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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There are absolutely people who have depression, anxiety, OCD and the like, no doubt about it and I am not downplaying it at all. There is also a trend, that I find really offensive, of people saying they have anxiety when they don't.

You can be anxious, it does not mean you have an anxiety disorder. People toss this term around very loosely. Same with OCD. Having an organized closet does not mean you are OCD, changing out of the clothes you just put on does not make you bipolar. It pisses me off when I hear people make frivolous statements like this.[/quote]

I do think people are better at recognizing when they need help, however. That's not a bad thing. Women were expected to grin and bear it, and men were expected to tough it out, otherwise they were unmanly.

Daycare, CIO, "the news," being busy, etc., -- please. Every generation thinks they have it bad. What a crock of shit. Anxiety, depression, OCD, and the like are illnesses, not weaknesses.[/quote]

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