So, given those factors, what is the first step toward meaningful change?
The first step is to Challenge the Killer Ds: Debunk Dysfunction and Ditch the D Detector. Diagnosing us with the Killer Ds-disease, deficits, disorders, dysfunction, disabilities-seems to dominate all discussion in mental health. In recent years there has been a deluge of diagnoses. New ones appear almost daily. However impressive they might sound, naming a problem or explaining it with a diagnosis has nothing to do with solving it. In fact, describing the struggles of living in this way gives people the message that there is something wrong with them. The Killer Ds erode your ability to confirm and affirm your strengths and natural capabilities to help yourself. They are a product of the D industry with all its self serving interests. WRWY shows readers how to discard this way of looking at themselves-how to ditch the D Detector-and how to replace the Killer Ds with the Kinder Ds: not disease, dysfunction, or disorder, but rather distress, discomfort, or dilemma.
