Oh, poor guy. Yeah, I bet if therapists were going on Kubler-Ross in the eighties, that would be more than enough time for it to lodge itself into the culture by now.
Not about grief, but if I get emailed ONE more idiotic cure-all article, I will snap. In terms of physical health, literally any study that comes out will instantly mutate into "This explains and cures EVERYTHING" in the press. And then people will use it to beat their sick/grieving/depressed friends/relatives/acquaintances over the head with. It's meant well, I GUESS, but it's the opposite of helpful.
I think the base cultural issue is the idea that if something is wrong in your life and it doesn't get fixed instantly, it's your own fault because you haven't done the One True Thing to fix it. So everyone demands that you do that thing, which is whatever they happen to have absorbed by cultural osmosis or read about on Buzzfeed that morning. If you tried it and it didn't work, it's your fault for doing it wrong or not for long enough; if you say it's bullshit, then it's your own fault for not trying it.
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
no subject
Date: 2017-02-12 10:07 pm (UTC)Not about grief, but if I get emailed ONE more idiotic cure-all article, I will snap. In terms of physical health, literally any study that comes out will instantly mutate into "This explains and cures EVERYTHING" in the press. And then people will use it to beat their sick/grieving/depressed friends/relatives/acquaintances over the head with. It's meant well, I GUESS, but it's the opposite of helpful.
I think the base cultural issue is the idea that if something is wrong in your life and it doesn't get fixed instantly, it's your own fault because you haven't done the One True Thing to fix it. So everyone demands that you do that thing, which is whatever they happen to have absorbed by cultural osmosis or read about on Buzzfeed that morning. If you tried it and it didn't work, it's your fault for doing it wrong or not for long enough; if you say it's bullshit, then it's your own fault for not trying it.