Wellness propaganda much like the new age "The Secret" movement was very convenient to those in power who have increasingly made our lives very difficult in material ways. It thrusts the overwhelming responsibility for illness and poverty (most people with serious mental illness endure poverty) back on us as individuals and stifles critical thinking about how our society is structured. The reason I'm depressed or have anxiety is because the world I live in is isolated, full of poverty, car dominant, and lacks community but "hey how's that gratitude practice going." It's so insulting/infantilizing and it does not address root causes.
I experience false anxiety so often. Am I having a panic attack? Oh no, I'm just feeling dizzy, or sleepy, and I just need a cookie and a nap.
Wellness propaganda much like the new age "The Secret" movement was very convenient to those in power who have increasingly made our lives very difficult in material ways. It thrusts the overwhelming responsibility for illness and poverty (most people with serious mental illness endure poverty) back on us as individuals and stifles critical thinking about how our society is structured. The reason I'm depressed or have anxiety is because the world I live in is isolated, full of poverty, car dominant, and lacks community but "hey how's that gratitude practice going." It's so insulting/infantilizing and it does not address root causes.