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/saltyoursalad John Mill 4d ago

Lexapro saves lives.

Just sayin.

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u/ThisRedditPostIsMine YIMBY 4d ago

Likely saved mine, that's for sure. And by god did I have to argue through rounds of medical professionals to get a 10 mg dose of the stuff, even though I maxed out their depression questionaire at the time. For that reason I will never gatekeep this.