1/ "During COVID, I realized, rather abrasively, and in one absolutely soul crushing moment, that I was wandering an entire hospital filled with child butchers and genocidal murderers. They all wore the same fake, superficial smile. They all carried out their duty. It was like
2/ they were possessed. There was no getting through to them, no waking them, no reasoning with them. It all hit me like I was seeing the entire world for the very first time. A great veil had been lifted, and I no longer saw the carefully crafted illusion, but the stage of
3/ an ancient and seemingly endless evil. I could feel it within the density of the air, I could see it swell like the nighttides in the darkness of their eyes, and I could feel it linger in the vibrations of the city. Nothing was the same after that. I walked home, and I knew
4/ that the thousands I was passing were sleepwalking through not just a war, but through Hell. I stood in my apartment, on the 31st floor and gazed over the masses, and God told me to leave New York City. And I did."
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1/ The DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manuel) for mental illness is basically a pathologicalization of mostly normal human emotions. When you go to your doctor for healthcare, they will often screen for anxiety, depression, or other related disorders, and push these ideas
2/ onto their patients. They will ask you some basic questions about sleep, interests, guilt, energy, concentration, appetite, distractibility, impulsiveness, and then tell you that you may have a chemical imbalance and give you pills, such as SSRI, SNRI, or benzodiazepenes
3/ without ever digging any deeper. I say this as both a physician and a patient. For over 20 years, I saw counselors, therapists, and mental health professionals. I also happen to be a biologist, chemist, neuroscientist, and medical doctor. I've seen it all from both sides.