I think so too. It misrepresents the problem. However, I'm so tired of language policing, I can't get motivated to make an issue out of it.https://twitter.com/chidzhazenberry/status/780394287628427268 …
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Replying to @HPluckrose
Eh, for quite a while -phobia has been used to refer to a general (often irrational) dislike of something in common parlance.
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People have a tendency to take medical issues (especially mental ones) and reappropriate them for common usage.
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People are 'depressed' when they feel empty sadness, they're 'psycho' when they're angry, they're 'idiots' when not smart.
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I don't think we can actually do anything about this other than educate people of the fact that mental illness is legitimate-
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-and that words can have multiple meanings. Beyond that, informing people so that they are sensitive.
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.@addamschloe Yes. I don't think it helps to take offense or try to ban misuse of clinical diagnoses. Just adding word 'clinical' suffices.
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