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Video on how depression isnt always a personal problem. Sometimes it's a rational response to the resource scarce reality we live in

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[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 38 points 2 days ago (2 children)

This reminded me of when I was in the US military and had been talking to a German military psychiatrist while out to sea for a few months

Dude listened to what was going on, the environment I was in and what life was like....

Then acted all surprised that I was surprised how my body was reacting.

I was in a stressful shitty environment that there was no way to get out of. Doc said everything I was going thru was completely normal and natural.

And honestly, that helped more than anything else could have. Just having someone evaluate what was happening and to say "shits fucked you're right".

American psychiatric care is molded after mental health meaning doing anything possible to get as much resources as possible if you can't get resources it's a personal problem.

But in today's America, it doesn't matter who you are. You likely just can't get enough resources and shits not going to get better soon unless we fix it. We're at the point where an American not being depressed is a real sign of mental illness.

[–] systemglitch@lemmy.world 11 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Maybe Americans should rise up and overthrow the system they are enslaved in.

Nice fantasy, but we all know Americans have been stripped of all their courage and decency.

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Always darkest before the dawn. And always seems too late till something happens.

[–] knightly@pawb.social 5 points 2 days ago

And the fascist state has never been so pitiful and corrupt.

[–] acosmichippo@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

believe it or not, americans are not a monolith. there are plenty of decent and courageous americans, the problem is there are just as many brainwashed assholes who would oppose any improved system out of spite.

[–] scarabic@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

Whether or not your circumstances are to blame, there’s still the very large matter of how you cope with them, and therapist should be able to assist with this no matter what.

[–] Peppycito@sh.itjust.works 12 points 2 days ago (1 children)

As a tradesman I feel this way about massage therapy. It feels good and it helps, but then I have to work more to afford it thus making my body worse.

[–] RebekahWSD@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Vote me for God Emperor, I promise everyone gets a massage for at least once a month, part of my universal healthcare plan.

[–] janus2@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 days ago

I vote this internet rando for God Emperor

[–] not_woody_shaw@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] RebekahWSD@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Not generally! Probably. I don't think I'm the evil twin today.

[–] not_woody_shaw@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

Ok you got my vote.

[–] SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

Wealth inequality is the single most influential trend in human societies.

I'm not over exaggerating when I say MOST economic and social problems are a result of wealth inequality.

[–] stupidcasey@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

You forgot your click bait YouTube thumbnail:

Therapists agree Money Can Buy happiness 😲

[–] zqwzzle@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Yep, video kind of touches on how neoliberalism has led to the same thing:

was that in the 80s everyone from the top to the bottom of Soviet society knew that it wasn’t working, knew that it was corrupt, knew that the bosses were looting the system, know that the politicians had no alternative vision. And they knew that the bosses knew that they knew that. Everyone knew it was fake, but because no one had any alternative vision for a different kind of society, they just accepted this sense of total fakeness as normal.

For almost as long we haven't viewed capitalism as a fair system that works for everyone, it's a set of rules filled with loopholes and the goal is to abuse loopholes in anyway possible to maximize personal resources.

It's not a new idea to say capitalism faces the same problems.

The entire point of monopoly was to show business success in a capitalist country is mostly just luck and random chance. Even if we start equal, one person will eventually accumulate all the resources to the detriment of everyone else:

In 1903, Georgist Lizzie Magie applied for a patent on a game called The Landlord's Game with the object of showing that rents enriched property owners and caused tenants to be impoverished. She knew that some people would find it hard to understand the logic behind the idea and she thought that if the rent problem and the Georgist solution to it were put into the concrete form of a game, it might be easier to demonstrate.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Monopoly

Instead it was used to instill capitalist drive in generations of impressionable children... Under a system where no one could seriously argue we all start on the same square.

Like, we're essentially joining a game after one player has already bought up all the properties.

There's no path we can "win" even if we cheat, we'll never be able to actually win, just delay losing a little longer.

Bonus points:

I take mine off the top like a politician

Where I'm from doing dirt is a part of living

I got mouths to feed I gots to get it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGjSq4HqP9Y

For an example of people treating the system as something to be exploited. It's been hyper normalized for decades now.

Because if the wealthy and powerful break the rules, we have zero chance of keeping up if we follow.

But a more recent example is the "hack" kids were using at atms which was just wire/check fraud. It doesn't matter if something breaks the rules, it matters if there's immediate consequences or not.

It's been the downfall of society going back before Rome. Everything is built on the social contract, when that goes, so does society.

[–] Glasgow@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 days ago (2 children)

How are people without money seeing a therapist?

[–] SaneMartigan@aussie.zone 1 points 1 day ago

I see Dr Jack Daniels and Professor Mary Jane.

[–] PumaStoleMyBluff@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] Glasgow@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 days ago

Oh here they just give you antidepressants. There’s no therapists unless you go private.