#on some level the medicalisation of suffering is dangerous but the medicalisation/othering of self-knowledge is bad too | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

onewomancitadel · 1 year ago

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I think a lot of people lack the self-knowledge to know whether a random post or opinion or assertion etc. necessarily needs to apply to you and whether you need to be included in that caveat and whether a good faith interpretation here might be helpful. Look mummy I'm a real grown-up

#idk I have seen tons of posts like this #like 'self-care which encourages you to do nothing is harmful' I mean. I just ignore quote self-care posts unquote because #I know myself well enough and I know what makes me slide into depressive behaviours #on some level the medicalisation of suffering is dangerous but the medicalisation/othering of self-knowledge is bad too #so rather than 'and the answer to this is that you need to be doing stuff all the time' the answer is really 'learn your limits'#there might not be a perfect guide to figuring things out but you know. that's one place to start at least #topically to this post I saw a post that was like 'growing up is realising that not everybody dislikes you automatically and it's weird #to assume that'#which is nice and all. for normal people. it's just not a post that includes all experiences #and it's relatable to some people!#I see a lot of posts for depression that are like 'eat well and exercise a lot' which is nice and all. for people without eating disorders #and obsessive exercise compulsions #I just know to ignore it because it won't be helpful to me #because not everything is a strict diagnostic 'good/bad' matter lol #and yeah I get it. it's not always nice to be excluded. but you can empower yourself this way #in the actual sense of empowerment. self-knowledge and self-determination #which means you can better recognise when it is time to speak up!

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