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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think part of it is the more we talk about mental health issues, the more everyone wants to diagnose their relatives. Calling everyone a narcissist seems like more of a cultural trend than a health phenomenon.[/quote]

It’s like no here ever actually studied history either, not western civ, eastern civ and definitely not the Three Great Religions in liberal assets core. Or any good books.

The cast of characters, good and bad, and mentally ill, has been the same for 1000s of years.

Even Mice & Men or Laura Ingalls wilder touches on the mentally ill of then. Doomed to a life of crime or [b]living in Mama’s house staying out of trouble….[/b]

Almost every regime change in China every 20 years presented a basket case leader up for vote.  [/quote]

Except it wasn’t very unusual or extremely undesirable for an adult child to never leave home and keep living and working on e g the family farm.  I mean, everyone knew which ones are not the sharpest tools in the shed, but playing video games in the basement wasn’t an option and most people were contributing in some way and benefited from the communal living.

It’s a relatively recent expectation that a “healthy” person must be able to live and survive on his own.  [/quote]

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