Everything you say was mint, but I particularly liked the third paragraph, about the strength and indomitability of the individual, which has been supplanted by a view of indivduals as weak and in need of guidance, which only serves to hypertrophy the power the state has over its subjects. This therapeutic culture has wittingly or unwittingly led to a state of affairs where people see their problems in living, sometimes self-afflicted, sometimes externally imposed, sometimes both....
Thanks for your comments Pregolegs! Please have a look at the description which hopefully clarifies that this video is meant to be a general critique of psychiatry.
If you've kept up with news of the miners, especially from Spanish language sources, you'll know that the psychological reaction has been mixed. Some miners are suffering from clinical depression, anxiety, and PTSD. Appearance doesn't equal reality. Mario Sepulveda, the "happiest" miner, required extra psychiatric care. Edison Peña, who sang on Letterman, had to be re-hospitalized. Other miners haven't experienced symptoms. Depends on the individual.
...as medical problems, and that psychiatrists have the panaceas for these ills, which they don't.
Transmintosity 1 week ago
Everything you say was mint, but I particularly liked the third paragraph, about the strength and indomitability of the individual, which has been supplanted by a view of indivduals as weak and in need of guidance, which only serves to hypertrophy the power the state has over its subjects. This therapeutic culture has wittingly or unwittingly led to a state of affairs where people see their problems in living, sometimes self-afflicted, sometimes externally imposed, sometimes both....
Transmintosity 1 week ago
Thanks for your comments Pregolegs! Please have a look at the description which hopefully clarifies that this video is meant to be a general critique of psychiatry.
djcritter76 1 year ago
If you've kept up with news of the miners, especially from Spanish language sources, you'll know that the psychological reaction has been mixed. Some miners are suffering from clinical depression, anxiety, and PTSD. Appearance doesn't equal reality. Mario Sepulveda, the "happiest" miner, required extra psychiatric care. Edison Peña, who sang on Letterman, had to be re-hospitalized. Other miners haven't experienced symptoms. Depends on the individual.
Pregolegs 1 year ago