RFK is kind of (“kind of” doing a lot of work here) like the guy we need if we didn’t live in a capitalist dystopia.
Like, if we had a a socialist revolution it would be really good to rethink and re-evaluate the use of anti depression medication, adhd medication, etc.
I do think a lot of these medications are over prescribed to deal with the alienation people feel. The “problem” for people with ADHD (myself) having to be forced into a specific task/job that eventually becomes impossible to repeat.
Or actually addressing the material conditions of someone’s life that lead to depression. Like, a gambling addiction is the most likely addiction to lead to suicide. There is clearly more to “depression” than a chemical problem in ones brain. The answer now is “take this pill and get back to work.”
Like, I know he’s a dumb ass. But I can understand why he has a general appeal to a population that is frustrated with the use of medication in our society.
The problems of depression, on the scale we have in the west, are primarily related to these issues of alienation that are a fundamental part of capitalist modes of production. On top of a feeling of isolation as we spend our free time either mindlessly scrolling; or worse, watching the genocides and wars our country enacts.
As someone with ADHD who is in a great job and able to walk & bus to work, working about 30 hours a week on a great salary, with a wife and girlfriend, able to have many hobbies, I got depression last year. Started an SSRI, and it actually fixed whatever chemical funkiness is in my brain. Sure, it could’ve been dopamine burnout, or drinking beer casually as a hobby (living next to a dozen breweries), but it was 95% a chemical issue. I have the energy I had in my mid 20’s. And ADHD meds help me actually focus on what I want to focus on. For me, it’s all a chemical imbalance, not because of my living situation or whatever.
Sometimes it is just chemical, and we need to accept that.
I stopped myself from writing a whole essay expressing my sympathy and experience with that specific struggle. I managed to condense it down to one word and one paragraph.
RFK is kind of (“kind of” doing a lot of work here) like the guy we need if we didn’t live in a capitalist dystopia.
Like, if we had a a socialist revolution it would be really good to rethink and re-evaluate the use of anti depression medication, adhd medication, etc.
I do think a lot of these medications are over prescribed to deal with the alienation people feel. The “problem” for people with ADHD (myself) having to be forced into a specific task/job that eventually becomes impossible to repeat.
Or actually addressing the material conditions of someone’s life that lead to depression. Like, a gambling addiction is the most likely addiction to lead to suicide. There is clearly more to “depression” than a chemical problem in ones brain. The answer now is “take this pill and get back to work.”
Like, I know he’s a dumb ass. But I can understand why he has a general appeal to a population that is frustrated with the use of medication in our society.
The problems of depression, on the scale we have in the west, are primarily related to these issues of alienation that are a fundamental part of capitalist modes of production. On top of a feeling of isolation as we spend our free time either mindlessly scrolling; or worse, watching the genocides and wars our country enacts.
As someone with ADHD who is in a great job and able to walk & bus to work, working about 30 hours a week on a great salary, with a wife and girlfriend, able to have many hobbies, I got depression last year. Started an SSRI, and it actually fixed whatever chemical funkiness is in my brain. Sure, it could’ve been dopamine burnout, or drinking beer casually as a hobby (living next to a dozen breweries), but it was 95% a chemical issue. I have the energy I had in my mid 20’s. And ADHD meds help me actually focus on what I want to focus on. For me, it’s all a chemical imbalance, not because of my living situation or whatever.
Sometimes it is just chemical, and we need to accept that.
AKA insanity is a sane reaction to an insane world.
Honestly, I meant to add that quote to my comment. But, ya know, ADHD. If I could write out my thoughts without writing a book I would be unstoppable.
Same, but if I could actually write the book I’d be unstoppable.
Mood.
I stopped myself from writing a whole essay expressing my sympathy and experience with that specific struggle. I managed to condense it down to one word and one paragraph.