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Re:The link between trauma, drug use, and our search to feel... by kennyadam on Sunday September 21, 2025 @03:47PM (#45326026)
So you know of any personal blogs or articles or other writings from therapists who feel this way and left the profession? It sounds fascinating, but I wouldn't know where to start.
Re:The link between trauma, drug use, and our search to feel... by rendx on Sunday September 21, 2025 @03:58PM (#45326111)
Maybe not exactly what you're after, but you might like

https://www.traumaandphilosophy.com/ and https://traumatheory.com/

Other writings: For example the books by Vivian Broughton, a UK therapist: https://www.vivianbroughton.com/my-books/ Her latest book ("You were just a child...") contains critical essays, which you might enjoy.

Essential reading: The books by Judith Herman, who coined the term "Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder" and lobbied to get it added to the DSM. Her latest book is all about justice for victims (and how the system is failing them).

The most famous critical essays about modern society from a therapist are by Sigmund Freud. You may want to start with "Civilization and Its Discontents" (1929). Quote:

"The present cultural state of America would give us a good opportunity for studying the damage to civilization which is thus to be feared. But I shall avoid the temptation of entering upon a critique of American civilization; I do not wish to give an impression of wanting myself to employ American methods."

Re:The link between trauma, drug use, and our search to feel... by rendx on Sunday September 21, 2025 @06:30PM (#45327264)
You might also like the essays by Dr. Janus, a German psychotherapist and co-founder of the Society for Psychohistory and Political Psychology.

https://www.ludwig-janus.de/downloads-in-english.html

Various texts by other psychologists linked to at the bottom of that page.

Re:The link between trauma, drug use, and our search to feel... by kennyadam on Friday September 26, 2025 @04:24AM (#45384130)
Thank you for the info, I will dig into it this weekend.
Re:The link between trauma, drug use, and our search to feel... by jordwest on Sunday September 21, 2025 @08:07PM (#45327800)
Daniel Mackler has a whole YouTube channel about this

https://youtu.be/eBRNIvK3HqA

My experience matches very much with this thread. After years of therapy I hit a limit to what conventional psychology could explain or understand or “treat”, and the only thing that worked after that was going deeper into my own psyche with meditation.

The whole psyche is available for exploration when you stop believing that you are made of thoughts. It becomes extremely clear where all the anxiety and depression and addiction comes from, and that almost all conventional approaches merely treat the symptoms.

Re:The link between trauma, drug use, and our search to feel... by kennyadam on Friday September 26, 2025 @04:24AM (#45384127)
Thanks for the link :)
Re:The link between trauma, drug use, and our search to feel... by crawfordcomeaux on Monday September 22, 2025 @04:40PM (#45339166)
Anything and everything by Ismatu Gwendolyn, who stopped charging for all work, therapy included.

https://threadings.io

https://www.youtube.com/@ismatu.gwendolyn