Agree, agree, agree. I stepped in it recently with a young man. He is not my child, but I recovered okay. He said to me "I have ADHD". I said "okay, well what does that mean to you?" After he described what he thought it meant I said something like "well, I was diagnosed with something once and they told me I would need medicine forever and I would always have it, but then I found an better way to take care of myself and I don't claim that diagnosis anymore and I don't take medicine." I was worried that one would come back and bite me in the butt. I just can't stand to see how they expect these kids to sit in a box. It's not natural. The medical establishment and the mental health establishment are cesspools. When someone tells me their "diagnosis" now, that's my response. "Well, what does that mean to you?" . I am one of those non confused, "confused" people. Haha. Thanks for writing this. It was very well presented. If anyone is crazy it is the medical establishment and their overlords. THOSE people are crazy.
One labeling device is the physician's or psychiatrist's diagnosis. The language victimizes the person that has a story not a disease or condition, that is permanent, pervasive, and/or personal. When the truth is the story, circumstances, are temporary, specific, and situational.
Yes! Symptom is is one disease. Symptom B is another. A&B another. Silly!
“Symptoms” are a language. Our bodies trying to communicate. We only take notice when things are not as good as usual or below our baseline.
Why don’t we have words to describe when things are above our baseline? When things are going better than usual?
Any living organism exhibits “symptoms” when things fall out of balance, or it’s the time of year this or that clearing/ detox happens. The word symptom implies bad. Why bad? Why not “it just is”.
Keep up the good work Dawn! We need you and your voice, your work. God bless!
Yes Indeed, our wrong beliefs about ourselves (and judgements about others) are limiting to us.
Labels hold a temporary condition in place (lifelong sometimes).
Labels are only opinions.
We should not worry about what others think about us( or how they label us) .
In a world where "normal" is insane I like the word "abnormal" in that context haha
"Neurodivergant" is another medical buzz word for a Big pharmas catchment and many people with this label like it ( it makes them "special" not defective and the ego loves it).
Curiously I just watched a film called "Population 436", kind of a B movie, about a small town that has, as the title says, a population of exactly 436 since the 1800s or so, then a guy from the census goes there to investigate etc etc, but the thing is that every time someone is born, someone dies, so it stays at 436. Whoever questions anything is said to have "the fever", which is "cured" by a "doctor" with electroshocks and other tortures. By analogy, the non-virus group has "the fever".
I had 11 years of psychoanalysis here in Brazil, some 30 years ago, and it was more like a philosophical conversation around my personal existential problems. The guy was also a psychiatrist (not only a psychoanalyst) , but never even mentioned drugs, even on my darkest hours. Once he explained that indeed in the US it's different. There, he said, generally they try to adapt the person to a specific template of "normality", which was almost the opposite of what we were doing. So yes, if I were in the US, especially today, I would be very worried about labels and "diagnostics".
"there is no evidence for the existence of distinct conditions that can be diagnosed as specific diseases or as specific mental health ‘disorders’." Yes! As usual, the labels put us into victim mode and we identify with the labels as a form of comfort. Thank you so much for this article Dawn. The best yet!
Thank you so much, Dawn, for all the important information and perspectives you continue offering to all of us who seek better comprehension of our world. I send immeasurable gratitude to you <3
Well said Dawn, they are gaslighting us because they know they have poisoned us with our food, in the air, and with vaccines so they are blaming us for their destruction of humanity. ITS SATANIC
J. Lyons-Weiler and Dr. Paul Thomas (& recent update paper with Blaylock) found ZERO cases (office visits) for ADHD in an unvaccinated group of 561. Whereas the CDC schedule vaccinated group had 168 office visits for ADHD out 561.
Well said, Dawn! - Krishnamurti reminded us, "It's not a good idea to be well-adjusted to a profoundly sick society." - "Normal" from a higher perspective is neurotic and deluded.... Thanks for shining the light!
What's even funnier is that the psych drugs they discovered that worked to help people heal emotionally are just now being investigated in the last decade and the results are amazing...
Turns out, they're drugs we invented before.
Anyway, what a crazy and interesting time to be in!
I have pretty much fallen out with some of my family over this - but it is for the best - as gas lighting is real and awful as well. All people have problems.
