Is a Mental Health Diagnosis a Lifeline or Self-Fulfilling Prophecy? with Sarah Fay • 234

Mind Love • Modern Mindfulness to Think, Feel, and Live Well

Melissa Monte | Conscious Coach

Mental Health, Mindfulness, Consciousness, Personal Growth, Spiritual Growth, Inspirational, Awakening, Religion & Spirituality, Spirituality, Education, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness

4.9 • 897 Ratings

🗓️ 14 June 2022

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

We will learn: Why your mental health diagnosis is not your identity. Surprising questions to ask your doctor when you receive a diagnosis. Why our conversation about mental health has stagnated and how to progress it. Did you know that there’s absolutely no way to measure or prove that you have any of the common (or uncommon) mental health diagnoses? This has a ton of negative implications including overprescribing and misdiagnosing. The other big issue with the inaccuracy of these diagnoses is that your mind is powerful. And most people begin to identify with their diagnosis. So today we’re talking about how mental health issues are diagnosed and how you can use this knowledge to make informed decisions when it comes to your mental health. Our guest is Sarah Fay. She’s on the faculty at Northwestern University and the founder of Pathological: The Movement. She is also the author of "Pathological: The True Story of Six Misdiagnoses". Links from the episode: Show Notes: https://mindlove.com/234 Sign up for The Morning Mind Love for short daily notes from your highest self. Get Mind Love Premium for exclusive ad-free episodes and monthly meditations. Support Mind Love Sponsors See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to Mind Love episode 234.
0:04.0	Today's episode is all about mental health diagnoses.
0:07.6	Are they a lifeline or a self-fulfilling prophecy?
0:10.6	I just assume mental health diagnoses were like physical diagnoses and that they were provable.
0:17.0	And what I found is they're nothing like each other in that the mental health diagnoses we receive are really theories.
0:24.4	So their ideas about what dysfunctional depression is,
0:29.3	or what psychosis meaning schizophrenia is, theoretically.
0:33.9	When I say they're invented, that's not me saying it,
0:37.3	you know, that this has come from the most prominent
0:40.5	psychiatrists and researchers in the country and from one man who helped write the book.
0:46.0	So yes, I found out a lot of reasons to question the mental health diagnoses that we receive,
0:52.0	but be clear mental illness is very, very real.
0:56.0	Turn up your frequency with mind love.
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1:06.0	It's time to give your mind a little love with your host,
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