tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1502332727845937105.post6925281533104419480..comments2024-03-05T00:35:33.495+01:00Comments on Different Thoughts: Primal therapeutic oppression - Arthur Janov knows what you need!Marianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16273435151682585281noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1502332727845937105.post-73729264264186988892009-12-07T05:38:35.439+01:002009-12-07T05:38:35.439+01:00@ Will To me, there could be another parallel draw...@ Will To me, there could be another parallel drawn. We are told to take responsibility for our health. We are supposed to eat right, to exercise and to not smoke in order to maintain health. And yet there are so many external factors out there that affect health-- various pollutants, toxins etc--over which we have no control and which can make us very sick. Who's going to take responsibility or be blamed for those? To tell us that we must take responsibility for our health also deflects from these environmental problems.MarlboroJoneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10363026570762372631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1502332727845937105.post-28781955465332705682009-12-04T23:49:09.740+01:002009-12-04T23:49:09.740+01:00Hi Marian--
It's been a while since I left a ...Hi Marian--<br /><br />It's been a while since I left a comment. I need to look at some of the links you suggest, and educate myself more. But my first thought is that it reminds me of something I wrote about depression a while back, entitled '<a rel="nofollow">Blame the Canary</a>.' My point at that time, to the extent I made one, was that depression often happens because of dire circumstances. Yet people get labelled as 'diseased' when they suffer this human response to hopeless situations. To me, labeling despair as pathology deflects attention from the deteriorating conditions of our world, most of which are caused by an exploitative economic structure. Rather than risking that people might get angry about their unhappiness, and cause trouble, the 'system' points an accusing finger at them, makes them feel weak, and tells them to take pills. I did not touch on the question of whether depression is 'bad' vs 'acceptable.' Nor did my piece address society's deification of sensual gratification, and the mental health industry's acceptance of that value system. But it all boils down to the same problem: anything that threatens universal acceptance of materialism/capitalism is now an illness. <br /><br />--WillWillSpirithttp://willspirit.comnoreply@blogger.com