I wonder if it could have anything to do with this apocalyptic hellscape we’re living in courtesy of the ruling class?
No, it’s probably personal failings of a few hundred million people. The systems are great
Broadly gestures at everything
I had a call with a government agency recently about benefits. I was asked why I didn’t seek therapy.
I told the truth. My benefits did not include therapy. It was not financially viable for me to seek therapy.
Government worker had nothing in their script for that and simply said nothing and moved on to the next question.
It is maddening that we as a society are expected to play dumb about the shortcomings of our government.
Because of late stage capitalism and climate dread. There is no longer hope for the future.
Agree with your two concerns wholeheartedly but never appropriate to give up hope. Hang in there please!
I think or of absolutely reasonable to give up hope on climate change. Its too late to stop it. We are now living in it.
That’s a fair point for sure. It’s definitely going to get a lot worse and there’s no changing that (just the extent I suppose). However, there’s still always hope no matter what.
I’ve always appreciated a short dialogue from the show Monk.
Monk: I had hope. Isn’t hope the worst?
Natalie: No, Mr Monk. Hope is a good thing.
Monk: You’re very young.Thanks for sharing that’s admittedly still relatable despite my opinion!
“Hang in there” is not therapy, to me it’s infuriating if anything. I can list several well-grounded in reality reasons which made me lose hope. Random phrases are not changing either these reasons or my ability to adapt to them. At some point “hope” feels like self-delusion. But it’s nice to know others are not there yet.
Hmm. Well “hang in there” sure made me feel good when I heard it during cancer treatment when I at times thought all hope was lost, but here I am.
“Peak” implies it is currently at its maximum and will go down from here. That is incorrect. We still need more mental health services for people and for those services to be affordable.
Yeah what an insane false premise. Setting aside the US, which is a shitshow, almost no countries with publicly funded healthcare include mental healthcare under that system.
Maybe because they jumped the gun on declaring things “peak therapy.”
We haven’t even begun to peak. So many people are entering the field. So much more awareness and acceptance of mental health is being cultivated. So many more people are going to be getting care. We haven’t peaked. We haven’t even begun to peak.
Republicans and climate change and income inequality.
This seems like bipartisan greed, tbf.
Because gestures to everything
Because it’s all nonsense.
Because, there is no such think as sanity.
