"High Functioning" is such a crock of nonsensical categorization by those who don't understand what it's like to have mental health issues (aka crock of shite)

1.0Steve's Thoughtcrimeshttp://stevesthoughtcrimes.comStevethinkhttp://stevesthoughtcrimes.com/author/admin/"High Functioning" is such a crock of nonsensical categorization by those who don't understand what it's like to have mental health issues (aka crock of shite)rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="L69XWrf12b"><a href="http://stevesthoughtcrimes.com/independent-thinking/thinking-for-myself/high-functioning-crock-nonsensical-categorization-dont-understand-like-mental-health-issues-aka-crock-shite/">“High Functioning” is such a crock of nonsensical categorization by those who don’t understand what it’s like to have mental health issues (aka crock of shite)</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="http://stevesthoughtcrimes.com/independent-thinking/thinking-for-myself/high-functioning-crock-nonsensical-categorization-dont-understand-like-mental-health-issues-aka-crock-shite/embed/#?secret=L69XWrf12b" width="600" height="338" title="““High Functioning” is such a crock of nonsensical categorization by those who don’t understand what it’s like to have mental health issues (aka crock of shite)” — Steve's Thoughtcrimes" data-secret="L69XWrf12b" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(c,d){"use strict";var e=!1,o=!1;if(d.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage);else if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(!t);else if(!(t.secret||t.message||t.value));else if(/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret));else{for(var r,s,a,i=d.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=d.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),l=0;l<n.length;l++)n[l].style.display="none";for(l=0;l<i.length;l++)if(r=i[l],e.source!==r.contentWindow);else{if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(s=parseInt(t.value,10)))s=1e3;else if(~~s<200)s=200;r.height=s}if("link"===t.message)if(s=d.createElement("a"),a=d.createElement("a"),s.href=r.getAttribute("src"),a.href=t.value,!o.test(a.protocol));else if(a.host===s.host)if(d.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener("message",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),d.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),c.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(o);else{o=!0;for(var e,t,r,s=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),a=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),i=d.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),n=0;n<i.length;n++){if(!(r=(t=i[n]).getAttribute("data-secret")))r=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),t.src+="#?secret="+r,t.setAttribute("data-secret",r);if(s||a)(e=t.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),t.parentNode.replaceChild(e,t);t.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:r},"*")}}}}(window,document); </script> Every so often I let my mental health moral outrage out to play. And this is meant to be playfully cynical, exploring the fallacy of "high functioning mental health peers." Think of it in these terms. If you didn't know I had bipolar, would you make the distinction I'm "high functioning"?