Why Anti-Authoritarians are Diagnosed as Mentally Ill (2012)
I sometimes ask mental health professionals what the converse of Oppositional Defiant Disorder is. At what point do we recognize a disorder in a child who is unnaturally compliant and obedient? No answer so far.<p>I ask because I think I had this. When I was a young prodigy I had the mentality of a performing seal.<p>It's true that some people have difficulty controlling themselves, and they do need help. But the lack of symmetry says a lot about how diseases are identified; it is about institutional convenience.