I never dismissed anyone's personal experience, and never said that there's a catch-all solution. I only expressed a personal concern and disgust for this all too common human condition to be considered a disorder, for reasons I have already explained.
yeah, you did, when you come into the thread with nothing more than the sweeping declaration, 'Things like this make me sick! Why does everything have to be a disorder?', you are belittling anything said from personal experience on the thread and basically saying that this condition of the mind is nothing serious.
I'll try explaining it one more time, as simply as i can...
there is a big diff between what you are talking about and the point the mind gets to when it is mentally ill with the problem.
the mind can become damaged after years of abuse, whether from outside sources or self inflicted, or a combination of both. When it gets to a certain point of damage you bet it's a 'disorder', as detrimental to the person's well being as any chemical imbalance a person can be born with.
it seems that you just don't seem to be able to grasp the fact that the mind can become damaged and disordered, because you have nothing more than a superficial grasp of the concepts i am talking about.
yeah, and telling people to just 'get over it' was your catch all solution.
I don't know where this problem you have with me comes from, but it's getting annoying to have you call me out on things I've said in the past that are unrelated to the conversation at hand. Sure, I do and say things that aren't exactly popular or particularly consistent, but that's the human condition, and despite the "Ferret" in my username, I am only human.
i don't have a problem personally with you, but if i find your opinions closed minded, then i will say so, i don't mean to insult you, but that's just the way your opinions on some matters are imo.
i mean, look at what you just said about drugs, you just immediately branded all drug use as 'stupid', as if all drugs are the same thing, and all users are of the same mindset, i don't see how this is anything remotely close to being 'open minded'.
and when you spoke of courtney love in that other thread, you said she should never be listened to because she was a known drug user, nothing else was needed for you to immediately cast out anything the person has to say.