Being able to name something, even a set of symptoms or anomalies, is important because what we *should* be doing from there is benefiting from the available information around tools, management etc enabling us to do whatever we’re able to improve our quality of life: maintaining gainful employment and adult independence, healthier relationships with family/our children/friends/spouse, better self-image and self-worth etc.
Naming it means we can look at what’s been successful for others like us to achieve getting out of our own fucking way so we can truly live our best lives at our fullest potential.
Instead, generally I’m seeing society go from being completely against mental health, seeing participation in it as a sign someone is “crazy” to normalizing every idiosyncrasy and insanity as a cop out. “Well, I’m (label) so that’s just how I am and it’ll never change. Deal or don’t.”
Reality is in the in between. We’re all a little crazy. Everyone has a story, and if don’t have one yet… brace yourself. No one makes it through life unscathed. If you don’t do the work in your own mind daily with whatever tools work for you, you’re defeatist, you’re stagnating, and you’re holding yourself back. And a society is only as strong as its weakest. No matter what your deal is, improvement is always possible. That requires active investment in ones self, active reflection, personal accountability. Few.
These labels should be empowering people to better themselves but instead it’s given them a ticket to ride, to cut in line, to excuse vile behavior, to enable their struggling, all while telling greater society that they are the weak ones if they don’t lower the bar and tolerate it like saints.
It’s enough to drive one crazy lol
