One Sentence I Don't Understand
I didn't want to use the term "mentally ill" because I know there are plenty of people using mental health services who do not consider themselves to be mentally ill. Referring to "people with mental health problems" or "difficulties" or "issues" also leaves me slightly uneasy because it seems to me to draw a line where I don't believe one exists.
Please someone explain this underlined sentence.
"To draw a line" is the subject of the verb "exists"?
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"...it seems to me to draw a line where I don't believe one exists." = "...referring to 'people with mental health problems' or 'difficulties' or 'issues' figuratively draws a line to cordon off these people from the rest of society, when there is no reason to do this."
0anonymousPlease someone explain this underlined sentence.
When we "draw a line" we make a border or boundary that distinguishes one type of thing from another.
The writer says he does not think we can distinguish mentally ill people from other people. There is no objective way to tell the difference.
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