So there’s been some Discourse on how to handle mental illness, and… I think we’re all missing the point a bit.
The problem isn’t whether you’re for or against recovery. It’s how you model mental illness.
If your model of mental illness is that it is Suffering, your output is going to be toxic as fuck, whether it’s spitting “We can’t all be neurotypical, Karen” at actual mental health advice or Stepford-grinning “But don’t you want to GET BETTER?” at people who are dealing with lifelong conditions.
If your model of mental illness is “This is part of me, for good or ill,” you’re going to wind up in a much healthier place. You can accept that you’re not going to Get Better ™, but still learn techniques and coping mechanisms to defend yourself when the brainweasels attack.
So maybe we need to stop sniping at each other, and instead tear down the idea that our lives as mentally ill people are always and only an endless parade of suffering, hmm?