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A mental illness is when you are wrong about something
« on: February 14, 2022, 08:17:41 PM »
Speaking precisely, a mental illness is when there is some property A of the universe (or the Platonic realm of conceivable entities, or whatever) that in fact has value X, but that you (wrongly) think has some other value Y instead. There is a distinct mental illness for every possible pair of values of A and Y.
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Re: A mental illness is when you are wrong about something
« Reply #1 on: February 14, 2022, 09:05:58 PM »
seems to reduce the concept of mental illness to the point that it loses all meaning

for example something as serious and debilitating as multiple personalities, reduced down to this means you believe there are two distinct people in your head but you are incorrect about this property of the universe

compared to sitting at work thinking "I'll eat that leftover turkey in the fridge when I get home" but you are incorrect about that property of the universe (you ate it last night you fat fuck)
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Re: A mental illness is when you are wrong about something
« Reply #2 on: February 14, 2022, 09:21:07 PM »
seems to reduce the concept of mental illness to the point that it loses all meaning

for example something as serious and debilitating as multiple personalities, reduced down to this means you believe there are two distinct people in your head but you are incorrect about this property of the universe

compared to sitting at work thinking "I'll eat that leftover turkey in the fridge when I get home" but you are incorrect about that property of the universe (you ate it last night you fat fuck)

Binge eating disorder is a form of mental illness :wag

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Re: A mental illness is when you are wrong about something
« Reply #3 on: February 14, 2022, 09:23:48 PM »
posting on thebore.com on your phone is mental illness tbh
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Re: A mental illness is when you are wrong about something
« Reply #4 on: February 14, 2022, 11:27:53 PM »
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Re: A mental illness is when you are wrong about something
« Reply #5 on: February 15, 2022, 02:05:13 AM »
posting on thebore.com on your phone is mental illness tbh
Pretty sure it's a cause, but not the illness itself.

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Re: A mental illness is when you are wrong about something
« Reply #6 on: February 15, 2022, 02:28:03 AM »
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Re: A mental illness is when you are wrong about something
« Reply #7 on: February 15, 2022, 09:22:59 AM »
that's what they want you to think
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Re: A mental illness is when you are wrong about something
« Reply #8 on: February 15, 2022, 09:31:08 AM »
posting on thebore.com on your phone is mental illness tbh
I find the zooming oddly relaxing  :heart
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