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lenainverse

PSA: Lingo and you!

Mar 20, 2009 06:52

So a bit ago, when I got all puffed up because I passed my LCSW-C exam, I made mention that The licensure also gives me the right - nay, the duty - to bitchslap anyone who uses the word "bipolar" in an incorrect context. And someone responded to my taunts MWAHAHA! very insightfully asked me what the correct usage was. I meant to write this up ( Read more... )

general idiocy, attempts at being profound, lena playing therapist, rant: rl, rant: work

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glitteringloke March 20 2009, 11:26:45 UTC

retarded as a base definition means slow. so if my internet's being retarded, it's not really wrong. tho i'd probably be stoned if i was to say i was feeling mighty gay yesterday, because, by definition, gay means happy.

and what bothers me isn't so much the termonology but the abuse of medications and lack of following up reasons for things. had i gone to a psych. person, i probably would have been 'clinically depressed' for YEARS and given one of the many anti depressants out there. but now that i'm on the meds i'm on, i feel VASTLY different, and while i can still drop in my mood, i'm not crying myself to sleep or just not wanting to do much of anything with myself. i still get lazy, but the overtones, i guess you could say, are strikingly different. all because the thing that was actually wrong with me is being treated - which has symptoms of depression.

lenainverse March 20 2009, 11:34:11 UTC

You are correct about the technical definition, but I think we also have to be cognizant of the connotation of words. Retarded means slow, but it has a distinctly stigmatized meaning nowadays. Meaning, it'd be so much easier and just as accurate to just say "slow." ^_^

And you're right that medical problems can and so imitate mental illnesses. That's why the DSM requires that we rule out all medical and substance causes before diagnosing, but sadly a lot of so-called professionals don't. That's why I'm ad advocate of the 5 hours face time, to make sure you get a thorough history, including particularly medical conditions. ^_^

glitteringloke March 20 2009, 14:10:42 UTC

there's one thing to be cognizant and one to be overly PC. I'm still gonna feel gay some days and should i be forced to say happy because it's easier and equally accurate than having ppl think i'm feeling homosexual that day? it's kinda a violation of free speech there too. or maybe i should start correcting everyone that calls "geeks" a "geek" when a true geek is someone who's going around biting off chicken heads(playing devils advocate here, don't stone me ( ... )

lenainverse March 20 2009, 14:35:59 UTC

*ponders* I think PC isn't a bad thing in some cases though. I mean, it came into existence because things were offending people. For me, I'd rather be overly PC (especially around company other than my close friends) than risk offending someone. I've had people sit with me and talk about my job and how worthless it is, not realizing what I do for a living. It hurt. I've had clients who overheard someone say "retard" in a completely incidental situation, yet the client flipped out because they were mentally retarded and they had been made to feel stupid and inferior all their lives. Words can and do hurt. But on the other hand, you have a right to say whatever you please whether I agree or not. ^_ ( ... )

glitteringloke March 20 2009, 14:48:43 UTC

oddly enough this kinda ties in with Obama's "special olympic" remark on Leno... all the comments to one of the articles are up in arms about it... except the ones that are families with special olympic members (sons, fathers, etc). they're the ones that ARE NOT upset at all. i find that highly amusing actually. they're the ones saying that ppl need to lighten up ( ... )

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