I made this comment in another thread but I want more of your eyeballs on it, maybe somebody has something useful to say.
I have some serious anxiety about the fact that modern civilization is all of us in a bus driving towards a cliff, with the driver’s foot firmly on the accelerator pedal. Therapy is available to me, but what the fuck are they gonna say? Tune out?
Well said. I'm working with well-off people in their 90's who, apart from different societal woes (e.g. agism, poor elder care, etc. etc.), are largely unaffected by the material results of capitalism/colonization. Still, a 96 YO losing his hearing, memory, sight, and ability to drive has every right to feel "depressed." If all I'm able to do is be present and open-hearted with them, maybe that's enough?
And for someone who is struggling with material needs: providing a space where they feel heard, understood, and inherently worthy of existence may be a catalyst to greater peace, whatever that looks like for the individual.
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Really feel this with the person I'm working with who has dementia. Forces me to refrain from the novice "problem-solving, advice-giving" tendencies and practice a more here-and-now approach.