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In our world of gaslighting and verbal abuse, these terms receive special attention.
I heard one psychiatrist speak to his clinic patients, summing them up with the word “neurotics.” This immediately caused resistance in me!
Would you like it if a doctor approached you by identifying you with some kind of diagnosis?
“Hey, asthmatic, come here..”, “Heart patient, why are you standing here?”, “Diabetic, you need to go over there”, “So, you’re our virus, put on a triple mask quickly!”, “Visually impaired, yes , you, you, who are also hard of hearing, follow me.”
Well, you understand..
It is rare to see such treatment from doctors in a hospital. Why do some mental health professionals allow themselves to do this? And how then is it correct to talk about diagnoses?
Not a neurotic, but a person with neurosis, not a border guard, but a person with BPD, not a Victim, but a person who is in the ROLE of a victim, if we speak in the language of transactional analysis. Even “disabled” is an insult; it is more environmentally friendly to say “person with a disability”, not “down”, but “person with down syndrome”
It is very important to separate the person himself from his diagnosis and behavior.
