While this is intriguing data, it does not take into account that conservatives are less likely to report mental illness symptoms or seek medical help for said symptoms. It could be easily explained as "Liberals seek assistance for mental health conditions more than conservatives do" and the data would still look like this.
That seems common sense to me, to be frank. And its quite a stretch to assume that an ideological perspective could somehow alter brain chemistry. Given there is no peer reviewed evidence to suggest that is even possible.
The left has appealed to identity politics and has found an identity in anything and everything. Many on the left identify with their own mental health problems, self diagnose, look up symptoms and experience those symptoms, then go to a doctor.
Placebos are real, and identifying with mental health issues is a real epidemic.
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u/Hank_Shaws 7d ago
While this is intriguing data, it does not take into account that conservatives are less likely to report mental illness symptoms or seek medical help for said symptoms. It could be easily explained as "Liberals seek assistance for mental health conditions more than conservatives do" and the data would still look like this.
That seems common sense to me, to be frank. And its quite a stretch to assume that an ideological perspective could somehow alter brain chemistry. Given there is no peer reviewed evidence to suggest that is even possible.