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> To change society you would need politics, and that's another matter entirely. That's the point - it's not another matter entirely. If society is damaging pe

> To change society you would need politics, and that's another matter entirely. That's the point - it's not another matter entirely. If society is damaging people's mental health, it's entirely unethical to look the other way and pretend it's each individual's problem. If mental healthcare professionals want to ensure the wellbeing of their patients, they need to be fighting alongside us for widespread societal change, and they need to fight against the myth of poor mental health being an individual anomaly. But getting to that point requires an understanding that mental health isn't individualistic in the first place, which is not what we're told, and it's not what our doctors are taught. What we have right now is, a lot of the time, treating symptoms and providing coping mechanisms instead of treating the causes. Imagine a doctor did that with a broken leg - refused to touch it, but instead provided you painkillers and explained how to plan routes around the city with lots of seats you can sit in when the pain gets too much.

jokoon 9y ago
I see what you mean, except mental illnesses can't be treated like a broken leg can be. Mental health is a difficult subject. Imagine the problem it can be to treat homosexual as equals in the political scene, it will be another story to have consideration for the mentally ill. The more we become a society of people with knowledge rather than social norms and morals, the more we will be able to progress. I also really believe that group therapy should be the future of therapy... Maybe you should have a conversation with a psychologist or a therapist and talk about those things. A possibility is also that patients need to be told that nothing is their fault. It can take a lot of time to defuse the person's belief that a he/she is not "defective". There is no shame in going to therapy, it's all about talking, because that the most concrete thing you can do with a brain.

jokoon 9y ago

I see what you mean, except mental illnesses can't be treated like a broken leg can be. Mental health is a difficult subject. Imagine the problem it can be to treat homosexual as equals in the political scene, it will be another story to have consideration for the mentally ill. The more we become a society of people with knowledge rather than social norms and morals, the more we will be able to progress. I also really believe that group therapy should be the future of therapy... Maybe you should have a conversation with a psychologist or a therapist and talk about those things. A possibility is also that patients need to be told that nothing is their fault. It can take a lot of time to defuse the person's belief that a he/she is not "defective". There is no shame in going to therapy, it's all about talking, because that the most concrete thing you can do with a brain.