#which means when they get asked questions like ‘what is the disadvantage of psychotic medication’ I get to read fun answers like ‘it could
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[image #1 id: A tweet by @/esdin (Ted DiNola | Virtual Realist) that reads,
“Regulatory Bodies: "ADHD medication is highly addictive"
ADHD Folks: "Wait... did I take my pills?"”
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[image #2 id: Tumblr tags that read, “‘the struggle’; ‘drug seeking behaviour: I’m seeking where I put the goddamn bottle’”. end id]
#okay but wait this is actually a very real problem with the narrative happening in the mental health world#so some context I’m a research psych student (I care about the ways we can fix the problems I’m not interested in the individual problems#(that’s what therapists do)). and one of the things I do as a postgrad is tutor on psychology courses at the university . which means I end#up marking a lot of the course content that undergrad students submit. and something we see a lot (especially with the first years) is this#idea that the mental illness and the things you do or would need to do in order to manage it aren’t being grasped as LIFELONG.#which means when they get asked questions like ‘what is the disadvantage of psychotic medication’ I get to read fun answers like ‘it could#highly addictive’ and I have to be like ‘okay if someone has to take this medication in order to function it is not an addiction it’s a#necessity to their lives’.#and I’m entirely unsure how to go about changing this narrative#but like medication to keep you functioning is not an addiction. metal illness is not (as far as we know) curable. currently it’s onl#only manageable. which is what makes it so difficult to research and intervene and prevent.#anyway. ANYWAY. I’m done now. change the narrative. start with you.
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