Re:Amazon won't sell books framing LGBTQ+ identities as ment...
by Blikkentrekker on Friday March 12, 2021 @04:03AM
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The second is harmful only because people such as you treat the mentally ill as pariahs and lesser human beings.
Do you also believe that classifying something as a corporeal illness is harmful?
I can't imagine the frustration felt by psychiatrists and other mental health specialists when they see that saying that a man is in need of help to improve his life, which they can give, is now considered harmful because men such as you consider that worthy of such scorn.
I happen to be mentally ill and have received treatment for that, I also happen to be physically ill and also have received treatment for that, it has definitely improved my life that treatment for my ailments exists and that I was classified as such, so that such treatment could be provided by the system of universal healthcare where I live.
Do you also believe that classifying something as a corporeal illness is harmful?
I can't imagine the frustration felt by psychiatrists and other mental health specialists when they see that saying that a man is in need of help to improve his life, which they can give, is now considered harmful because men such as you consider that worthy of such scorn.
I happen to be mentally ill and have received treatment for that, I also happen to be physically ill and also have received treatment for that, it has definitely improved my life that treatment for my ailments exists and that I was classified as such, so that such treatment could be provided by the system of universal healthcare where I live.