Emily Trang
A01
In "Pathologizing Everyday Life," I thought it was very interesting because it was highlighted how mental illnesses would vary depending on how you define it. When it was mentioned that there were more and more people with mental illnesses, I thought that it could also be because people are defining more things as mental illnesses. It does make me wonder if people will begin to label every little mental issue as an illness. I think doing this would not help the people that have actual mental illnesses. Personally, I think some issues are made bigger into what they actually are. I understand that people have mental issues, but when everyone begins to claim that they have issues, the bigger issues seem to be completely dismissed. Having mental illnesses becomes a normalized thing and I don't think it should be. I don't think we should be raised in a culture where we tell people it's normal to feel certain ways and not necessarily do anything about it. I think that when you treat things as a "mental illness" and don't just directly look at it for what it is, it becomes harder to overcome it. I realize that it is hard to diagnose mental illnesses since it is something very attached to our feelings and thoughts, which is something that other people can't actually perceive.
Question: How do we overcome mental health issues without medication?
References:
1. Wasserma, T., & Wasserma, L. (n.d.). Pathologizing Everyday Life. In Depathologizing Psychopathology (pp. 7-12). Springer International Publishing.
2. L. (2015, October 04). Retrieved May 07, 2017, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGY6DqB1HX8
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