Comment on Voices
JennaR8r@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
So are you saying it’s perfectly normal to have voices in my head telling me to kill people but also voices in my head telling me not to do that because it’s illegal? That means I’m perfectly normal, and don’t need professional intervention, because my mind is self- regulating, right?
SarahValentine@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
I’d say it’s only a disorder if it leads to negative outcomes (such as getting in trouble with the law or self harm). Otherwise that’s just the modality of your consciousness.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
i mean, intrusive thoughts gonna intrusive thoughts. i ain’t gonna judge anyone on the contents of their psychoses.
SarahValentine@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
Sure, but how do you determine if a thought is “intrusive” or just part of the normal workings of that mind? How do you tell psychosis apart from normalcy if there’s no negative outcomes associated with that distinction? Is it psychosis or just the hallmark of a different kind of person?
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
you’re asking the wrong person i just get 'em
FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
Well, in the comic strip here the person seems to consider the urge to kill normal and the self-regulation to be intrusive, whereas most people seem to view it the other way around