Labels in mental health dx are static conceptions of what is a complex consequence of how we work:. 1) pathologizing how we work badly colors our understanding, 2) so called symptoms convey information, 3) rather than reassuring folks with the false sense of ‘oh, now I know,’ it freezes exploration. No exploration, no understanding = no wisdom. I’ll include a link to a pertinent post. If you do visit my Substack note; scroll down, 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th posts=raja yoga practice for emotional resilience. https://dianekern.substack.com/p/emotional-these-days
In etymology I find that the root of "self" means "same" and "identical", which means for me that life flows between opposites, that the tension between opposites (labels) invites me to dance to the tunes of life, and maybe I find middle-ground for instance between differences and sameness.
Difference I find on the fringe (fingerprints) sameness I find in the depth (how the body works) and/or from a view on a higher level (energy flows, electricity, consciousness, healing)
Quote from "a convict's perspective" on Substack: "if everyone is special then no one is".
I find... unity in unique
And... a undivided duality reality in Individuality
"Feeling different" is also a label.
It's a comparison to.... another feeling.
A label attached to a feeling... and to whomever feels for instance normal, which is also a label, doesn't free us to 'just' feel, and I'll say it again: "what we won't feel can't heal", besides that, it makes us susceptible to, for instance, gaslighting.
The label "bipolar" could inspire us to realize we're no longer in a "one-personality disorder" a label to describe the dynamic of a majority of people still locked in a permanent and total identification with a label that fixes (getting a status) them in a "clan-culture", therefore have to bypass feelings, fears and emotions in order to stay fixed and hide themselves.
Labels fix if we identify our-selves totally with them. I love to dance in life 💃
Thanks for your article. We are living in an era of convenience food as well as depleted soils, and GMO's. Many mental health issues are directly related to malnutrition. Magnesium and Vitamin D3/k2 affect our brains, among many other human health issues. I am also vegan, and deficiencies in B12 can create depression as well. Omnivores as well as vegans or vegetarians can become deficient.
Agree, agree, agree. I stepped in it recently with a young man. He is not my child, but I recovered okay. He said to me "I have ADHD". I said "okay, well what does that mean to you?" After he described what he thought it meant I said something like "well, I was diagnosed with something once and they told me I would need medicine forever and I would always have it, but then I found an better way to take care of myself and I don't claim that diagnosis anymore and I don't take medicine." I was worried that one would come back and bite me in the butt. I just can't stand to see how they expect these kids to sit in a box. It's not natural. The medical establishment and the mental health establishment are cesspools. When someone tells me their "diagnosis" now, that's my response. "Well, what does that mean to you?" . I am one of those non confused, "confused" people. Haha. Thanks for writing this. It was very well presented. If anyone is crazy it is the medical establishment and their overlords. THOSE people are crazy.
One labeling device is the physician's or psychiatrist's diagnosis. The language victimizes the person that has a story not a disease or condition, that is permanent, pervasive, and/or personal. When the truth is the story, circumstances, are temporary, specific, and situational.
Yes! Symptom is is one disease. Symptom B is another. A&B another. Silly!
“Symptoms” are a language. Our bodies trying to communicate. We only take notice when things are not as good as usual or below our baseline.
Why don’t we have words to describe when things are above our baseline? When things are going better than usual?
Any living organism exhibits “symptoms” when things fall out of balance, or it’s the time of year this or that clearing/ detox happens. The word symptom implies bad. Why bad? Why not “it just is”.
Keep up the good work Dawn! We need you and your voice, your work. God bless!
Yes Indeed, our wrong beliefs about ourselves (and judgements about others) are limiting to us.
Labels hold a temporary condition in place (lifelong sometimes).
Labels are only opinions.
We should not worry about what others think about us( or how they label us) .
In a world where "normal" is insane I like the word "abnormal" in that context haha
"Neurodivergant" is another medical buzz word for a Big pharmas catchment and many people with this label like it ( it makes them "special" not defective and the ego loves it).
