Comments on: Which Disorder Would You Like? http://bereanmethod.wordpress.com/2007/02/20/which-disorder-would-you-like/ Enter the past-time of pontification... Thu, 20 Dec 2007 13:27:19 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Jessica http://bereanmethod.wordpress.com/2007/02/20/which-disorder-would-you-like/#comment-40 Jessica Tue, 06 Mar 2007 15:30:45 +0000 http://bereanmethod.wordpress.com/2007/02/20/which-disorder-would-you-like/#comment-40 If a person doesn't settle too far into the anxiety pills, they might just find the real problem, their SINdrone. If a person doesn’t settle too far into the anxiety pills, they might just find the real problem, their SINdrone.

]]> By: Ben http://bereanmethod.wordpress.com/2007/02/20/which-disorder-would-you-like/#comment-35 Ben Sun, 25 Feb 2007 20:56:42 +0000 http://bereanmethod.wordpress.com/2007/02/20/which-disorder-would-you-like/#comment-35 Everyone needs a metanarrative to their life--a story in which to take part. A disorder is a very solid metanarrative to create. After all, it is a very personal battle that is in your power to win or lose, and it is "scientific," thus securing its validity and acceptance by the rest of society. An alternate (or complimentary, depending on how you look at it) explanation is that a disorder allows one a great deal of moral leeway. After all, if you are afflicted by something beyond your control, you have something to blame for your inadequacy. The condemning power of conscience is turned not on yourself, but on your disorder. Neither sounds satisfying to me. Everyone needs a metanarrative to their life–a story in which to take part. A disorder is a very solid metanarrative to create. After all, it is a very personal battle that is in your power to win or lose, and it is “scientific,” thus securing its validity and acceptance by the rest of society.

An alternate (or complimentary, depending on how you look at it) explanation is that a disorder allows one a great deal of moral leeway. After all, if you are afflicted by something beyond your control, you have something to blame for your inadequacy. The condemning power of conscience is turned not on yourself, but on your disorder.

Neither sounds satisfying to me.

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