We don't soften "heart disease" into "cardiovascular disagreement" to spare someone's feelings. But when the symptoms are psychological, we suddenly get careful about using health language, as if a diagnosis were an insult. That squeamishness is the stigma we keep saying we want to end.
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The Next Epidemic Is Already Here
When reality testing breaks down at scale, it stops being politics. It's a public health crisis.