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Does anyone truly believe in psychological disorders such as, Bi Polar, Major Depression, Alcoholism?

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Does anyone truly believe in psychological disorders such as, Bi Polar, Major Depression, Alcoholism?

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Well, yes – I do believe in these behaviors, though relegating them to being only just “psychological disorders” reveals that you have something against the notion of psychology. First of all, Bi-Polar is a definition of a behavioral pattern, the same as Depression & Alcoholism. Depression exists – its a prolonged state of diminished interest in life. Many people suffer from depression for various reasons and have for thousands of years. Just because in the last 50 it has been defined and described by psychology doesn’t mean it didn’t exist before then. In fact there are some great art works from Peru from 200 BC that depict depression fairly well. Alcoholism is an addiction to alcohol – both a physiological and psychological dependence on Alcohol. This is usually obvious to everyone but the alcoholic but honestly, are you going to say that alcohol doesn’t have the potential for addiction? Look at any homeless person begging for change to buy a Forty. Third: While Bi-Polar is the most

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I do believe in them. I work with patients everyday who have these disorders and they are real illnesses.

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