sharing my fb post from this am- it is time to move past the idea of "mental illness"

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4. I've frequently said that we're still in the Dark Ages re understanding

of the mind.

Such great progress has been made medically re the human body in the last 50-60 years, but we know so little of the nuances of the human brain.
This has been brought home to me even more directly since a family member suffered a stroke, resulting in aphasia, but obviously affecting other areas, sometimes more, sometimes less. Includes some executive functions, such as decision making, making choices, and struggles that aren't even apparent to the observer, but are taking place unseen, causing unknown or unobserved stress to the individual.