The Pathologisation of Distress
On the difference between symptoms, context, adaptation, and ordinary pain.
9 minDMMdistressattachment
Excerpt
A short thesis placeholder for writing about distress as information, adaptation, and relational history.
Essay Frame
Why it matters
This is a central bridge between DMM-informed theory and the tone Dyad should use with difficult material.
Core argument
Distress should be read with context before it is turned into a trait, defect, or identity.
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