Putting your life in order makes you less neurotic

We then of course have other coping mechanisms that rely on the bodies internal chemical production such as videogames, escapist fiction, all sorts of media and hobby and social stimulus etc. even work or exercise are common coping mechanisms, and some people just plain consciously or unconsciously detach from reality and form stilted world views and isolate themselves from things that challenge their internal peace. Religion is perhaps one of the most classic and prolific coping tools used by people. I can’t really judge someone who is using pharma tech to get by any more than I can judge someone who is at church every Sunday or watching a sports game with their pals and some drinks every week or whatever. And I mean- didn’t we invent all this technology specifically to help make life easier and help make us happier?

What’s so different between someone who gets cosmetic dentistry or plastic surgery or laser hair removal and someone who gets a pill to help them try and live the life they want? We have taken the search for validation or companionship and applied technology to those too- we have all sorts of medical devices and treatments to make life a little bit easier for people who maybe don’t NEED them, but certainly feel a benefit from them. The argument that advancing technology or the use of technology causes the fall of civilization is usually absurd, self defeating. The fact that we have better technology and people are using it is a sign of an advancing civilization. I mean- we didn’t stop when we invented the shovel and the hit did we? We can argue that if we never left the cave that it would have kept our population down and helped us live more sustainably since more of us would die sooner and live shorter lives- but then where so we say the “apex” of human technology before we started..

.. destroying ourselves was? Bronze Age? Stone Age? It is a little bit silly. There are so many people with legitimate imbalances that couldn’t really function without medication. We know this because in the past when we didn’t have the technology to be able to help those types of people acclimate in society, they tended to fall asides and suffer. Of course we can’t tell but looking at someone or by being acquainted even if they “really need” their medication or are as some might say “using it as a crutch.” I mean- there’s certainly a big difference between mainlining heroine and taking a set dosage of anxiety medicine under the care of a medical team- so in most cases it isn’t like most modern drugs if the type destroy the body when the proper regiment and substance are applied to the proper patient.

So I don’t know. It’s a bit of a toss up. Of course- a big problem in mental health is that we don’t really have a years stick except for whatever society (or whoever controls the narrative) has told us is “normal” right? In a different place or different time what makes a person seem “crazy” or have trouble fitting can be something that in another place and time is considered a normal social trait and they’d fit nicely in society. We either take the approach that anyone who doesn’t fit in well or feel happy is “off” and needs “brought right” or we take an individual and ask them if they feel ok about themselves and in life and trust that. So the question of who needs medication or who is “using it to cope” or what not- it’s open ended. Who decides you “need” help asides you?