> I mean, sure. And then you can tell ADHD people to just pay attention, then we'll have less ADHD people. If mental illness struggles were this easy, we wouldn't have them.
But that's my exact point. That doesn't work. People with ADHD have it regardless of their belief status.
> I just don't see the upside to this. The worst case scenario is that someone receives care they may not strictly need for a brief period of time
The worst case in the "it's trauma if you think it is" isn't unneeded care, it is that you convince someone that something is trauma that they previously didn't, and they become legitimately traumatized during the intervention. That is to say, that the intervention is capable of a net increase in suffering. That's a serious consequence and not something to brush off.
It feels like you aren't taking your own idea seriously here. I'm saying that if you're right, you need to be way more careful with the way you discuss trauma. Because the way you're doing it, if you're right, seems legitimately dangerous.
But that's my exact point. That doesn't work. People with ADHD have it regardless of their belief status.
> I just don't see the upside to this. The worst case scenario is that someone receives care they may not strictly need for a brief period of time
The worst case in the "it's trauma if you think it is" isn't unneeded care, it is that you convince someone that something is trauma that they previously didn't, and they become legitimately traumatized during the intervention. That is to say, that the intervention is capable of a net increase in suffering. That's a serious consequence and not something to brush off.
It feels like you aren't taking your own idea seriously here. I'm saying that if you're right, you need to be way more careful with the way you discuss trauma. Because the way you're doing it, if you're right, seems legitimately dangerous.