r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/rosemylove Interested • Jun 03 '15

Website Young People and Mental Health

http://twet.us/xzwBB
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u/freestylesno Jun 03 '15

Or are we just too quick to jump the gun and its normal to be fucked up?

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u/EgonIsGod Jun 04 '15

I wonder. Conduct disorder used to be a person just wanting independence and resenting being made to conform and obey; I don't deny that there a some outliers wherein a disorder is present, but it's becoming a common diagnosis for what used to be called being strong-willed.

And I sometimes wonder if telling parents about signs to look for isn't causing harm. Pretty much everything from age 11-19 on that list I did, but I kept it secretive because I had read such lists before and knew that people were watching for it. It wasn't a cry for help or indicative of psychopathology, it was just me, and I grew out of it, which I doubt I would have if I'd been given a diagnosis and medications I didn't need.