Agreed. And I can see how this meme makes those things look bad. But can’t you also see the possibility of the state replacing police with “mental health care workers” who are actually just more police?
Edit: I can delete this if people think it’s insensitive.
I guess. There's just a weird part of the left that thinks mental healthcare is bad for some reason. mostly responding to the meme inside of the meme lol
I believe there's a distinction between "mental healthcare is bad" and a proposition that since healthcare in general exists within a capitalist framework, it will inevitably bend towards capitalist ends. The logic of a healthy population is expressed through a well-adjusted person's ability to generate profit.
There’s just a weird part of the left that thinks mental healthcare is bad for some reason.
Medical professionals are still people and a lot of them suck.
Imagine Elon Musk but he's got an MD. Widely respected and emulated, heavily popularized for doing a thing that combines self-promotion and generating lots of money, and a raging narcissist who has zero tolerance for his staff or clientele. Guys like this exist in the medical profession and they're a fucking bane of the industry.
After watching how we build infrastructure and how we handled the pandemic, I can hardly blame you.
Any word on whether we managed to fix all those lead pipes in Flint, yet? Wonder if that's impacting our mental health? Oh well, time for another dose of Lithium.
My experience with therapists has been pretty negative. Mental health is good and necessary, but my personal time spent with therapists hasn't produced anything positive. My last one was almost singularly focused on my job, even telling me I should try getting to work on time more often, since that would have a positive impact on my thoughts. She would not accept that my hatred of my workplace came from any sort of wider hatred of private business apparatuses in general, but rather, tried to get me to change how I thought about them. I quote "Try to imagine your boss is doing a service for you by letting you work there." Yeah, no. She also never seemed to understand that I hate how little time I have to do anything outside of work. She suggested a few times that having just enough time to get home, eat, bathe, sleep, then start again was a perfectly fine life to have.
I feel at this point my brain is too scrambled to do anything about becoming a well-adjusted individual unless I get something intensive. My last therapist did suggest medication for anxiety, but I've been on it for six months without any real progress, unless who I am now is supposed to be the progress. I got diagnosed with anxiety by a neurologist, which might be the problem? I don't know. I hate interacting with the medical system in general. Hate filling out forms. Hate all this
CBT and mental healthcare is good. Hating / stigmatizing therapy is the same energy as being an anti-vaxer.
Agreed. And I can see how this meme makes those things look bad. But can’t you also see the possibility of the state replacing police with “mental health care workers” who are actually just more police?
Edit: I can delete this if people think it’s insensitive.
I guess. There's just a weird part of the left that thinks mental healthcare is bad for some reason. mostly responding to the meme inside of the meme lol
I believe there's a distinction between "mental healthcare is bad" and a proposition that since healthcare in general exists within a capitalist framework, it will inevitably bend towards capitalist ends. The logic of a healthy population is expressed through a well-adjusted person's ability to generate profit.
Nah mental health care is good. I’m getting closer to deleting this.
not trying to drag you comrade. shitposts gonna be shitposts :rat-salute: lol
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Medical professionals are still people and a lot of them suck.
Imagine Elon Musk but he's got an MD. Widely respected and emulated, heavily popularized for doing a thing that combines self-promotion and generating lots of money, and a raging narcissist who has zero tolerance for his staff or clientele. Guys like this exist in the medical profession and they're a fucking bane of the industry.
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After watching how we build infrastructure and how we handled the pandemic, I can hardly blame you.
Any word on whether we managed to fix all those lead pipes in Flint, yet? Wonder if that's impacting our mental health? Oh well, time for another dose of Lithium.
Yeah the repairs were finished a couple years back, for the record.
My experience with therapists has been pretty negative. Mental health is good and necessary, but my personal time spent with therapists hasn't produced anything positive. My last one was almost singularly focused on my job, even telling me I should try getting to work on time more often, since that would have a positive impact on my thoughts. She would not accept that my hatred of my workplace came from any sort of wider hatred of private business apparatuses in general, but rather, tried to get me to change how I thought about them. I quote "Try to imagine your boss is doing a service for you by letting you work there." Yeah, no. She also never seemed to understand that I hate how little time I have to do anything outside of work. She suggested a few times that having just enough time to get home, eat, bathe, sleep, then start again was a perfectly fine life to have.
I feel at this point my brain is too scrambled to do anything about becoming a well-adjusted individual unless I get something intensive. My last therapist did suggest medication for anxiety, but I've been on it for six months without any real progress, unless who I am now is supposed to be the progress. I got diagnosed with anxiety by a neurologist, which might be the problem? I don't know. I hate interacting with the medical system in general. Hate filling out forms. Hate all this
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