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Originally Posted by adpiucf
No. It's not different at all. You don't have be schizophrenic to be empathetic of someone suffering from schizophrenia. To suggest otherwise is an incredibly ridiculous and short-sighted statement. By your logic, a psychiatrist/psychologist must themselves suffer with the same disorder to "really comprehend the damage it does."
No one is saying mental disorders are not real. I am saying that if you suffer from any disease, you should get treatment and minimize aggravating the condition by knowingly avoiding places that will exacerbate your symptoms. The answer is not in getting the rest of the world to accommodate to each and every person's special symptoms because it is unreasonable and impossible.
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It's really interesting that you say this, particularly because I wasn't aware that empathizing and understand were the same thing. Obviously I was wrong though, thanks for informing me.