Capitalist realism (interesting watch): is there any hope for mental health sufferers other than a revolution?

[rosegarden123]

I have personally lost all faith in the mental healthcare system. They tell me to deal with my problems myself and to ignore what I cannot control. That's pretty hard unless I smoke myself high in my room all day and night. Ironically, I'm told to participate in society to make myself feel better. Witnessing human everyday life always makes me feel worse. The rentless high standards and competition. If I'm not creative or hot enough, I'm excluded. Then so many hobbies and interests are tied to consumerism. I don't feel a pull toward that. Pls don't be too hard on me. I posted in a therapist forum and got grilled/judged by therapists for not simply going for my goals and having drug problems.

 

[yotaka]

This did a great job of putting the way I feel about a lot of things into clear language. Thanks for sharing it. It's kind of wild to me that the video is seven years old and it seems like in that time period the world has just gotten deeper into all the problems she talks about.

 

[Ultimatefighter]

This first part is so relatable

 

[Pluto]

 

[limenlux]

A common thread that runs through all of my therapeutic experiences is the underlying fervency with which I'm being sold on the notion that all of my naughty sad person thoughts can be dissipated by the wondrous, all-purpose solvent of adherence to ideological neoliberalism.

 

[yotaka]

A common thread that runs through all of my therapeutic experiences is the underlying fervency with which I'm being sold on the notion that all of my naughty sad person thoughts can be dissipated by the wondrous, all-purpose solvent of adherence to ideological neoliberalism.

"Have you tried pulling harder on your bootstraps?"

 

[0dysseus]

Yes Psylocybin treatment and 5-MeO. Groundbreaking and organic, no fcking chemicals like SSRI's and the rest. Real scientific breakthrough not psuedosceince.