The brain is an organ. Mental illnesses are illnesses of that organ. Brain scans show that there is a physical difference between a healthy brain and a sick brain. Telling someone “You’re not really sick. It’s all in your head.” is like telling someone with asthma “It’s not real, it’s all in your lungs.” The brain is an organ that can malfunction as much as any other organ.
whales are the evolutionary equivalent of pulling a u-turn on the freeway
>start evolutionary journey in The Ocean
>grow legs and learn to breathe air, leave The Ocean
>say nvm, go back to The Ocean, sometimes keep the hips? and they just. float there.
>continue needing to breathe air, which is in short supply in The Ocean, Where You Live, so you evolve to hold your breath really long, but you still have to come up for air
