We need to revive the antipsychiatry movement. The article hits hard because for way too many years I was caught up in this shit myself, first as the teen (self-diagnosing before social media, based on books), then as parent. Now I tell my kid differently, but hell they’ve convinced so many of us that everything is fine and it’s us who have a problem.
Your stance, as I read it, is that mental healthcare only exists to make people accepting of large scale societal issues, and that those issues are the true cause of metal health disorders.
That’s a pretty serious conspiracy theory on a whole branch of medicine coming from someone who clearly has no expertise on the topic. This is the mental health equivalent of being an anti-vaxer. It shows a deep lack of understanding of your own privilege and the actual mental health struggles people have.
We need to revive the antipsychiatry movement. The article hits hard because for way too many years I was caught up in this shit myself, first as the teen (self-diagnosing before social media, based on books), then as parent. Now I tell my kid differently, but hell they’ve convinced so many of us that everything is fine and it’s us who have a problem.
Yikes
Would you like to elaborate?
Your stance, as I read it, is that mental healthcare only exists to make people accepting of large scale societal issues, and that those issues are the true cause of metal health disorders.
That’s a pretty serious conspiracy theory on a whole branch of medicine coming from someone who clearly has no expertise on the topic. This is the mental health equivalent of being an anti-vaxer. It shows a deep lack of understanding of your own privilege and the actual mental health struggles people have.