{"id":691,"date":"2017-08-16T17:15:34","date_gmt":"2017-08-16T15:15:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carolinadiazruiz.com\/?p=691"},"modified":"2025-09-02T16:40:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T14:40:10","slug":"trastornos-mentales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carolinadiazruiz.com\/en\/trastornos-mentales\/","title":{"rendered":"The most dangerous myth about mental disorders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">A year ago, I wrote an article about how controversial mental or psychological disorders can be. These types of afflictions have always been surrounded by myths and prejudices that, in the end, can prevent people from seeking help.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">In my opinion, the most harmful myth regarding mental health is the following:<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cMental disorder is just a fancy name for a weak-willed person.\u201d<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">When we refer to mental disorders, we are talking about psychological or cognitive conditions that cause symptoms <em><strong>genuine<\/strong>.<\/em> Therefore, it does not depend on our willpower or our morality whether we suffer from a psychological disorder or not.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>For a quick read on why this belief can be so harmful and how we can combat it, click here. <a href=\"http:\/\/milaswellness.com\/es\/el-mito-mas-nocivo-sobre-los-trastornos-mentales-y-como-combatirlo\/\">here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">To complement this information, you can read <a href=\"https:\/\/carolinadiazruiz.com\/en\/empieza-aqui\/\">This article <\/a>about what online psychological counseling is and what its benefits are. And finally, <a href=\"https:\/\/carolinadiazruiz.com\/en\/2017\/09\/25\/momento-de-ir-con-un-psicologo\/\">this other one <\/a>about when is the right time to start a psychological counseling process.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<form action=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/cgi-bin\/webscr\" method=\"post\" target=\"_top\"><\/form>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I share with you, in my opinion, what is the most harmful myth regarding mental health. <\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":692,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_joinchat":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[38,40],"class_list":["post-691","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-articulos","tag-psicologia","tag-salud-mental"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>El mito m\u00e1s peligroso sobre los trastornos mentales - 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