I'm really tired and I'm not sure I understand what you are saying. I did leave a reply earlier, then removed it. I have no idea if you saw that.
I think mental health issues are complex. To whatever degree a pill actually helps, it's legitimate to view it as medical.
I have a lot of medical issues and I deal a lot with somatopsychic side effects. It's a somewhat obscure word meaning you get genuine mental health effects as a side effect of actual medical issues.
I don't use drugs to treat my issues. I mostly treat them nutritionally and there is research into how diet impacts brain chemistry and so forth. I have seen research indicating that nutritional supplements have a better track of treating certain issues than the prescription medication typically used.
I know a lot about the topic and related topics. I spent a few years in therapy for abuse endured as a child. I've done a lot reading and I've thought carefully about how to handle certain things in my life for which there aren't supposed to be any good solutions.
Social fabric and the mental models that it reinforces is another huge element of mental health. My medical issues don't turn into psychiatric issues in part because my two adult sons still live with me and they are abundantly familiar with the somatopsychic issues I am prone to and how to address them. So they do a lot of things that mitigate the issue when I am angsty or depressed or suicidal or whatever. They don't make those things worse by how they respond to them.
So I know from firsthand experience that how people around you response to mental health incidents can magnify or minimize them and it is my observation that most people magnify such problems. They take a lurid interest in the issue. They feel a desire to act like your "savior," thereby actively painting you as more screwed up than you are. Etc. ad nauseum.
So I'm not really sure how to engage your comment because I don't think I really understand it and I didn't like the reply I left earlier and I may end up not liking this one either, but I also wasn't comfortable just leaving no response. :/
I think mental health issues are complex. To whatever degree a pill actually helps, it's legitimate to view it as medical.
I have a lot of medical issues and I deal a lot with somatopsychic side effects. It's a somewhat obscure word meaning you get genuine mental health effects as a side effect of actual medical issues.
I don't use drugs to treat my issues. I mostly treat them nutritionally and there is research into how diet impacts brain chemistry and so forth. I have seen research indicating that nutritional supplements have a better track of treating certain issues than the prescription medication typically used.
I know a lot about the topic and related topics. I spent a few years in therapy for abuse endured as a child. I've done a lot reading and I've thought carefully about how to handle certain things in my life for which there aren't supposed to be any good solutions.
Social fabric and the mental models that it reinforces is another huge element of mental health. My medical issues don't turn into psychiatric issues in part because my two adult sons still live with me and they are abundantly familiar with the somatopsychic issues I am prone to and how to address them. So they do a lot of things that mitigate the issue when I am angsty or depressed or suicidal or whatever. They don't make those things worse by how they respond to them.
So I know from firsthand experience that how people around you response to mental health incidents can magnify or minimize them and it is my observation that most people magnify such problems. They take a lurid interest in the issue. They feel a desire to act like your "savior," thereby actively painting you as more screwed up than you are. Etc. ad nauseum.
So I'm not really sure how to engage your comment because I don't think I really understand it and I didn't like the reply I left earlier and I may end up not liking this one either, but I also wasn't comfortable just leaving no response. :/