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> it's that there was a solution for the problems it is trying to solve. A community. And the friends that come with it. Very wrong. I have some familiarity wi
by pizza234 3y ago
> it's that there was a solution for the problems it is trying to solve. A community. And the friends that come with it.
Very wrong. I have some familiarity with therapy, and in a way, community is actually detrimental when it comes to mental disorders.
Depression is a typical example. When somebody suffers from therapy, friends (community) will give all sort of cheesy advice like "relax, go out, do sports". This is detrimental because it's frustrating, but especially, because it triviliazes a serious problem (people not going to therapy because of stigma, when they should, is a real problem).
No amount of community can address a problem like depression, and this should be crystal clear.
Mental disorders, like serious illnesses, require a knowledgeable and systematic approach in order to be addressed.
Surely, modern isolation is causing mental health problems in the population, but community may be the solution to those specific problems, not to disorders in general.
> it's pure luck if you find the right therapist
It's not pure luck; it takes attempts.
- hrnnnnnn 3y ago> friends (community) will give all sort of cheesy advice like "relax, go out, do sports" I get your point here, it's hard to get going with these things when you're depressed, but physical exercise is one of the only things that uncontroversially helps prevent depression. Maybe a better way to deliver that advice would be to ask someone to come for a walk with you, or invite them to join your sports team.
- pizza234 3y ago> physical exercise is one of the only things that uncontroversially helps prevent depression. You clearly never had to deal with a case of clinical depression.
- pizza234 3y agoAnd just to clarify: prevention is different from treatment (the context was treatment). But most importantly, for clinical cases, physical exercise and similar won't do anything; just imagine a typical case of child abuse.
- cirgue 3y agoI have experienced clinical depression and physical activity was absolutely 100% a critical part of both recovery and maintaining mental health. Most (but not all) people that I know who have experienced clinical depression have had similar experiences.
- HPsquared 3y agoIt can sometimes be hard to distinguish between "introvert" / "social anxiety" and "surrounded by assholes". Same with other mental issues, I think. It's often a problem in the environment!
- pizza234 3y agoIt is definitely a cultural (environmental) problem. I wouldn't judge as assholes the surrounding people; it's just there is no education (I wasn't any different, until I had to deal with some cases) about mental health issues.