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Re:NHS develops online psychological therapy for Bipolar Dis... by bsdshepherd on Thursday September 11, 2014 @12:30PM (#8303530)
> What happened to what is popularly known as common sense?

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.

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Re:NHS develops online psychological therapy for Bipolar Dis... by lutusp on Thursday September 11, 2014 @02:20PM (#8304178)
> 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?

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Re:NHS develops online psychological therapy for Bipolar Dis... by bsdshepherd on Thursday September 11, 2014 @06:05PM (#8305450)
> psychotic

Choose - mental illness is either real or it isn't.

Seek help.

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Re:NHS develops online psychological therapy for Bipolar Dis... by lutusp on Thursday September 11, 2014 @08:29PM (#8306017)
>> psychotic

> 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.

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Re:NHS develops online psychological therapy for Bipolar Dis... by DanBC on Friday September 12, 2014 @06:37AM (#8307375)
So you're happy to use mental illnes to stigmatise and discriminate against people, but you dismiss it as nonsense when people seek treatment?

Another example of you using mental health diagnosis in a stigmatisig way: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8250828#up_8251567

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