Are people suffering from a tautology?
  • EnPassant
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    I am of the opinion that the world of psychiatry has got many important things wrong-
    Generally speaking, 'mental' conditions are spiritual conditions. In recent times the medical community has created a misleading nomenclature that has replaced traditional spiritual language. Now spiritual conditions are bleached of their meaning and turned into a kind of medical tautology: new labels have been invented and everything has been renamed. As a result the psyche has become little more than an academic medical tautology. But changing labels and renaming everything does not change reality. The mind is a real thing, not the academic whirl of definitions that have been invented.

    Here is something that vividly illustrates my point-

    https://www.facebook.com/reel/872683952250418

    Would you prefer reality or an academic tautology?
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  • AmadeusD
    4.2k
    I suggest this is either closed or move to the Lounge for both content reasons, and to avoid the inevitably adversarial exchanges if people respond.
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