We do a great disservice to one another by overly relying on the technical language of mental health. It ends up demarcating legitimate from illegitimate mental affliction. And if only medically diagnosed mental suffering counts, people will become desperate to find a diagnosis that validates their affliction. But in the end, we’re still faced with the same choice: How will you act? All other questions and methods and labels fade into the background when confronted with the question of why we should get out of bed.
