Week 8_Zijing Wu_A04

After reading the article "I Would Always Rather Be Abnormal Than Holistic" by Haydock, I have a better understanding of mental health problems, particularly, the holistic approach of mental illness. "The holistic mental health discourse is liberal in nature: it pretends that universalizing human experience (or accepting difference only in the context of the universal) is the only way to destigmatize those of us who are diagnostically labelled by the medical establishment." I think this quote from the article sums up the holistic approach very well. I was diagnosed with depression  disorder before and I hate the holistic approach through my own experience. I was tired of being told that it's normal when it's clearly not. In order to "fix"  a problem, you have to acknowledge it first. Trying to broaden the boundary of being normal will only make the matter worse for those who are actually not "just  like everyone else". Furthermore, Mental health problems are unique to each individuals. There is no such thing as the "whole". Certain practices such as medication may work for many people, but it certainly won't work for everyone. Even for people with same symptoms or diagnosed with same type of disorder, they are still different individuals with different backgrounds. Hence, instead of treat them as part of an universal "whole", each of them should be treated differently.



















Photo Retrieved From:
“Mental Health Assessment Center.” Caddo Parish, www.caddo.org/337/Mental-Health-Assessment-Center.
Reference:
Haydock, S. B. (2016). I WOULD ALWAYS RATHER BE ABNORMAL THAN HOLISTIC: NINE MICRO-ESSAYS.