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HereSince1628

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4. This also intersects what might be called myths about the strength of human fiber.
Tue Jan 1, 2013, 07:34 PM
Jan 2013

This is once again a consequence of how our culture creates resonating/reinforcing narratives about these things.

How many times do we here advice that says "Be Strong" or comments such as "I'm strong" or for that matter "Hillary is STRONG, she'll do fine, I'll tough it out, I can take it?

Large numbers of Americans, maybe near a majority, look at taking medication as some sort of character weakness.

A huge swath of the public looks upon illness as weakness, and looks on mental illness as weakness of character, and they want to deny the presence of EVERYTHING that connects one of their feelings with a mental illness. Even to the point of denying that mental illness is real.

Add in politically arousable people who see all MD's as pill pushers doing the predatory work of pharma and there is a critical mass, even on a liberal/progressive website, ready to declare any psychoactive medication as bad...

...especially if they can do it anonymously, while ignoring all the folks who access intoxicants to manage mood with purchases made over-the-counter in a bar or liquor store, or over-the-fender in an ally or drug house.

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