Delusional Division

Delusional Division is a mental health problem.
I'm here to tell you!
It's not a recognised diagnosis, as far as I'm aware, yet, but I believe it should be.
Delusional division is a state of mind in which a person believes that there are two types of person:
1. People who experience mental health problems/ mental distress.
2. People who never experience mental health problems/mental distress.
Some people are so entrenched in this delusion that they believe it to be true.
Others know the division to be false but may fall into divisive thinking at times of stress.


Causes.
DD is believed to be multi-causal.
It can arise from a fear of the vast range of states and experiences human beings are able to experience; from stigmatisation of some of these states and from a wish to dissociate from individuals experiencing them.
DD thrives in environments which cling to a limited view of "normality" and which seek to alienate that which they fear.
Where curiosity and respectful enquiry is replaced by fear; where there are social penalties for deviation and where there is a lack of faith in the capacity of human beings to experience distress, even extreme distress, and survive; there DD will thrive.
DD is just one of a range of "them" & "us" type syndromes which can arise from a misguided wish to elevate one's own status by disowning kinship with others.


Effects.
DD is a fear-based mental illness that arises from misinformation.
When suffering with DD a person will experience restricted freedom of expression, a fear of others' experience and/or limited empathy with others. In its worst forms DD can lead to discrimination, oppression and an inability to respond helpfully to others' needs.

Cure.
Full cure requires a complete overhaul of social attitudes creating an environment in which this delusion cannot thrive.
Individuals can increase their immunity by rejecting divisional thinking, owning the full-spectrum of their own experience and increasing empathy, acceptance and respectful interest in the experiences of others.