That’s right. If you were a slave and endeavored to be free, this would have been a symptom of a psychological problem and labeled abnormal.
In a more recent example, up until 1973, if you were gay, bisexual, or lesbian, you also would have been diagnosed as having a psychological disorder.
Reason 3: What you might think of as abnormal is actually quite typical.
Do you beat yourself up because you don’t feel a high level of enthusiasm or investment in your work? Eighty-five percent of people around the world are right there with you.
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