Even good things are bad. Take the cult of wellness. This was supposed to be a way to improve health in all of its dimensions, physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual. It hasn’t always turned out that way. Many people say wellness proves to be trying and diminishing. It’s become “you are not good enough” theater. One respondent captured the

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A fixated commitment to our individualistic pursuit of happiness now lies at the heart of what we perceive as mental and emotional ‘health’.

“The subtext of most self help is to isolate yourself and work on yourself so that one day people will like you and you’ll be successful. They say improve your mindset, build your skills, clean your room... the rich sad person... there are systems in place in society that keep people miserable, so self improvement only goes so far, but I don’t hear... See more