I'm probably a horrible person, but I'm not convinced it's a good idea for people to talk about mental health more. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/01/17/prince-william-calls-end-keep-quiet-carry-attitude-mental-health/ …
Coz that's the difference between cancer & neurosis. Becomes illness when u can't cope
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eg Lots ppl say they have OCD. I have had it & suspect few of them do. Normal anxiety reaction
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Ok. I used this word, because without a diagnosis we can't state it as fact. I understand people
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misuse the word or condition. This would qualify as self-diagnosis, I presumed. Maybe this not
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their intention. They might truly believe this. That would be a problem, I agree.
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It's what I see a lot of in universities. Students believing themselves to be suffering a MI.
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Seeking support & mental health services when they're just having normal difficult emotions.
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Admin tells me students demanding extensions & even passes due to normal stresses of uni life.
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Feeling unsettled & homesick becomes an anxiety disorder requiring allowances.
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