Curiously I just watched a film called "Population 436", kind of a B movie, about a small town that has, as the title says, a population of exactly 436 since the 1800s or so, then a guy from the census goes there to investigate etc etc, but the thing is that every time someone is born, someone dies, so it stays at 436. Whoever questions anything is said to have "the fever", which is "cured" by a "doctor" with electroshocks and other tortures. By analogy, the non-virus group has "the fever".
I had 11 years of psychoanalysis here in Brazil, some 30 years ago, and it was more like a philosophical conversation around my personal existential problems. The guy was also a psychiatrist (not only a psychoanalyst) , but never even mentioned drugs, even on my darkest hours. Once he explained that indeed in the US it's different. There, he said, generally they try to adapt the person to a specific template of "normality", which was almost the opposite of what we were doing. So yes, if I were in the US, especially today, I would be very worried about labels and "diagnostics".
“Normal” is only a setting on the washing machine.
Thanks for this post! Another fantastic one.
"there is no evidence for the existence of distinct conditions that can be diagnosed as specific diseases or as specific mental health ‘disorders’." Yes! As usual, the labels put us into victim mode and we identify with the labels as a form of comfort. Thank you so much for this article Dawn. The best yet!
Thank you so much, Dawn, for all the important information and perspectives you continue offering to all of us who seek better comprehension of our world. I send immeasurable gratitude to you <3
Well said Dawn, they are gaslighting us because they know they have poisoned us with our food, in the air, and with vaccines so they are blaming us for their destruction of humanity. ITS SATANIC
J. Lyons-Weiler and Dr. Paul Thomas (& recent update paper with Blaylock) found ZERO cases (office visits) for ADHD in an unvaccinated group of 561. Whereas the CDC schedule vaccinated group had 168 office visits for ADHD out 561.
Well said, Dawn! - Krishnamurti reminded us, "It's not a good idea to be well-adjusted to a profoundly sick society." - "Normal" from a higher perspective is neurotic and deluded.... Thanks for shining the light!
What's even funnier is that the psych drugs they discovered that worked to help people heal emotionally are just now being investigated in the last decade and the results are amazing...
Turns out, they're drugs we invented before.
Anyway, what a crazy and interesting time to be in!
I have pretty much fallen out with some of my family over this - but it is for the best - as gas lighting is real and awful as well. All people have problems.
Labels in mental health dx are static conceptions of what is a complex consequence of how we work:. 1) pathologizing how we work badly colors our understanding, 2) so called symptoms convey information, 3) rather than reassuring folks with the false sense of ‘oh, now I know,’ it freezes exploration. No exploration, no understanding = no wisdom. I’ll include a link to a pertinent post. If you do visit my Substack note; scroll down, 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th posts=raja yoga practice for emotional resilience. https://dianekern.substack.com/p/emotional-these-days
Labels: What are they good for?
They are good for hiding ourselves....
In etymology I find that the root of "self" means "same" and "identical", which means for me that life flows between opposites, that the tension between opposites (labels) invites me to dance to the tunes of life, and maybe I find middle-ground for instance between differences and sameness.
Difference I find on the fringe (fingerprints) sameness I find in the depth (how the body works) and/or from a view on a higher level (energy flows, electricity, consciousness, healing)
Quote from "a convict's perspective" on Substack: "if everyone is special then no one is".
I find... unity in unique
And... a undivided duality reality in Individuality
"Feeling different" is also a label.
It's a comparison to.... another feeling.
A label attached to a feeling... and to whomever feels for instance normal, which is also a label, doesn't free us to 'just' feel, and I'll say it again: "what we won't feel can't heal", besides that, it makes us susceptible to, for instance, gaslighting.
The label "bipolar" could inspire us to realize we're no longer in a "one-personality disorder" a label to describe the dynamic of a majority of people still locked in a permanent and total identification with a label that fixes (getting a status) them in a "clan-culture", therefore have to bypass feelings, fears and emotions in order to stay fixed and hide themselves.
Labels fix if we identify our-selves totally with them. I love to dance in life 💃
Thanks for your article. We are living in an era of convenience food as well as depleted soils, and GMO's. Many mental health issues are directly related to malnutrition. Magnesium and Vitamin D3/k2 affect our brains, among many other human health issues. I am also vegan, and deficiencies in B12 can create depression as well. Omnivores as well as vegans or vegetarians can become deficient.