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Re:It is time for more holistic practices in mental health by lynx23 on Monday June 10, 2024 @04:42AM (#40631458)
Ahh, obviously, its the environemnt stupid! So there is no need to get your act together, you can always point at the unhealthy "modern society" and you'Re totally freed from any responsibility for your "mental" health, great! I love that approach. So nobody is responsible for anything anymore, everyone is victim of the times. Thats just great!
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Re:It is time for more holistic practices in mental health by Almondsetat on Monday June 10, 2024 @04:52AM (#40631515)
Changing your environment is one of the best things you can do and this has been shown countless times.

For example, it is paramount for an alcoholic to get rid of any trace of alcohol in his home and any other frequented places. Do you perhaps believe that instead he should just "get his act together" and through "sheer will" ignore the temptation of alcohol even if he is surrounded by it 24/7?

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Re:It is time for more holistic practices in mental health by CuriouslyC on Monday June 10, 2024 @07:11AM (#40632279)
Are you really going to shit on people for failing because we've turned society to "hard mode"? Imagine it's suddenly the zombie apocalypse - are you gonna victim blame people for not having a bunker, years of saved food and an arsenal of anti-zombie arms ready to go?
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Re:It is time for more holistic practices in mental health by martin293 on Monday June 10, 2024 @04:54AM (#40631527)
> When disagreeing, please reply to the argument instead of calling names. "That is idiotic; 1 + 1 is 2, not 3" can be shortened to "1 + 1 is 2, not 3."

Also,

> Please respond to the strongest plausible interpretation of what someone says, not a weaker one that's easier to criticize. Assume good faith.

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Re:It is time for more holistic practices in mental health by srid on Monday June 10, 2024 @12:42PM (#40635412)
It may well take humanity a few more decades before they, en masse, come to terms with the fact that, in the end, it is the human condition itself (not the environment) that needs to change. The environment is fine ... more than fine in fact, would anyone really want to go back to "the old times" if they were to be honest?
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