It's strange to me to see people lash out against psychology. Perhaps it's resistance to understanding themselves or possibly appearing weak or sick.
To me, mental illness is a sliding scale, and like you mentioned, we all experience certain "mentally sick" episodes. And daily.
One's particular brain chemistry and sensitivity allows certain people to better handle these things than others (the resilience you mentioned in your last post). For one person the feeling of anxiety of talking in front of others is felt, accepted and they do it anyway--for others, it can initiate a full-blown panic attack. Having strategies to better deal with these emotions can only be positive in my book.
And on the point of we all experience these things--think about the last time you had an argument in your head. That thing someone said to you; how could they? And what you would say now, oh boy they're gonna get it! We sometimes get lost in the arguments in our head. Then think of the crazy homeless lady walking down the sidewalk arguing with herself. Not much difference there except the ability to control oneself and not let those "inner" voices out. Maybe not the best example but one I think a lot about in regards to the sliding scale of mental health.
Really enjoying the comments and conversations your articles are bringing out @abigail-dantes
I love your comments @cizzo :)
My Gosh ... the example you used here of the homeless lady is a great one! As well as the conversations we have in our head etc ... it is this sort of thinking that helps to debunk prejudice against people living with mental-illnesses, the realization that what they experience is not really that alien to us after all!
Thank you for always enriching our discussions with your beautiful comments.
All the best to you always.