Everyone I know seems to be diagnosed (or self diagnosed) with some kind of mental disorder. It's one of the defining traits of the zoomer generation. I know it's considered a kind of blasphemy, but I really think therapy is hurting our culture.
Therapy trains people to only think about themselves. If someone isn't completely perfect, we're told to cut them out of our lives. If your dad gets upset because you're not doing chores, he's abusive. If she doesn't text back after 2 minutes, she's avoidant. It just adds a really sick and toxic layer to every single social interaction.
People aren't perfect. I know I've done things that upset people in the past and people around me have made mistakes. It's called being human. Not every mistake or miscalculation is a product of evil manipulation or mental illness. Therapy seems to make the self the center of the world and reduces every relationship to something transactional. "My way or the highway."
I think that's part of the reason why our generation is so lonely. It's hard to really bond with people when you're constantly afraid of being a victim. You really need to be forgiving and be willing to see the best in people if you wanna make it in this world.
I have dealt with an unusual and difficult situation with my mentally disabled sibling who is suffering from mental illness as well and it has deeply impacted me in negative ways. I thought of looking for help and even screened some therapists. In this woke society I would have to pay cash to even get a rational therapist because they have to follow the protocol as written in the “system”. In other words if your insurance covers them, they follow guidelines put forth by the same system hellbent on destroying us mentally and physically.
And I’m talking about a therapist for me. Don’t even get me started on finding help for him. I’ve tried for 3 years and it’s been one roadblock after another because our system is so broken.