Indeed. Modern psychology and pharmacology aren’t perfect, and there are companies and others perpetuating a profit cycle through healthcare of ALL sorts-
But the fact it isn’t perfect and some are pushing their own agendas does not mean that there aren’t people genuinely trying to help and people genuinely being helped.
We can’t “cure cancer” either with broad certainty, but we can treat and a manage it better than ever and give more people a chance at a better quality of life through it.
So an outlook that ignores either truth in favors of extremes is patently at odds with reality.
As a matter of fact, evidence better supports that mankind and even the animal kingdom is and has been prevalent with unhappiness and mental discomfort or functional issues regardless of the time and place. It is not that modern society necessarily creates these feelings, it is more so that while still relatively primitive, mankind has advanced our knowledge and ability in being able go offer people options when they are impacted by cognitive or emotional behavior that impairs their function or well being. The image of some agrarian past or simpler time when people were “mentally well and normal” is a fallacy.
The knowledge and understanding just wasn’t there so people got blanket labels like “odd” or “simple” or “off” etc. and most people just left them to be especially if they weren’t causing any major social issues.
Millennia ago some sad meme deprived Neanderthal was sitting in cave because Chad hunters wouldn't let them come hunt and started rubbing sticks together out of boredom. Discovered how to "make" fire... and then the bad thoughts started... "I could use this to burn them all... or myself.. eh, flip a rock .. idfk
Lizard brain depression causes mental fits that lead to suicide, death by misadventure, etc... but sometimes those misadventures lead places... (eats weird mushrooms because it may kill me wanna die) .. (oo)... ( 0 0 )... oooop.. me like these.
But the fact it isn’t perfect and some are pushing their own agendas does not mean that there aren’t people genuinely trying to help and people genuinely being helped.
We can’t “cure cancer” either with broad certainty, but we can treat and a manage it better than ever and give more people a chance at a better quality of life through it.
So an outlook that ignores either truth in favors of extremes is patently at odds with reality.
The knowledge and understanding just wasn’t there so people got blanket labels like “odd” or “simple” or “off” etc. and most people just left them to be especially if they weren’t causing any major social issues.
Lizard brain depression causes mental fits that lead to suicide, death by misadventure, etc... but sometimes those misadventures lead places... (eats weird mushrooms because it may kill me wanna die) .. (oo)... ( 0 0 )... oooop.. me like these.