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Using psychiatric terms in a flippant, jokey way is hurtful to people who actually have depression.
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- Lucy Foulkes British academic psychologist at the University of Oxford…
even the New York Times is now using psychiatric terms in a flippant, jokey way. I understand the counterargument here (it's just a bit of fun, it's fine for language to change) - but if I had depression right now, I'd hate to see stuff like this
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