There appears to be a movement out there in the world of ever changing language to make disability, disorder and other such words out to be "bad words." I am not living in a world where I'm about to agree with that kind of trouble making.
The reality is that both disability and disorder refer to the impacts that an illness or set of symptoms have on the life of a person. According to the DSM: A disorder is a functional abnormality or disturbance.
My disabilities get in the way of how I function in the world. They make simple things harder or impossible. That is why they are called disabilities. If your PTSD doesn't get in the way of how your relationships work out, your work flow, how your family functions then and only then will I go with the PTS garbage that folks are trying to put out into the world. Also, when it's not impacting your function, I won't expect your American Capitalist insurance to pay for the treatment of your not actually diagnostically significant issue any longer.
I guess that I really feel when something is impacting how you function, it should sound like it does. There is a problem in this world that needs to be worked on for disabled people to be treated as whole and valuable people. Until they are not consistently treated as less than, I expect the label that is used to define my to reflect that there is a problem.
In a much lesser way, people are trying to say that "self care" is a bad word. As the words somehow imply something negative. I think that the issue is with people who say that anything involving the self is bad. In a capitalist American society, saying my individual rights and freedoms are so important and I as an individual am not so important makes no sense at all.
My new favorite book recommendation is The More or Less Definitive Guide to Self-Care by Anna Borges. Every page in this book is practically perfect. The layout is easy to read, the personal stories are a lovely touch, and the facts are undeniable. The clarity of how to put the book into practice is amazing, and it covers every type of self care possible. I truly cannot recommend this book enough. Every therapist should have it in their office, every person who wants to show some kindness to their self should just look at any page.
*I received this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
The reality is that both disability and disorder refer to the impacts that an illness or set of symptoms have on the life of a person. According to the DSM: A disorder is a functional abnormality or disturbance.
My disabilities get in the way of how I function in the world. They make simple things harder or impossible. That is why they are called disabilities. If your PTSD doesn't get in the way of how your relationships work out, your work flow, how your family functions then and only then will I go with the PTS garbage that folks are trying to put out into the world. Also, when it's not impacting your function, I won't expect your American Capitalist insurance to pay for the treatment of your not actually diagnostically significant issue any longer.
I guess that I really feel when something is impacting how you function, it should sound like it does. There is a problem in this world that needs to be worked on for disabled people to be treated as whole and valuable people. Until they are not consistently treated as less than, I expect the label that is used to define my to reflect that there is a problem.
In a much lesser way, people are trying to say that "self care" is a bad word. As the words somehow imply something negative. I think that the issue is with people who say that anything involving the self is bad. In a capitalist American society, saying my individual rights and freedoms are so important and I as an individual am not so important makes no sense at all.
My new favorite book recommendation is The More or Less Definitive Guide to Self-Care by Anna Borges. Every page in this book is practically perfect. The layout is easy to read, the personal stories are a lovely touch, and the facts are undeniable. The clarity of how to put the book into practice is amazing, and it covers every type of self care possible. I truly cannot recommend this book enough. Every therapist should have it in their office, every person who wants to show some kindness to their self should just look at any page.
*I received this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
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