There's nothing really more to add here. Yes, our culture celebrates victimhood and vulnerability. Yes, there's a perverse economic incentive to create more and more people who become dependent on daily medication for non-existent disorders. There's also an element of clout and respect that plays a role here since a lot of these women simply want attention and to be heard. To me that's the only real "aspirational" value in it. In the end it's all just social contagion and foidbrain nonsense derived from a neurotic society and culture.
So yeah, I agree, certain mental illnesses are "aspirational", though I don't think that's quite the right term for this phenomenon. Affirmational would probably describe it better.
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There's nothing really more to add here. Yes, our culture celebrates victimhood and vulnerability. Yes, there's a perverse economic incentive to create more and more people who become dependent on daily medication for non-existent disorders. There's also an element of clout and respect that plays a role here since a lot of these women simply want attention and to be heard. To me that's the only real "aspirational" value in it. In the end it's all just social contagion and foidbrain nonsense derived from a neurotic society and culture.
So yeah, I agree, certain mental illnesses are "aspirational", though I don't think that's quite the right term for this phenomenon. Affirmational would probably describe it better.
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A blog post got you that convinced? You gotta be less than 20 or definitely r-slurred.
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It was already my opinion and I think the phenomenon is pretty apparent these days
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