1/ If we really want to eradicate the mental health and addiction crises, the most powerful things to do would be to eradicate poverty, provide universal healthcare, raise the minimum wage and cancel the college loan debt….
those solutions will never be implemented under our current system,in fact, I’d say the evidence shows that those who fall below those markers are purposely forgotten and willfully expendable as things are now(I’m sure that right wing think tanks have a disposal program in place)
Things have not gotten easier. Because of technology we can do more in a eight hour workday or in a 16 hour awake day. It’s difficult to stay in the moment at times. But that’s what we have to do.
Exactly! How can people be expected to be mentally well or to move in the direction of mental wellbeing, when the environments they live in are so toxic and riddled with harmful stressors.
anxiety tablets, anti-depressants etc are all very much like pain relief
they are a very useful tool in starting the process of discovering the real issues and dealing with them with the patient artificially buoyed by medication to allow their active participation in that
but
