This isn't an unpopular opinion, it's just factually untrue. Study after study and mental health professionals have found no link to what you're asserting.

by Anonymous 2 years ago

Oh no I've caught the schizophrenia

by Anonymous 2 years ago

I agree in long term extremely unhealthy relationships. But generally, moods are contagious; mental illness is not.

by Anonymous 2 years ago

That factor is one fairly small part. The bigger pieces being social, economic, environmental, familial, etc circumstances. And of course some amount of genetic susceptibility

by Anonymous 2 years ago

Well yes, but actually no. It doesn't spread like a virus spreads, therefore it doesn't actually meet the medical definition for contagious. That being said, misery does love company.

by Anonymous 2 years ago

That's a lot of words for "I don't understand mental health issues"

by Anonymous 2 years ago

And "I want them to be normal because they're upsetting me otherwise [what's perceived as the issues spreading] and it's [current year] so everything should be curable"

by Anonymous 2 years ago

Exactly. The human brain is far from being fully understood by science/medicine. So any sort of health issue that originates in the brain has a high chance of currently being incurable. Scientists/Doctors don't know what causes a lot of things. Unfortunately, I'm an amalgamate of several of these health issues so I'm very intimately aware of this.

by Anonymous 2 years ago