Posted by chujoe on May 25, 2010, at 7:19:14
In reply to Re: uncertain, but certainly scr*wed, posted by floatingbridge on May 25, 2010, at 2:04:25
FB, I think that both the anti-psych position and the "psych drugs will fix you right up" views are vast over-simplifications. People in developed / technological societies have come to expect that if there is a problem there must be a solution; but maybe there are problems that can only be dealt with day-by-day rather than once & for all. That would mean that everybody lives in Purgatory, not just those who suffer from the group of conditions that go under the name of "mental illness."
Some people will tell you that drugs are the answer; some will tell you that not taking drugs is the answer. The problem is that "the answer" is different for different people at different times & in different circumstances. And that means that every day we get up and try to figure out how to live, whether we happen to be sick or well that day. (Yes, there are times when we are incapable of taking care of ourselves -- for physical or mental reasons -- and that is when being a member of a social species comes in handy. Those of us lucky enough to have caring families or health care providers to help them are truly blessed -- those without such help live in hell.)
Anyway, this post is sort of incoherent, but I'm trying to say that passivity is a great danger -- and believing in a single fix or cure allows one to be passive: "There's nothing I can do, drugs didn't work for me." I'm not saying this is what you're doing here necessarily -- it's just the direction your post got me thinking toward.
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