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Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague
This sort of thread is just kind of frustrating to read. I'm not diminishing anyone's struggles or suggesting that they're not going through difficult times - the thing I find frustrating is how we talk about "mental health" as this big catch-all for non-physical struggles. The conflation of those struggles with real mental illnesses is just... I mean, Rubecube's 1-2 is just a whole different thing from some of the other stuff expressed in here, and I really wish we had different language to talk about these very distinct situations people can be in.
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We have to recognize there are two axes: on one, we're taking about diagnosed, clinical conditions (clinical mental illness). On the other, you have subjective wellness (mental health). And mental health is not the opposite of mental illness. You can have a clinical condition making you objectively "ill," but at the same time be very "well" in your subjective experience. Or you could have nothing clinical and still be "mentally unhealthy"
Right now, I have what is considered a mild to moderate depression (maybe a 5 on the 1-10 scale) but I would say my mental health is at a 2 right now because I'm stuck there (or declining) and the frustration is growing overwhelming. Meanwhile, someone in a severe clinical depression who's gone from a 1 to a 2 on the clinical scale might rate themselves as a 4, subjectively, because they're improving.