My dudes, it goes beyond capitalism. Capitalism is built on top of, and made possible by, other systems of oppression. This includes the patriarchy and its hostile enforcement of gender roles.
Your mental health and your emotions matter. If you think you haven't felt any emotions in a while, that is a sign you're suppressing them. They are still there, you're just shoving them down and falling into a cycle of avoidance.
The "men would rather [do thing] than go to therapy" meme caught on for a reason, because it is true. Therapists help you unpack your shit. They get shit from a certain part of the left that thinks they don't focus systemically enough, but that's not the point of therapy.
Therapy is field medicine provided by a combat medic. It patches you up and gets you the skills you need to keep fighting the good fight. Under captialism, yeah, a lot of the time that focus is on getting you back to where you can work in a stable way.
Therapists often prioritize that because your access to healthcare in this shithole country is attached to being employed. You have to hold down a job to have your insurance to get healthcare, both physical and psychological. If you lose your job, then you lose coverage and it's harder to help you.
Start unpacking your issues with a therapist. There are community mental health clinics in a lot of cities/towns if you'd otherwise be unable to afford a therapist. Many offer teletherapy, which helps a lot.
If that somehow isn't an option either look up some Cognitive Behavioral Therapy workbooks. Going in solo with one of those is the psych equivalent of performing frontier medicine on yourself, but probably better than never thinking through the topic at all.
Since going through therapy I've become a better partner. I've become a better person since doing this. I'm a better socialist since doing this. I have a lifetime of emotional self harm to work through, but it doesn't take a lifetime to work through your past.
Kill the patriarch in your fucking heart before he can kill you.
It doesn’t always. Like I said, community mental health clinics + CBT workbooks can help a lot as well if you don't have insurance that helps cover therapy. Community mental health clinics adjust rates based on income.
My state's version of medicare also covers therapy, although finding a therapist who takes that can be challenging.
For some people, medication is another tool that can make a difference. Not for everyone, but life changing for those who it benefits.
Mental healthcare in general right now is pretty impacted because of the pandemic, but it's still worth seeing if you can schedule an appointment. 1-2 months wait to get started isn't unusual right now from what I've heard from friends.
ib4 some kind of weird "what about women though" brainworms:
A lot of women have their own shit to work through because they are also especially oppressed by the patriarchy and capitalism. That's not the point of my comment though and shouldn't be used as an excuse to not take care of yourself.
My dudes, it goes beyond capitalism. Capitalism is built on top of, and made possible by, other systems of oppression. This includes the patriarchy and its hostile enforcement of gender roles.
Your mental health and your emotions matter. If you think you haven't felt any emotions in a while, that is a sign you're suppressing them. They are still there, you're just shoving them down and falling into a cycle of avoidance.
The "men would rather [do thing] than go to therapy" meme caught on for a reason, because it is true. Therapists help you unpack your shit. They get shit from a certain part of the left that thinks they don't focus systemically enough, but that's not the point of therapy.
Therapy is field medicine provided by a combat medic. It patches you up and gets you the skills you need to keep fighting the good fight. Under captialism, yeah, a lot of the time that focus is on getting you back to where you can work in a stable way.
Therapists often prioritize that because your access to healthcare in this shithole country is attached to being employed. You have to hold down a job to have your insurance to get healthcare, both physical and psychological. If you lose your job, then you lose coverage and it's harder to help you.
Start unpacking your issues with a therapist. There are community mental health clinics in a lot of cities/towns if you'd otherwise be unable to afford a therapist. Many offer teletherapy, which helps a lot.
If that somehow isn't an option either look up some Cognitive Behavioral Therapy workbooks. Going in solo with one of those is the psych equivalent of performing frontier medicine on yourself, but probably better than never thinking through the topic at all.
Since going through therapy I've become a better partner. I've become a better person since doing this. I'm a better socialist since doing this. I have a lifetime of emotional self harm to work through, but it doesn't take a lifetime to work through your past.
Kill the patriarch in your fucking heart before he can kill you.
Therapy also costs a shit ton of money tho
He did also mention getting a CBT workbook and going through it yourself if you can’t afford therapy
I guess i'm busted not reading comments, sorry.
It doesn’t always. Like I said, community mental health clinics + CBT workbooks can help a lot as well if you don't have insurance that helps cover therapy. Community mental health clinics adjust rates based on income.
My state's version of medicare also covers therapy, although finding a therapist who takes that can be challenging.
For some people, medication is another tool that can make a difference. Not for everyone, but life changing for those who it benefits.
Mental healthcare in general right now is pretty impacted because of the pandemic, but it's still worth seeing if you can schedule an appointment. 1-2 months wait to get started isn't unusual right now from what I've heard from friends.
ib4 some kind of weird "what about women though" brainworms:
A lot of women have their own shit to work through because they are also especially oppressed by the patriarchy and capitalism. That's not the point of my comment though and shouldn't be used as an excuse to not take care of yourself.