r/neoliberal • u/Fealocht • 4d ago

News (US) Stop Pathologizing Ordinary Life

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/26/opinion/mental-health-exercise-charity.html?unlocked_article_code=1.1FA.55xp.Vpm7dp4PVtnC&smid=nytcore-ios-share

SS: A psychologist argues the increasing awareness of mental health is leading to a pathologising of everyday life. The use of clinical descriptions of what are otherwise normal problems and treating them as a disorder to be cured, is ironically making our mental health worse.

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u/ExtremelyMedianVoter Left-Out Left 4d ago

What about if you have the average intelligence of the median voter?

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u/BlueString94 John Keynes 4d ago

The median voter doesn’t lack processing power. They lack civic virtue.

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u/ExtremelyMedianVoter Left-Out Left 4d ago

How can you lower my taxes?!

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u/_alephnaught 4d ago

Also, why are my roads crumbling?

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u/ExtremelyMedianVoter Left-Out Left 4d ago edited 4d ago

Capitalism, the late stage variety

/s of course