“It’s complicated.”
But not really.
Probably a complex interplay of cultural touchy - feeliness and the drive for profit.
For instance - it only takes 2 weeks to diagnose “Depression,” but 6 months for Schizophrenia.
While Depression is a real disease - the threshold for diagnosing such has gotten lower and lower.
“Obesity” is a disease.
Last I checked, only trees gained weight from breathing air.
We have the option to shut our pieholes and remain hungry (and slim).
The Opiate Crisis, or whatever it’s called - while definitely driven by profit - was probably worsened by that ridiculous 10 - point “pain scale” that nurses use - as well as “patient / customer satisfaction” feedback mandated by corporate medicine.
Not a physician, so what do I know.
But ALL of this IS like arguing with a Hemodialysis patient telling you “I know my body.”
Go figure.
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