Thinking a lot about the belief that humans are overwhelmingly mostly healthy and normal and that an increase in chronic illness diagnosis is due to overdiagnosis when it’s actually that chronic illness/disease is the norm and we’ve been not detecting most of it https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/mar/01/the-number-of-people-with-chronic-conditions-is-soaring-are-we-less-healthy-than-we-used-to-be-or-overdiagnosing-illness
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By Suzanne O'Sullivan 💩 stirrer @ The Gaslighting Gruaniad
https://www.dumptheguardian.com/society/2025/mar/01/the-number-of-people-with-chronic-conditions-is-soaring-are-we-less-healthy-than-we-used-to-be-or-overdiagnosing-illness
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https://thedig.blubrry.net/podcast/psychiatric-struggle-w-danielle-carr/
Unfortunately, some clinicians who don't have the tools to treat PCC just start hitting it with their hammer, and then find ways to rationalize that.
And that is how terms like 'anti-recovery activist' come into being.
Hijacking dopamine for fun and profit has had dire consequences.
Much like the "Ignore racism or an airborne pathogen and it won't exist!" mindset. Funny how these things intertwine, too. 🙃
This is a truly irresponsible piece of journalism.