Mental Health Crisis .. or Person-Environment Fit?
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- Опубліковано 28 чер 2024
- This year, like every other year, we have been hearing that there is a severe mental health crisis underway. But why? Is there really a problem, and have people somehow become more pathological than they used to be? Or could it be that we have managed to create a world that suits us less and less?
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Your spot on
Thank you for this thought-provoking video, Dr. Paterson! You have a vivid and expressive storytelling style and I enjoy listening to you. The idea that our mental health is affected because we try to fit into a mould we don't belong in sounds plausible to me. And yet, I'm quick to overlook this because I am so busy feeling inadequate for not functioning as well as I wish or think I should (which in turn leads to feelings of guilt, paralysis of action and subsequently to further feelings of inadequacy - a vicious circle). In this regard, your video was not only informative but also quite comforting. I'm going to sit down today and think about some small changes I can make to make my life more in line with my being. Thank you for your inspiration and your efforts, I really appreciate it! 🙂
Our tendency to attribute life dissatisfaction, anxiety, stress, and depressive blah-ness to psychopathology seems to lead many people toward self-criticism and a sense of inadequacy/faultiness. Rather than "This isn't working for me" it becomes "I'm a defective part of the world." This can contribute to a downward spiralling effect.
Rather than rushing to find the source of unease within ourselves - especially in our own disorder/faultiness - we can often benefit from looking at our context. Maybe those feeling are sometimes, as James Hollis suggests, our life calling out to us. "Hey, I'm over here."
Your funny and i have chonic illness and depression seems shrinks just wanna throw pills thanks for cheering me up