Why label people?

Why label people?

"Hey, did you know this guy is afraid of mice? Real wimp. Who's ever heard of a grown man being afraid of mice?"

The fact that you are climbing the wall when a large spider appears is not mentioned.

Now there is the rude labeling that can hurt and offend people, but there is also the other type of labeling. You go to your doctor and he tells you that you have depression. You're depressed. This can be helpful for people who weren't sure what the hell was wrong with them.

The problem is when we don't go to the doctor; Simply “challenging” it can lead to a loss of control over our lives. I mention depression because it is so incredibly common. So many people suffer from this, but at some point they mentioned it to one of their relatives and was told.

"Oh, don't be such a blob. We all feel depressed at some point."

Oh, I see. We all feel clinically depressed, right? Big, strong men don't have trouble getting over clinical depression, do they? Oh no. Clinical depression is depression, only the doctor gives you pills to get rid of it.

INCORRECT!

Why label people at all?

“What’s wrong with your husband?”

“He has clinical depression,” so this woman trots home to her husband and tells him that poor old Bert is crazy!

The human condition is what these various diseases used to be called. They have been accepted as a part of life, especially in the last century. You would use the car analogy.

“Oh, you’re just a little run down.” Yes, like a car battery.

“It’s his nerves, poor man.”

Thank God more enlightened thinking has begun to take over. A good psychotherapist can gently make the condition appear more normal.

Let's look at grief. A poor woman has just lost the mother she idolized. She just can't stop crying. The good therapist will calmly point out that she has suffered a terrible loss and that what she is experiencing is completely normal. Although it is hellish right now, the grief will pass.

Little by little, little by little, day by day, the light will shine through again. You will hold on to it and start to find little moments of happiness where before everything was darkness.

Personally, I think this thoughtless labeling of people who are suffering through no fault of their own is pretty despicable. Suppose a lady sees someone shot in front of her. What do you think she will do? Are you going about your merry way and rejoicing? Of course she won't. She is very badly traumatized. She will probably wake up in the middle of the night and hear a gunshot in her head.

But that's the beauty of our makeup. Slowly, slowly these hellish thoughts will leave us. Before you label someone out of your own ignorance,

SUPERIOR!

Inspired by Mike Bond