depression and Anxie... by mchahn on Friday August 24, 2018 @09:56PM (#17839120)
As a person who suffers from mania I would argue that everyone "suffers from it" does not apply to mental illness.

Do you have 3 or 4 days in a row where you can't sleep? Do you send emails to everyone at three in the morning that are totally crazy (such as only a maniac would write)? Do you speak at company meetings and have one of your employees write "shut up" on a piece of paper and hold it so that only you can see it?

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Re:I'm Wil Wheaton. I Live with Chronic Depression and Anxie... by dominotw on Friday August 24, 2018 @10:25PM (#17839207)
sorry I agree that such extreme cases shouldn't be called mental illness and grouped with symptoms op is describing.
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Re:I'm Wil Wheaton. I Live with Chronic Depression and Anxie... by mchahn on Friday August 24, 2018 @10:54PM (#17839279)
> shouldn't be called mental illness

What should mania be called?

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Re:I'm Wil Wheaton. I Live with Chronic Depression and Anxie... by dominotw on Saturday August 25, 2018 @10:17AM (#17840852)
mania?
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