May is Mental Awareness Month
Source: HappinessProject
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Thanks for letting everyone know.
I think this would be a good month to spend a few minutes grabbing the research over the last 10-ish years that has found genetic, neurological, and physiological causes for illnesses that used to be called "mental illness" and thought of as hopeless.
I'll try to set aside an hour this month to post some of the links here, in case no one else has much time, either.
Yes of course. It’s affected a lot of those around me, and is an important topic that is still a relatively under-discussed in general (imo).
I’ll try to post some as well!
To anyone who has been putting off trying therapy because they think it won't work or it will be too uncomfortable or that it's too expensive or too time-consuming... please try it. If you hit it off with the right therapist it's an investment in yourself and your future happiness. If you're in university they often have free therapy sessions for students so check if you can avail of that, and if not there are usually psychologists who work on sliding scale for those who can't afford full fees. If you have mental health concerns it's worth checking it out at the very least.
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They did a survey of a suicide hotline in Australia and found 80% of the root issues were financial. I suspect governments are keen to push the "mental illness" angle to avoid addressing the larger social costs of neoliberal capitalism.
The movie *Good Fortune* was on again last night. Highly recommend.
"I tried to show him that wealth wouldn't solve all his problems....It seems to have solved most of his problems."
Lol that’s a good quote
Sheesh, that adds up. I suspect many of the mental issues, drug uses and problems in the US are the same
It's a pattern. You see how the media claims that Japan's low birthrate is causing economic problems. The opposite is the truth, of course. Neoliberal economics has driven the cost of children out of the reach of most people. Once again, the media run cover for the system's social unsustainability. Similar for drugs, as you mention. People don't wake up one day saying, "Hey! I think I'll try heroin!" They are driven to self-medication by hardships, primarily economic.
Yea. Same way “gen z’s are killing the alcohol industry” right now being pitched in the US. They just can’t afford it anymore lol.
Honestly I love how much you care about the topic, people, and social impact in general 🙂
To be fair, a lot of us childfree people just never had any interest in parenting, and now that it is 100% possible to choose a life without parenting, we have chosen it.
I'm sure there are some people who chose "better economic security without children" over "less economic security with children".
But we're a large, diverse population and "neoliberal" anything didn't cause us all to be childfree.
Parenting just isn't that interesting, compared to all of the other things we get to do.
And not-choosing-parenthood is not a mental illness.