10-03-2017, 03:39 PM
(10-03-2017, 03:21 PM)michaelsean Wrote: Perception of reality? Psychopaths often have a different physiology of the brains. Many mental illnesses result from a difference in the chemistry. Why one thing is considered a mental illness and another thing isn't, I don't know.
What really differentiates a trait/condition from an illness/disorder boils down to it being harmful. The reason Gender Identity Disorder was reclassified to Gender Dysphoria was because it is not longer seen that being gender-non-conforming is a disorder in itself as that is not what is harmful. People can be trans and live happy, healthy lives. But there are people that experience stress and anxiety that comes with being non-conforming, and this is what is classified as dysphoria and is what is harmful.
Does that help?
