If they keep telling us we’re mentally ill, some people are going to start believing it. That is very lucrative for the people telling us we’re mentally ill. From el gato malo at boriquagato.substack.com:
how the mental health industry was eaten by adverse selection
this is an interesting insight that i’d like to amplify
around basic issues of mental well being, being told “you are ill, it’s not your fault” is worse than a wubbie or a crutch, it’s actual harm. it tells you there is something wrong with you and increasingly vilifies and stigmatizes the absolutely totally normal. it makes you into a mark. worse, it makes you into a “repeat customer” and you want to be seriously circumspect on that one.
let’s look.
