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Irishman here. I think you've heard correctly. Over here, everyone either has or knows someone who has some kind of mental health problem, in the same way that

Irishman here. I think you've heard correctly. Over here, everyone either has or knows someone who has some kind of mental health problem, in the same way that everyone either has or knows someone who has some kind of autoimmune disease. It sucks, but it's an unavoidable part of life and not usually considered grounds for putting someone in the loony bin. The society described in the article sounds like a nightmare dystopia.

ep103 10y ago
This article hit home for me, really hard. To the point that I'm considering writing an email to the author, which is something I've never done before. I don't have a mental illness, but I watched my roommate / best friend in college succumb to schizophrenia, and the university's reaction, at an Ivy League institution. And the paragraphs this author wrote there are 100% spot on. If anything, she could have been much more vitriolic, but I think wisely chose to not delve into that issue, for risk of detracting from her major points. The thing is, though, its most certainly a socioeconomic issue. I remember for years, I used to drive 4+ hours to visit my friends at Rutgers University. My friends there didn't have those same attitudes as the Ivy League. The people there didn't have that attitude. I often used to genuinely wonder if a certain percentage of the kids I knew from the Ivy were genuinely taught that sort of behavior as some sort of corporeal manifestation of ideal capitalism or something, because it just seemed inhumane, and I could never square how it could naturally arise without being taught. Even now, 10+ years later. Most high school friends have drifted away, but I still keep in contact with many of my collegiate friends. And out of all the friends I've made since, my collegiate friends, the ones I've known for over a decade, are the only ones that have that sort of calculating distance the author describes. But perhaps I digress.
- nether 10y ago
  > I often used to genuinely wonder if a certain percentage of the kids I knew from the Ivy were genuinely taught that sort of behavior as some sort of corporeal manifestation of ideal capitalism or something, because it just seemed inhumane, and I could never square how it could naturally arise without being taught. These institutions were founded by puritans and perpetuate the puritan work ethic. Toughness, discipline, not softness. It's very similar to toxic masculinity.

ep103 10y ago

This article hit home for me, really hard. To the point that I'm considering writing an email to the author, which is something I've never done before. I don't have a mental illness, but I watched my roommate / best friend in college succumb to schizophrenia, and the university's reaction, at an Ivy League institution. And the paragraphs this author wrote there are 100% spot on. If anything, she could have been much more vitriolic, but I think wisely chose to not delve into that issue, for risk of detracting from her major points. The thing is, though, its most certainly a socioeconomic issue. I remember for years, I used to drive 4+ hours to visit my friends at Rutgers University. My friends there didn't have those same attitudes as the Ivy League. The people there didn't have that attitude. I often used to genuinely wonder if a certain percentage of the kids I knew from the Ivy were genuinely taught that sort of behavior as some sort of corporeal manifestation of ideal capitalism or something, because it just seemed inhumane, and I could never square how it could naturally arise without being taught. Even now, 10+ years later. Most high school friends have drifted away, but I still keep in contact with many of my collegiate friends. And out of all the friends I've made since, my collegiate friends, the ones I've known for over a decade, are the only ones that have that sort of calculating distance the author describes. But perhaps I digress.

nether 10y ago
> I often used to genuinely wonder if a certain percentage of the kids I knew from the Ivy were genuinely taught that sort of behavior as some sort of corporeal manifestation of ideal capitalism or something, because it just seemed inhumane, and I could never square how it could naturally arise without being taught. These institutions were founded by puritans and perpetuate the puritan work ethic. Toughness, discipline, not softness. It's very similar to toxic masculinity.