This essay is really hitting home for me (sorry for leaving a few comments in the thread, they are hopefully each contributing), and I think has some resonance

This essay is really hitting home for me (sorry for leaving a few comments in the thread, they are hopefully each contributing), and I think has some resonance with this essay I also just saw today: > I’m a psychologist – and I believe we’ve been told devastating lies about mental health / by Sanah Ahsan > To return to the plant analogy – we must look at our conditions. The water might be a universal basic income, the sun safe, affordable housing and easy access to nature and creativity. Food could be loving relationships, community or social support services. The most effective therapy would be transforming the oppressive aspects of society causing our pain. We all need to take whatever support is available to help us survive another day. Life is hard. But if we could transform the soil, access sunlight, nurture our interconnected roots and have room for our leaves to unfurl, wouldn’t life be a little more livable? — https://amp.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/sep/06/psychologist-devastating-lies-mental-health-problems-politics https://amp.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/sep/06/psycho... Compare to from OP: > I think lots of people are stuck in that first relationship, stuck next to their tiny little pond, skeptical that anything greater exists. But it takes a lot of work to be satisfied with their relationship and their pond, because they don’t get enough love to fill their hearts or enough fish to fill their bellies. So they end up reading articles about how to love things they don’t love that much and how to feel full without eating enough. > …When they get home at the end of the day and they’re so tired that all they can do is sit motionless and watch TV, they blame themselves, as if it’s their fault that they feel exhausted after racing to meet a deadline so they can avoid being publicly shamed. And that breaks my heart.