I’m a “millennial” and I sometimes try gently bringing up the subjects of pharmaceutical manipulation, medicalization of the human experience, and mental health indoctrination to my friends, but they become very defensive. It’s like they take criticism of internet culture as a personal attack. Most of them are taking psychiatric drugs.
I consider myself a survivor of SSRIs because I almost lost everything due to those prescribed poisons. I often lie awake at night wondering what words it’ll take to get through to my friends.
Centuries-old traditions of holding each other through tough times of grief, loss, and sorrow, accepting it all as normal, and allowing for the processing and healing of the emotions through loving support, is terribly missing in today’s world, and have much to teach us.
I wish someone would answer this question: are we truly experiencing a mental illness crisis or have we simply medicalized everything and we’re in a different sort of crisis?
I had an extremely troubled student once who was labeled by school counselors/doctors with “defiant personality disorder.” It gave her the justification to treat everyone around her in the worst possible way. I have never seen that degree of psychopathic behaviors in a child - complete lack of empathy and extreme animosity towards others. It really scared me.
Great information. You ended it well with the statement about rock bottom lessons. So very true. Pruning isn't fun. In fact it hurts, but it's essential for good growth.
The medicalization of normal human emotions and viewing it through the lens of something that must be ‘fixed’ is concerning. What happened to embracing the challenges and negative experiences you face and turning them into an opportunity for growth and change? Comfort is our worst enemy.
I’m a “millennial” and I sometimes try gently bringing up the subjects of pharmaceutical manipulation, medicalization of the human experience, and mental health indoctrination to my friends, but they become very defensive. It’s like they take criticism of internet culture as a personal attack. Most of them are taking psychiatric drugs.
I consider myself a survivor of SSRIs because I almost lost everything due to those prescribed poisons. I often lie awake at night wondering what words it’ll take to get through to my friends.
I’ve seen this defensiveness too when questioning these things. You would think that I’m stabbing a beloved pet by the way they act.
Centuries-old traditions of holding each other through tough times of grief, loss, and sorrow, accepting it all as normal, and allowing for the processing and healing of the emotions through loving support, is terribly missing in today’s world, and have much to teach us.
I wish someone would answer this question: are we truly experiencing a mental illness crisis or have we simply medicalized everything and we’re in a different sort of crisis?
I had an extremely troubled student once who was labeled by school counselors/doctors with “defiant personality disorder.” It gave her the justification to treat everyone around her in the worst possible way. I have never seen that degree of psychopathic behaviors in a child - complete lack of empathy and extreme animosity towards others. It really scared me.
Great information. You ended it well with the statement about rock bottom lessons. So very true. Pruning isn't fun. In fact it hurts, but it's essential for good growth.
The medicalization of normal human emotions and viewing it through the lens of something that must be ‘fixed’ is concerning. What happened to embracing the challenges and negative experiences you face and turning them into an opportunity for growth and change? Comfort is our worst enemy.