Until we realise and admit to the realisation that the majority of so-called mental illness is a response of victims of abuse and understand that the real causes lie not inside those victims but in their abusers, whether parental, familial, or any other social nexus, mental illness will be a never ending cycle of cause and effect.
Individual or institutional abusers, not the abused, are the actual sick ones exploiting and manipulating social systems and hierarchy for their own aggrandisement, profit and self-justification.
Thanks for this information. The comment about prison offering more facilities than mental care is particularly upsetting. Also whilst the gruelling backgrounds of these people is emphasised - we need to remember also that societies attitudes, misinformation, stigma and lack of compassion plays a part, too.
Great writing!
Until we realise and admit to the realisation that the majority of so-called mental illness is a response of victims of abuse and understand that the real causes lie not inside those victims but in their abusers, whether parental, familial, or any other social nexus, mental illness will be a never ending cycle of cause and effect.
Individual or institutional abusers, not the abused, are the actual sick ones exploiting and manipulating social systems and hierarchy for their own aggrandisement, profit and self-justification.
Thanks for this information. The comment about prison offering more facilities than mental care is particularly upsetting. Also whilst the gruelling backgrounds of these people is emphasised - we need to remember also that societies attitudes, misinformation, stigma and lack of compassion plays a part, too.