Like, why do mental conditions exist?
And is there anything else besides physical and mental conditions?
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Well, part is constructed. Part is biological differences in an immense system. Part is because of things akin to scars from really bad experiences. The DSM, a very large encyclopedia basically, lists and describes systems of all mental illnesses/exceptionalities. That said, to have mental disorder there has to be mental order. So some mental illness can be described as deviations from what a society generally agrees is the norm. We can also observe chemical differences or other biological reasons. Some brains don’t make as much dopamine as others, for example. However? This can also be caused by things like using substance for coping with trauma or childhood traumatic experiences. Or other traumatic events like war. So the answer is a complex set of reasons. Our bodies and brains are all imperfect and beautiful things that don’t all work the same and don’t work the same their entire lifespan. So the result is mental deviations and illnesses in a variety of forms.
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