I for one am currently 100% certain that I'm perfectly sane, but that's just my opinion, which, on balance, is worth about as much as the opinion of the homeless guy on Broadway who yells at passersby all day long. I'm sure he also thinks he's perfectly sane. Both such opinions are extremely subjective. In fact, I'd brand as psychotic anyone possessing enough audacity to diagnose me with mental illness. How dare they suggest that I've lost my marbles?
So, to answer your question: no, I'm not willing to take drugs, because I'm 100% certain that I'm perfectly sane.
IMHO this is what makes the mental health conversation so difficult: we don't all seem to share a consistent worldview in the best of times, let alone when one's mental faculties are impacted by illness. How can we find neutral cognitive ground where a mentally ill person can be brought up to speed with the Objectively So?
I suspect that the level of trust and compassion required to do this can only materialize in a family setting. I also find it ironic that the absence of a solid familial fabric is surely a significant contributor to mental illness to begin with.
> I suspect that the level of trust and compassion required to do this can only materialize in a family setting. I also find it ironic that the absence of a solid familial fabric is surely a significant contributor to mental illness to begin with.
Hard to imagine a familial fabric more solid than the Kennedy dynasty, and yet...
So, to answer your question: no, I'm not willing to take drugs, because I'm 100% certain that I'm perfectly sane.
IMHO this is what makes the mental health conversation so difficult: we don't all seem to share a consistent worldview in the best of times, let alone when one's mental faculties are impacted by illness. How can we find neutral cognitive ground where a mentally ill person can be brought up to speed with the Objectively So?
I suspect that the level of trust and compassion required to do this can only materialize in a family setting. I also find it ironic that the absence of a solid familial fabric is surely a significant contributor to mental illness to begin with.