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Shivy_Shankinz t1_iu504p7 wrote

Reply to comment by wrapped_in_clingfilm in I’m Dr. Lewina Lee, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry & Clinical Research Psychologist. Ask me anything about the role of psychosocial stressors on health, the lifelong legacy of childhood adversity, how optimism boosts longevity, & healthy aging. by BUExperts

Wow. Ive absolutely experienced therapy wherein it places the problem within me. Like I've been doing something wrong, or the reverse I haven't been doing enough of something or the right way. The fault always seems to be placed on me.

The problem is, even if you could prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that the socio-economic factors were an underlying cause of certain mental illness, there's no help for that. And trying to tackle capitalism in any form just isn't going to happen anytime soon.

I've never heard of corporate interest in mental health, but it wouldn't surprise me. I'm not really sold on this yet. But like I said, if the problem is societal then wth are we supposed to do? Medicine doesn't always work either

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wrapped_in_clingfilm t1_iu51634 wrote

Well, there's a whole philosophical rabbit hole you are invited to jump into, but you may not come back out: the meeting of Hegel, Marx and psychoanalysis. Try r/zizek.

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Shivy_Shankinz t1_iu57ooc wrote

This is great and all but it just furthers my point, there's no real help readily available and accessible for people who the system that fails them.

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wrapped_in_clingfilm t1_iu57zdp wrote

Couldn't agree more. But the problem is never going to be solved by such help when the system itself is the problem, because the 'help' is determined by the system that sustains it.

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Shivy_Shankinz t1_iu59z28 wrote

And probably is why the Buddha said life is suffering. Until there's a perfect system designed by a near flawless being, I guess we're all just at the mercy of life.

Well at any rate, I don't think I'll be letting therapy and medicine attempt to fix this problem anymore, except where applicable/appropriate. It's just head games on top of more head games, what a trip

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wrapped_in_clingfilm t1_iu5awma wrote

Well, that's a salient point. People who are involved with real and tangible political struggles (i.e. not just voicing opinions on reddit and shouting at others), are statistically lees prone to 'mental health' problems.

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