Posted by Deneb on July 25, 2006, at 16:49:24
I have 2 friends who have psychology degrees. One of my friends "S" mentioned that we were antisocial. I immediately said that being antisocial does not mean being shy, rather it means being hostile towards society. He and my other friend then argued that I was wrong and they were right. I tried and tried but they still thought being antisocial is equivalent to being shy. They just didn't believe me. How can they not know this despite having studied psychology?
I was soooo frustrated. I finally just let it go. Obviously nothing I said was going to convince them.
I just can't stand it when people don't even consider that they might be wrong about something. I always do.
I suppose I'm just going to have to accept this popularly accepted usage of the word "antisocial".
I'm also disappointed that they would joke around about being extremely shy. Social phobia is a serious anxiety disorder. It can be very debilitating.
Sigh.
Also, S used the word "borderline" to mean an extremely undesirable person. You can imagine how upset I was. I didn't show my upset though.
Throughout the conversation I could tell that S carried a lot of stigma about people with mental illness. How can two psychology students be so uninformed about mental illness?
I don't get it. I think my friends need to meet real people with real mental illnesses.
Deneb*
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