"One in four young adults between the ages of 18 and 24 have a diagnosable mental illness."

>"One in four young adults between the ages of 18 and 24 have a diagnosable mental illness."

Are we over diagnosing mental illness? Reading statistics like this make it feel as though my issue isn't even real...

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No. We're just choosing to not ignore them like we have in the past.

Mental illness is a very broad term, user. They also vary in severity quite a bit. Just because someone has a diagnose mental illness doesn't make them an invalid. I don't know about you but I don't trust anybody who has absolutely nothing wrong with them.

Absolutely we are over diagnosing (IMO), but we also don't have any better methods of detecting "real" vs "fake" mental problems since they are completely subjective to the person suffering from them. There are plenty of people who are just hypochondriacs or are plain paranoid who read Webmd and convince themselves they have X and need treatment, and it's not really in a doctor's job to not believe their patients especially when it comes to things that can't be reliably quantified (such as pain for people who want Opioids, and emotional distress for people with mental problems). It's a catch-22.

No. Don't blame the victim. Blame the jews, they are the ones and the only ones putting chemicals in our water user. Stay safe.

This. I'd hazard are lot of these illnesses are related to mild to moderate depression.

Also, think about it this way; 18-24 year olds who are currently bombarded by every media outlet to believe in some ideological race war, that the world is being destroyed, and that everyone in power is out to get them. I would probably feel some anxiety too if that were something I took seriously.

>if that were something I took seriously.
fucking race traitor

How do I tell people that's not true when they seriously believe it?

You can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink. All you can do is come at them from a place of love and understanding and try to get them to shed irrational fear and paranoia. Comedy helps too youtube.com/watch?v=KgzQuE1pR1w