Cyberpunkean Future and Bibliotherapy

The non-stop attention therapy gives to these small, common emotions we all feel blows them out of proportion to their seriousness (not talking about genuine disorders here, just normal anxieties that millions of people go to therapy to try to avoid).

You don't need therapy, you need to feel part of a meaningful community, you need to build a loving family, you need to be able to share deep, open conversations with friends you completely trust.

Melvyn Bragg on the dealing with depression and the part reading can play in healing. https://t.co/LGf0H1W0WW

A reason for optimism is that Gen Z’s know their mental health is poor, and they’re taking action. Talking about depression is no longer stigmatized; more and more people are going to therapy. And new companies are emerging to provide support (e.g., Pace, Headway, Sondermind, Grow).

Everyday life generates feelings of despair and anxiety which become internalized and labeled as depression. In therapy culture, these feelings are traced back to childhood trauma or medicalized as a biochemical disorder located outside the individual’s control. But these frameworks do not account for the socio-political forces of depression, which... See more