State gaslighting. Threaten people with poverty or homelessness, or threaten to keep people locked down and isolated from humanity indefinitely (Covid) and people will start to suffer appropriate emotional distress. There is no dysfunction. No chemical imbalance. Treat humans like concentration camp prisoners and they will cry out in pain. The cry itself reveals the existence of the concentration camp. Cue - armies of white coated mental health 'professionals' who are trained to gaslight the prisoners and therefore conceal the camp.
Excellent article. After reading it just now, I tried to submit a public comment on SAMHSA’s draft plan, but it is already closed to feedback. Shameful.
SAMHSA has repeatedly demonstrated that it is not prioritizing the needs of the people who require support the most. I cannot, and will not, align with a mental health paradigm that criminalizes, surveils, and coerces individuals who have already been harmed by the very systems SAMHSA protects. These organizations perpetuate harm and reinforce cycles of exclusion.
It’s time to dismantle these structures and reimagine mental and behavioral health as a co-created, community-driven effort rather than a top-down, hierarchical system. True healing and transformation happen when communities take the lead, fostering support systems rooted in compassion, empowerment, and mutual care.
State gaslighting. Threaten people with poverty or homelessness, or threaten to keep people locked down and isolated from humanity indefinitely (Covid) and people will start to suffer appropriate emotional distress. There is no dysfunction. No chemical imbalance. Treat humans like concentration camp prisoners and they will cry out in pain. The cry itself reveals the existence of the concentration camp. Cue - armies of white coated mental health 'professionals' who are trained to gaslight the prisoners and therefore conceal the camp.
Wow! Unbelievable!!
Excellent article. After reading it just now, I tried to submit a public comment on SAMHSA’s draft plan, but it is already closed to feedback. Shameful.
SAMHSA has repeatedly demonstrated that it is not prioritizing the needs of the people who require support the most. I cannot, and will not, align with a mental health paradigm that criminalizes, surveils, and coerces individuals who have already been harmed by the very systems SAMHSA protects. These organizations perpetuate harm and reinforce cycles of exclusion.
It’s time to dismantle these structures and reimagine mental and behavioral health as a co-created, community-driven effort rather than a top-down, hierarchical system. True healing and transformation happen when communities take the lead, fostering support systems rooted in compassion, empowerment, and mutual care.
Very well said!