Posted by violette on June 17, 2010, at 16:23:34 [reposted on June 18, 2010, at 0:31:47 | original URL]
In reply to Re: im also rejecting meds..., posted by SLS on June 17, 2010, at 14:20:24
"What you describe does not necessarily lead to major depressive disorder (MDD)."
Yes, not necessarily, but it can. Having a very low self worth, whether conscious or unconscous, can lead to the symptoms of MDD.
An extreme example is someone who only received positive attention from their parents when they were ill, resulting in a pattern of remaining ill to fulfill emotional needs. There's dependent personality disorder and traits that can lead people to need taken care of-one might only fulfill that need from being ill. There's depressive personality disorders and traits...along with machochistic/self-defeating behavior...and some who possibly unconsciously form a victim mentality. Psychosomatic medical symptoms are very interesting to think about too.
Those are just some alternate views and theories which I tend to agree with. Psychologists are divided about theories, so naturally I'd expect the same here. I just don't agree with the classification of mental disorders for the most part, thinking the deep, inner workings of the mind-particularly from the psychological/non-biological perspective-are more important than actual diagnoses.
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