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Thanks for sharing. ‘Treatable’ does not mean ‘curable,’ and you are not the first person to make that confusion.

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I’m not confused by it. Much of society is, however.

I see the utility in treating someone to get through an unusually difficult - but temporary - situation. When the difficult situation has become the norm that you can’t escape from… then you’re no longer "treating,” but instead doping them to get the performance you want out of them - and the “treatment” is never-ending.

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When the difficult situation has become the norm that you can’t escape from… then you’re no longer "treating,” but instead doping them

Idk with which forms of therapy you’ve made experiences with. I wouldn’t call it “doping”. Depending on the illness or disorder, helping patients to deal with their shit in a way that improves their well-being at least a little bit (and more in the long-term) is what it’s about. This does not neccessarily include work-perfromance or something like that. In fact, this is often not even important for therapy.

and the “treatment” is never-ending

Depending on what you have on your plate, long-time treatment can of course be required. What do you expect?
Psychologists can do a lot, but they can’t do miracles.
While for some short-term treatment is sufficient, it isn’t for others.

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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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How does insulin affect your mental processes? What a dumb false equivalence!

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