Comments on: Can’t or won’t? http://saynotostigma.com/2012/06/cant-or-wont/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cant-or-wont a blog of The Menninger Clinic Sat, 25 May 2013 20:47:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Sarah http://saynotostigma.com/2012/06/cant-or-wont/comment-page-1/#comment-1638 Sarah Sat, 09 Jun 2012 18:05:39 +0000 http://saynotostigma.com/?p=1634#comment-1638 I wonder how this viewpoint fits with people who live with the schizophrenias or thought disorders (beyond the choice to take medication.) I wonder how this viewpoint fits with people who live with the schizophrenias or thought disorders (beyond the choice to take medication.)

]]> By: dawni http://saynotostigma.com/2012/06/cant-or-wont/comment-page-1/#comment-1637 dawni Sat, 09 Jun 2012 05:21:13 +0000 http://saynotostigma.com/?p=1634#comment-1637 I tend to think of it in terms of "won't" but not in a blaming sense. I believe that people make the best choice for them, to the best of their knowledge, with the options they believe they have. So, while it is a case of "won't" -- it doesn't negate the impact of the illness that sits behind there, the illness that tells people that [the destructive option] is their best choice. *For reference, I've been diagnosed with BPD, MDD, GAD, PTSD and DID. I tend to think of it in terms of “won’t” but not in a blaming sense. I believe that people make the best choice for them, to the best of their knowledge, with the options they believe they have. So, while it is a case of “won’t” — it doesn’t negate the impact of the illness that sits behind there, the illness that tells people that [the destructive option] is their best choice.

*For reference, I’ve been diagnosed with BPD, MDD, GAD, PTSD and DID.

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