Dr. James Hollis

So pathology means the expression of the suffering.

Psychopathology is an expression of the suffering of the soul.

So what is it in terms of this person's natural desire to live in a meaningful way that's interfering with their life?

Is it biologically driven?

Is it a function of the social context in which they live?

Or is it some...

personal task that they have to address.

And that kind of differential diagnosis is essential.

And as you said, there are certain conditions that are predominantly biologically driven, such as schizophrenia, bipolar, etc.

So secondly, then speaking as a citizen,

You know, the Internet, and I don't want to get lost in the Internet again, but it's like it's a vast open stage in which whatever is unaddressed in people can be put out there without censorship, without reflection, without the other being represented.

And, you know, it allows people to reveal whatever is going on within them without genuine dialogue.

And of course you can have opposition, but what has to happen typically is, again, associating with like-minded people.

I must be right because these other people agree with me, you see.

So, you know, any of these terms can be misappropriated and will be sooner or later.

So what one has to say is we can only make diagnoses with observation over time.

It's very hard initially to know what's really going on.

As I mentioned, what we do or what someone does is logical.

What we don't know is what it's in service to inside of them.

And you will not get much sense of that by the internet because it's too superficial.