The worst aspect of medicalizing anxiety disorders and common forms of mental depression is that it distracts attention from social and economic causes such stress over crushing debt, lack of opportunity and a corrupt food system. We need to look at causes, not just symptoms.

Apr 8, 2021 · 1:29 PM UTC

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Replying to @marwilliamson
They are often medical conditions. If not psychiatric, they are biological. Exercise, diet, meditation, supplements, and therapy often help these things. Crystals and incense will not do it. It's a myth that healthy food is expensive.
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I have never talked or written about crystals or incense (talk about a myth). But the idea that “healthy food is expensive is a myth” IS a myth. Millions of people live in food deserts.
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i disagree somewhat. the thing about these disorders is they become sort of worn into the brain, and they take on lives of their own independent of those causes. the consequences can be debilitating, and people with mental illness deserve medical support.
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I don’t disagree, but still if you’re only treating the symptom it won’t genuinely fix the problem.
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They "medicalize" anxiety disorder and common depression so the person can get personal therapy sessions paid for by insurance.
Replying to @marwilliamson
Smashing plutocracy is the best therapy 😁
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grief is a big factor in depression and you can have grief over so much more than loss of a loved one or friend. you can grieve a choice made, a life path not taken the plight of the poor. situational factors are huge
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Replying to @marwilliamson
Don't troll her. She is right. Read thread first!
Before you troll her, let me show you the stats on drugs use in China and Russia before their revolutions and after. Neoliberals pretend it is all medical to stop you from engaging in revolutionary activity. Opiods dull the pain. But if your pain is caused by overwork...+
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