I just woke from a dream about this, where I was discussing self care with one of the several people … More
Month: September 2014
Szasz and Effect
Quickly revisiting the myth idea from yesterday, I don’t consider myths necessarily false. They are explanations of events. Szasz insisted … More
Is Mental Illness a Myth?
My abnormal psychology professor referred to The Myth of Mental Illness last week and I was looking up Thomas Szazs. … More
Diagnosis, labels and Step 1
Something we’ve talked about in my Abnormal Psychology class is the hazard of diagnoses being taken as labels, which which … More
Normal Psychology
I’m taking Abnormal Psychology this semester, and something fairly important I learned is that positive psychology is a research based … More
Push me, pull you. Also, The Rosie Project
A number of years ago when I was pregnant, I was diagnosed with Anxiety disorder and OCD. Hopefully the fact … More
Welcome to Pluto
So I’m taking Abnormal Psychology this semester, and this week we learned about diagnosis and the DSM-V, which did away … More
