What happened to what is popularly known as common sense? A disease that can be treated by a website is virtual, not real. To see the point, try treating any real disease by visiting a website.
> Words, written or spoken, images, still or moving, or sounds can create or alleviate illness in the mind.
Yes, but only when an "illness in the mind" is imaginary.
In my own experience, I did not gain "Common sense" until I did what you did - move to the middle of nowhere and gain direct experience. Until then, my understanding was gained through media.
> A disease that can be treated by a website is virtual, not real.
Let us begin by defining our terms. How do you define:
.) dis-ease
.) treated
.) website
.) real
.) imaginary
Make no mistake - I'm in assloads of pain with every keystroke but I will rip you a new one on this matter.
Let me ask a common-sense question. What's my incentive to continue an exchange with someone who is obviously psychotic and probably dangerous?
Choose - mental illness is either real or it isn't.
Seek help.
> Choose - mental illness is either real or it isn't.
Calling someone psychotic doesn't grant the reality either of the term's generally accepted meaning or mental illness as a category. Any more than the common use of the term "genius" is reducible to scientific consensus on the meaning of that term.
Another example of you using mental health diagnosis in a stigmatisig way: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8250828#up_8251567
That having been said: