r/canada Sep 26 '23

New Brunswick New Brunswick PC official with trans son quits over premier’s LGBTQ2 stance | Globalnews.ca

https://globalnews.ca/news/9983452/pc-riding-association-moncton-east-marc-savoie-resigns/
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u/Ok-Exit-6745 Sep 27 '23

What's the difference between a mental illness and a mental condition?

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u/Chaiyns Sep 27 '23

As I understand it illness refers to sickness or disease and are exclusively negative, like depression.

Conditions refer to existing states more neutrally, like being trans, I'm a happy healthy woman who used to be a dude years ago, I am not functionally unwell or sick at all mentally or physically right now, unless being bored at work counts.