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Amen, brother.
I'll also point out, in my sandwich-board-wearing way, that the entire mental illness industry is based on a similar dynamic. Rational responses to societal failures are blamed on the individual and treated individually at great cost and, not surprisingly, poor effectiveness.
tell me you've never had a good therapist without telling me you've never had a good therapist
surely you can see the irony in placing blame back onto the individual with this reply lol
Not for lack of trying.
It's easier to become your own good therapist than to find one.
That might be true, but the person you’re replying to is also correct (coming from someone with a great therapist).
My depression is the logical and rational reaction to my perpetually diminishing material circumstances.
I’ve got pills I take to not feel hopeless (and they work, surprisingly), but objectively speaking, it’s not looking good, and I’ve never seen anything get better in my lifetime, and I’m almost 40