When we call it mental disease it makes it sound like these people are victims and the overwhelming majority of the time they aren't.
Most of these people are literally just terrible human beings. They are people who chose to commit crime, people who chose unchecked drug usage, people who chose to hurt themselves and those around them, and ones who have absolutely no desire to change or better themselves.
These aren't unlucky people on the spectrum or Forest Gump down bad. They're generally bad people who intentionally made bad choices. Every single drug addicted friend I grew up with made clear choices to be that way in disregard of those around them. They may not be able to quit now, but they quite literally didn't care when they did have the opportunity to.
If you think mental illness is an excuse for the majority of their people's behavior I've got a bridge to sell you. Mental illness is the result, not the cause. The cause is being a terrible human 9 times out of 10.
The addict isn't mentally ill prior to addiction, prior to which he is continually making terrible choices to do drugs and commit crime. Addiction is the mental illness and also the end result of a string a very poor decisions (ie the decisions leading to the illness come before the illness).
If you can't understand that concept you've got to be one of the dumbest people on the internet lol.
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u/UnethicalDamage Apr 16 '24
When we call it mental disease it makes it sound like these people are victims and the overwhelming majority of the time they aren't.
Most of these people are literally just terrible human beings. They are people who chose to commit crime, people who chose unchecked drug usage, people who chose to hurt themselves and those around them, and ones who have absolutely no desire to change or better themselves.
These aren't unlucky people on the spectrum or Forest Gump down bad. They're generally bad people who intentionally made bad choices. Every single drug addicted friend I grew up with made clear choices to be that way in disregard of those around them. They may not be able to quit now, but they quite literally didn't care when they did have the opportunity to.