• spujb@lemmy.cafe
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    4 days ago

    Explain how long term mental health treatment is “doping” while type-1 diabetics who must take lifelong doses of insulin are not.

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      I’d like to inject some sanity (pun intended) into their point. Diabetes is body vs itself which obviously needs assistance. Some mental health things need to be “treated” just to make someone a “productive” member of society.

      For a slightly different take, would you amputate one of your arms to fit in with a society where everyone else has only one arm?

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        mental illness is also the body versus itself, precipitating untreated in self harm, suicide, and addiction.

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          … Yeah, obviously those things are bad. That’s a given. I was talking about things that aren’t harmful to anybody, neurodivergent people have been punished since always for being different

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          Since my spouse happens to be Type-I, yeah - I have. It’s not nearly equivalent. If anything, they are opposing examples - without insulin, none of us will be our normal selves. Insulin is a normal product of the human anatomy, depression meds are not.

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            So we come to the crux of it. Medications that benefit you and yours need are fine, but if someone else needs a different medication it’s ethically problematic. Thanks for clearing that up.

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              Yeah - that’s it. You got me all figured out, ya effing moron.

              It’s obvious you’re just out to “win” an argument rather than consider what’s being said and debate it in good faith. Evidenced by your complete lack of logical refutation of my points, but instead making a rather lame attempt to claim I’m the one being unreasonable.

              I’m done with your bullshit. Goodnight.