This is extremely true. I already couldn’t drive *safely* because I tend to have panic attacks on anything more complex than a residential road. (Turns out it’s probably sensory overload.) After nerve damage to my right leg? Currently, I *physically* can’t drive.
And you know what? Now that I know the cause of the panic attacks, I’d like to work on them. The nerve damage from the herniated disc is healing. But this shouldn’t be “Cleo, you’re inadequate at driving, fix it.” It’s that PEOPLE need public transport infrastructure.
And honestly, we see this over and over in this country. We look at individuals and say “Why do you not perform/conform adequately? Stop having needs. Fix yourself.” And instead, we ought to be looking at systemic support and infrastructure to buoy everyone.
Stop having depression. Stop having food insecurity. Stop having unemployment. Stop having illness. Stop having debt. Buy houses and cars and degrees and diamond rings or the way we’re supposed to do things goes under oh noes.
So now people are looking around and saying, “Fuck this, there’s no reason we should all have to do this alone, WE LIVE IN A SOCIETY, WHAT ELSE IS SOCIETY FOR”
