On March 18, 2014, Dr. Stephen Stahl and the Neuroscience Education Institute released a cover of Stayin’ Alive by the Bee Gees.

A catchy tune, repurposed to map the mind.
A music video turned into a diagnostic framework.

It framed mental disorders as patterns. As pathways. As problems to be managed.

Today, the video has over 200,000 views.
And the DSM-5 sits as the authority on what a “disorder” is.

But a life is not a chart.
A mind is not a checklist.

They say you’ve been miswired.
As if your experiences are defects.
As if your suffering is circuitry.

They flatten your existence into a diagnosis.
Then medicate the line until it looks stable.

Every feeling becomes a symptom.
Every reaction becomes a category.
Every deviation becomes a disorder.

Who decides what a normal mind is?

It’s a moving target. Undefined.

Yet they speak in absolutes.
They reduce you to a profile.
A case. A code.

The DSM-5 doesn’t just describe minds.
It defines them.

The DSM-5 lies.