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Did anyone stop to think about the fact that we're talking about mental health more than ever, yet society seems to be crazier than it's ever been? Modernity has turned its eye to the subject of mental health, and if I'm being completely honest, I don't think that's necessarily a bad thing. In fact, I think mental health is an important thing to look after because it is a functioning part of your body. Just like you should get exercise and eat right, you should also make sure you're not pushing yourself into unhealthy mental patterns. Even the Bible addresses it on several occasions. But I think society has gotten a little too obsessed with mental health, and it's damaging the very thing we're concerned about, much in the same way one can over-water a plant. Recently, Marvel's new Thunderbolts movie has been heralded as a film that tackles mental health dead on, resulting in a film that does and doesn't nail the topic well. Regardless, the fact that it's addressing the subject has already won it applause from all the usual suspects, including Entertainment Weekly: Cool... but the issue here is that society has fallen into the trap of "a little is good, so a lot must be better," and that's not the case at all. Things keep referring us back to our own emotional states when we look to our escapism and say, "Hey, isn't this so relatable?" Too many people see it and say "Yes, that's me" when it's actually not, and suddenly they're adopting feelings and emotions that aren't their own. Mental health is a pretty nuanced subject because the human brain is, itself, incredibly nuanced and everyone is different as a result. Yet, it's hard to understand this when you're looking at mental health through the lens of pop culture, which has a bad habit of trying to put everyone into neatly organized boxes such as demographics. This attempt to find commonality on the topic gives rise to shared language, often gravitating around what's called "therapy-speak," and it's become its own language. You've probably heard some of the words online, or even in conversation with loved ones. "Trauma" is a huge one, and "triggered" was far more prevalent 10 years ago, but still lingers despite it being mocked into irrelevance. The most common one is "anxiety," which is currently society's most popular mental health topic. In fact, anxiety is a multi-billion dollar business, and probably deserves its own article. But this hyper-focus and common language around the subject has created an obsession for individuals that results in being over-exposed to their own feelings. They begin pathologizing normal emotions like anxiety, stress, and unhappiness and seek ways to eliminate them entirely, either through medication or strict rules for social engagements and peer-to-peer interactions. Birchwood Clinic warned that people should be careful not to mistake typical emotions as broader issues, and stop someone from actually understanding their own feelings: Then there are those who make having a mental illness their entire personality, and that's become something of a plague on our society. You've seen them from time to time lately, often wearing their "disorders" proudly on their sleeve, whether they were officially diagnosed by them or not. Self-diagnosis is a popular trend, and from it comes people who will attempt to control the flow and nature of conversations based on their perceived or legitimate mental issues. What's more, you'll find that a lot of these people are"non-binary" or "transgender" in some way, shape, or form. They become a valid character for that joke you've probably heard before. "An atheist, a vegan, and a transgender person walked into a bar. I know they did because they told everyone within five minutes." These people are consistently reinforced in their own delusions because the topic of mental health has become such a sacred cow that attempting to bring up the idea that maybe they're not as plagued as they think can be met with serious backlash. I've experienced it once before for simply bringing up the idea of people using mental health illnesses for attention, only to be jumped on by a large portion of my friend group... most of whom were conservatives in the blogging world. So you can't question it... but you can talk a lot about it. In all honesty, I think the mental health topic is more dangerous than we think. It's good that it's being addressed, but we should really be realistic about it, and we just aren't. http://redstate.com/brandon_morse/2025/05/05/were-damaging-our-mental-health-by-constantly-talking-about-mental-health-n2188705 |
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