Posted by gabbi-2 on January 31, 2007, at 15:50:12
In reply to Heresy, posted by Declan on January 31, 2007, at 15:34:30
I laughed at your post, and wasn't offended. However when you are viewed with prejudice because of an arbitrary label and treated with absolute contempt because of it, it *is* serious.
I believe the labels rarely valid, and when they are they still ignore the particularly postive aspects that often accompany unique people.
AS you said, in many cases it's morality dressed up as science, but others do take them as gospel, and those who've been treated with contempt or had negative slants put on their every action because of a label, it's soul crushing, like being in a dream where you're trying to yell but no sound comes out.
This has happened to me, though the label was rescinded after my second psychiatric visit, it was on my file, and that's what nurses and Doctors focused on.My physical health was ignored, I had an infection for 2/5 years that could have killed me, because I was (not) "Self injuring and Attention seeking" The Dr who finally believed me found an infection in my jaw, he had to check for a brain abscess as it had been ignored for so long.
That's one example of why the generalization brings up a lot of pain, when it's a behaviour not a label that is ostensibly causing someone else anguish
Something Like this would get the point across.
"It hurts me when people try to manipulate me"
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