I guess I’m a loon, but the idea that clinical depression is, in every instance, something that just happens to people, independent of life circumstances, and can only be treated by anti-depressants, is way more dangerous than a bit of new age fluff
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I accept that the causes of depression are complex and the medical model is often over simplified and ignores contributing economic and social circumstances. The narrative around MH needs to be expanded but not in the direction of pseudo-spiritual victim blaming. She’s awful.
Saying that some people have a larger set of problems than just some naturally occurring bout of depression is not victim blaming. Why say that things are complex and then immediately over-simplify to black and white?
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But psychiatrists/therapists *don’t* say that. They know people with depression often lead more difficult lives due to poverty/being a member of a marginalized group/etc. This literally is not a thing.
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Of course it’s not black and white or simple. I never said that.
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