{"id":10693,"date":"2021-05-25T07:13:01","date_gmt":"2021-05-25T14:13:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.childabusesurvivor.net\/reviews\/?p=10693"},"modified":"2021-05-25T06:57:42","modified_gmt":"2021-05-25T13:57:42","slug":"sharing-is-mental-illness-abnormal-if-its-super-common","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.childabusesurvivor.net\/reviews\/2021\/05\/25\/sharing-is-mental-illness-abnormal-if-its-super-common\/","title":{"rendered":"Sharing &#8211; Is Mental Illness &#8220;Abnormal&#8221; If It&#8217;s Super Common?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:672,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.psychologytoday.com\\\/us\\\/blog\\\/think-act-be\\\/202105\\\/is-mental-illness-abnormal-if-its-super-common&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.psychologytoday.com\\\/us\\\/blog\\\/think-act-be\\\/202105\\\/mental-illness-is-far-more-normal-than-we-think&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>Whether or not you believe the numbers from the study noted below, I think this is a really interesting way to view mental health issues:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;\u201cI don\u2019t buy the argument that if lifetime prevalence is high for mental disorders, it must mean we\u2019re medicalizing normality,\u201d he said. \u201cWe don\u2019t apply that kind of logic to physical health problems.\u201d He used the example of a common illness like the flu. \u201cLots of people will get the flu,\u201d Schaefer explained, \u201cbut that doesn\u2019t mean that diagnosing and treating that condition is \u2018medicalizing normality.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Schaefer is on firm ground when he compares common mental health conditions like depression to physical ailments like the flu. He and his colleagues have shown that results from previous studies were almost certainly under estimates of the lifetime prevalence of mental illness. The actual number is closer to 83 percent; a full five out of six people in Schaefer\u2019s research met criteria for a mental health diagnosis by age 38.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I like this comparison to the flu, because the flu is something we all deal with in one form or another, and most people struggle with it for a time, and then get better. Some get treatment, and get better. Some get treatment, and don&#8217;t get better. Some have it worse than others, some let it linger without treatment and it becomes a more serious problem, etc. And some people, just don&#8217;t get the flu much at all, for some reason.<\/p>\n<p>That sounds a lot like the diverse ways many of us deal with mental health struggles. Some are more dangerous than others, but many, many people end up dealing with it, even if just for short time.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps, if we viewed depression, anxiety, as something closer to the flu, as opposed to something to be kept secret at all costs, more people would have minor cases that are treated and recover quickly, as opposed to letting them fester and become more complicated. And the folks with more complex issues, akin to pneumonia, would not be told to just suck it up because it&#8217;s all in their head. They&#8217;d get the treatment that their illness requires, because we all recognize that mental health issues are easily as common as physical health issues, and there&#8217;s no weakness associated with them.<\/p>\n<p>Alas, this is not where we are yet, so we continue to ignore what are essentially very common issues, because no one wants to admit to being one of the other people, even though there are more of us than there are of them.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.psychologytoday.com\/us\/blog\/think-act-be\/202105\/is-mental-illness-abnormal-if-its-super-common\">https:\/\/www.psychologytoday.com\/us\/blog\/think-act-be\/202105\/is-mental-illness-abnormal-if-its-super-common<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"syndication-links\"><span class=\"syn-text\">Also on:<\/span><ul class=\"relsyn\"><li><a aria-label=\"flipboard\" class=\"u-syndication syn-link\" href=\"https:\/\/flipboard.com\/@mikemac29\/child-abuse-survivors-8o2743fsz\"> <span class=\"syndication-link-icon svg-flipboard\" style=\"display: inline-block; max-width: 1rem; margin: 2px;\" aria-hidden=\"true\" aria-label=\"Flipboard\" title=\"Flipboard\" ><svg role=\"img\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><title>Flipboard<\/title><path d=\"M0 0v24h24V0H0zm19.2 9.6h-4.8v4.8H9.6v4.8H4.8V4.8h14.4v4.8z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a aria-label=\"facebook\" class=\"u-syndication syn-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/219569363651\/posts\/430601092223194\"> <span class=\"syndication-link-icon svg-facebook\" style=\"display: inline-block; max-width: 1rem; margin: 2px;\" aria-hidden=\"true\" aria-label=\"Facebook\" title=\"Facebook\" ><svg role=\"img\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><title>Facebook<\/title><path d=\"M9.101 23.691v-7.98H6.627v-3.667h2.474v-1.58c0-4.085 1.848-5.978 5.858-5.978.401 0 .955.042 1.468.103a8.68 8.68 0 0 1 1.141.195v3.325a8.623 8.623 0 0 0-.653-.036 26.805 26.805 0 0 0-.733-.009c-.707 0-1.259.096-1.675.309a1.686 1.686 0 0 0-.679.622c-.258.42-.374.995-.374 1.752v1.297h3.919l-.386 2.103-.287 1.564h-3.246v8.245C19.396 23.238 24 18.179 24 12.044c0-6.627-5.373-12-12-12s-12 5.373-12 12c0 5.628 3.874 10.35 9.101 11.647Z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a aria-label=\"x\" class=\"u-syndication syn-link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CA_Survivor\/status\/1529553087685398530\"> <span class=\"syndication-link-icon svg-x\" style=\"display: inline-block; max-width: 1rem; margin: 2px;\" aria-hidden=\"true\" aria-label=\"X\" title=\"X\" ><svg role=\"img\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><title>X<\/title><path d=\"M18.901 1.153h3.68l-8.04 9.19L24 22.846h-7.406l-5.8-7.584-6.638 7.584H.474l8.6-9.83L0 1.154h7.594l5.243 6.932ZM17.61 20.644h2.039L6.486 3.24H4.298Z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><span class=\"kt-load-after-post\"><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I like this comparison to the flu, because the flu is something we all deal with in one form or another, and most people struggle with it for a time, and then get better. Some get treatment, and get better. Some get treatment, and don&#8217;t get better. Some have it worse than others, some let it linger without treatment and it becomes a more serious problem, etc. And some people, just don&#8217;t get the flu much at all, for some reason.<\/p>\n<p>That sounds a lot like the diverse ways many of us deal with mental health struggles. Some are more dangerous than others, but many, many people end up dealing with it, even if just for short time.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps, if we viewed depression, anxiety, as something closer to the flu, as opposed to something to be kept secret at all costs, more people would have minor cases that are treated and recover quickly, as opposed to letting them fester and become more complicated. And the folks with more complex issues, akin to pneumonia, would not be told to just suck it up because it&#8217;s all in their head. They&#8217;d get the treatment that their illness requires, because we all recognize that mental health issues are easily as common as physical health issues, and there&#8217;s no weakness associated with them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5699,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"mf2_syndication":[],"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"webmentions_disabled_pings":false,"webmentions_disabled":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[51,16,17,91],"class_list":["post-10693","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-links","tag-anxiety","tag-depression","tag-mentalhealth","tag-research"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Sharing - Is Mental Illness &quot;Abnormal&quot; If It&#039;s Super Common?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.childabusesurvivor.net\/reviews\/2021\/05\/25\/sharing-is-mental-illness-abnormal-if-its-super-common\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sharing - Is Mental Illness &quot;Abnormal&quot; If It&#039;s Super Common?\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"I like this comparison to the flu, because the flu is something we all deal with in one form or another, and most people struggle with it for a time, and then get better. 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