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"Justice sensitivity" as a symptom of a disorder is fucking wild. Like they really said, "This person doesn't roll over and take all the systemic abuse. We keep telling them it's a normal amount of abuse but they don't accept it. This is their problem."
I absolutely agree, although I wonder if it's sorta like "hypervigilance". Vigilance and keen observation are fantastic!
But there's also a point where it interferes with your life because it's freaking exhausting and you just can't...stop...noticing...every...little...thing...
Maybe that's what they mean, assuming in good faith they're not being all 1984 about it...
Although it does feel like the mental health "industry" trend of pushing the onus on the individual who, may simply be reacting normally to a completely chaotic, absurd, often bleak environment.
Yes, and if it interferes with social, work, or home life it can be more than just mentally taxing.
That last part is a worthy criticism of the mental health industry and one that often gets a lot of push back unfortunately.
It results in a lot of misdiagnosed individuals and mismatched support plans that can cause more harm than good.
What disorder are you referring to? I tried to look this up, and justice sensitivity just seems to be a personality characteristic. There are also lots of websites talking about its link to ADHD and autism, but AFAIK it's not a symptom of either.
Hm, looking it up I think you're right.
I still think it's kind of wild that we've noticed these things are linked to higher "justice sensitivity", and as a society we still insist that those people are disordered.
Like, maybe there's a link between having the kind of "disorder" that our hypernormative society punishes for not fitting its far too rigid systems, and being sensitive to injustice.
It's like breaking someone's finger and then noting that that person has high "digital sensitivity". Like no, they have an injury, being sensitive where the injury happened is to be expected, actually.
Sure, although those are still different things, and people won't receive a diagnosis just because they're more sensitive to matters of justice.
I completely agree with you that the stigma around psychological disorders ("disorder bad") isn't justified. Especially people with conditions like autism or ADHD often just experience the world differently and in ways that would sometimes be beneficial if everyone saw it that way.
The term "disorder" does a poor job at conveying that these conditions often result from peoples' inability to function in "normal" society, which is not caused by them being "bad" but rather by society making it difficult for them to function as well as they could.