tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5185900789964201515.post7776470760812669935..comments2019-11-20T19:17:45.381+11:00Comments on recovery, PJ style: Mental Illness: Why do we need an umbrella term anyway?PJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14486135269960422312noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5185900789964201515.post-68141894393544421522012-02-05T16:47:59.919+11:002012-02-05T16:47:59.919+11:00I have never heard of brain disorder. I have heard...I have never heard of brain disorder. I have heard of a mood disorder before. Mood disorder sounds much better than brain disorder, which sounds like you are missing part of your brain in my opinion. It is just a bizarre term.Lisa - Epstein Newshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07937706773267639646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5185900789964201515.post-61985008772572317822012-02-02T15:57:16.751+11:002012-02-02T15:57:16.751+11:00Fair point - and no, you probably didn't inter...Fair point - and no, you probably didn't interpret my post incorrectly. If I'm honest this probably is how I feel. <br />Perhaps someone needs to campaign for better awareness of the stigma associated with psychosis - but that someone can't be me. <br />But the heart of my feeling is that I don't want to be 'lumped in' with any other disorders. I don't have bipolar or PTSD either - they are completely different illnesses to mine. I don't see the need for 'lumping' anyone in together. I don't see how it helps.PJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14486135269960422312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5185900789964201515.post-34671384019466915682012-02-02T08:39:02.398+11:002012-02-02T08:39:02.398+11:00Forgive me if I interpreted your post wrong. But i...Forgive me if I interpreted your post wrong. But it sounds as though you think of people with an ED 'above' those who experience psychosis and therefore do not want to be lumped in the same category as them. People who experience psychosis however are just people with an illness, same as you. So why the objection to be in the same category of mental illness with them? And by writing that people with psychosis may also be dangerous, you've also subscribed to a stereotype which isn't true. Just because someone has psychosis doesn't at all mean they're dangerous.Cnoreply@blogger.com