Transient is used to denote the sense of existing only at a certain time and place, mental illnesses that can best be examined in the terms of the ecological niches, specific societal points, in which they can appear and thrive. Transient mental illnesses are easy cases for ‘making up people’ because their existence is dependent on individuals expressing symptoms that are deemed to be counter to the norm of what a given society expects. 

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Identity is the product of a formation process that is shaped by societal context, personal identity is not a fixed or self-contained entity, but it is rather created through the process of naming, and recognition.

Our society works to classify individuals whose societies current system of classifications does not have a way of classifying. We create classifications to institutionalize forms of recognition and to bring individuals into societal classifications.

Transient mental illnesses are often more ripe for classification than other forms of disability.

What leads to us 'making up people'?

Sparti, D.(2001)Making up People: On Some Looping Effects of the Human Kind - Institutional Reflexivity or Social Control? European Journal of Social Theory, 2001(2001).

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