Brilliant. I just left a job because of the bad ethics surrounding de-stigmatizing psychotherapy so as to make it a normal part of life for everyone. Ridiculous. Shame surrounding dysfunction is important.
Patent medicine relies on a number of heuristics, one of them being easy belief in an expansive cure ("faith in panacea" is what I call it). This works for that in his case, therefore it ought to work for her in her case, which means it ought to be good for whatever ails you.
Brilliant. I just left a job because of the bad ethics surrounding de-stigmatizing psychotherapy so as to make it a normal part of life for everyone. Ridiculous. Shame surrounding dysfunction is important.
Patent medicine relies on a number of heuristics, one of them being easy belief in an expansive cure ("faith in panacea" is what I call it). This works for that in his case, therefore it ought to work for her in her case, which means it ought to be good for whatever ails you.
Great piece. Thank you.
I make similar observations in my recent piece too.
I currently work in a school and am really frustrated with the whole approach.
https://open.substack.com/pub/genxanecdotes/p/this-is-mental?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=1rnqlr