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<blockquote data-quote="Janx" data-source="post: 5897478" data-attributes="member: 8835">as umbran pointed out, there's a huge range of seriousness of mental illness that we're all mostly unqualified to diagnose.two people can have Depression and one's on a suicide watch, the other just doesn't feel &quot;up&quot; most of the time.&nbsp; But if we hear somebody say &quot;that guy has Depression&quot; we may gravitate to imagining the more serious version of it.Since I'm not trained to diagnose people's illnesses, despite my best guesses, I don't rely on it for anything other than entertainment value (being no more accurate than my palmistry).&nbsp; I certainly try to avoid people with behaviors that would bring more trouble than value to me (criminals, liars, thieves andpeople who think the character on their corn flakes is watching them).I could certainly feel free labeling a person as an &quot;OCD&quot; person, but the metric for whether I let them near me has to do with what impact their behavior has on me, not what label I identify them with.&nbsp; I have an OCD friend and a Depression friend.&nbsp; Those are useless labels, except for me to account for their sometimes odd behavior (as in &quot;oh, that must be an OCD thing, it'll pass&quot;).For myself, I don't have anybody in my circle who exhibits extreme mental illness or criminal behaviors.On the other hand, my wife has a friend who is a freaking magnet for trouble-people.&nbsp; The friend has a slew of medical issues, a family of terrible people with criminal spouses, and she frequently befriends other people who find ways to hose her over.&nbsp; It's a combination of bad luck (can't choose your family) and bad decisions (can choose who you let in the door).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Janx, post: 5897478, member: 8835"] as umbran pointed out, there's a huge range of seriousness of mental illness that we're all mostly unqualified to diagnose. two people can have Depression and one's on a suicide watch, the other just doesn't feel "up" most of the time. But if we hear somebody say "that guy has Depression" we may gravitate to imagining the more serious version of it. Since I'm not trained to diagnose people's illnesses, despite my best guesses, I don't rely on it for anything other than entertainment value (being no more accurate than my palmistry). I certainly try to avoid people with behaviors that would bring more trouble than value to me (criminals, liars, thieves and people who think the character on their corn flakes is watching them). I could certainly feel free labeling a person as an "OCD" person, but the metric for whether I let them near me has to do with what impact their behavior has on me, not what label I identify them with. I have an OCD friend and a Depression friend. Those are useless labels, except for me to account for their sometimes odd behavior (as in "oh, that must be an OCD thing, it'll pass"). For myself, I don't have anybody in my circle who exhibits extreme mental illness or criminal behaviors. On the other hand, my wife has a friend who is a freaking magnet for trouble-people. The friend has a slew of medical issues, a family of terrible people with criminal spouses, and she frequently befriends other people who find ways to hose her over. It's a combination of bad luck (can't choose your family) and bad decisions (can choose who you let in the door). [/QUOTE]

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