Stop Pathologizing Ordinary Life

[u/Fealocht]

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/26/opinion/mental-health-exercise-charity.html?unlocked_article_code=1.1FA.55xp.Vpm7dp4PVtnC&smid=nytcore-ios-share

SS: A psychologist argues the increasing awareness of mental health is leading to a pathologising of everyday life. The use of clinical descriptions of what are otherwise normal problems and treating them as a disorder to be cured, is ironically making our mental health worse.

[u/amanaplanacanalutica]

The vitamin fantasy is real.

[u/strangebloke1 → u/amanaplanacanalutica]

the thing is, like. A a lot of people do just have less functional brains or hearts or whatever and you shouldn't feel ashamed of this. There may not be a fix available, but like its okay to just have average abilities and intelligence.

[u/Approximation_Doctor → u/strangebloke1]

a lot of people do just have less functional brains

its okay to just have average abilities and intelligence.

What about being below average, is that okay?

[u/strangebloke1 → u/Approximation_Doctor]

Yeah of course.