Of course, therapy and its vernacular are not solely to blame for our era of isolation. Rather, therapy and other tools of introspection have become ways to justify our lack of access to external stimulation. Instead of using therapy to untangle our desires and fears so that we may effectively act on them, therapy becomes the goal in itself—to... See more

Instead of using therapy to untangle our desires and fears so that we may effectively act on them, therapy becomes the goal in itself—to create mental stimulation through constant rumination.

Over the years, I've learned to distinguish between two fundamentally different approaches to therapy: one that helps me cope with broken systems, and another that helps me understand why those systems are broken in the first place.

The first approach keeps me functional within dysfunction—teaching me breathing exercises while the world burns,... See more