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Why is nobody in this thread mentioning the the 800lb gorilla in the room?? That is, in a capitalist system the homeless, mentally-ill, "problematic", disturbed, troubled, etc are simply considered useless and frankly purposefully pushed to the edge with the hope that they will simply...die. That is the fundamental truth in any capitalist society - you either deliver value or you perish. Who will pay for these people to be housed, treated, re-integrated, educated, fed, etc in times of largely non-existent real economic growth, where almost 80% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck?
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/01/09/shutdown-highlights-that-4-i... The answer is, of course, nobody. For all the talk about caring for the homeless and in general those who are at the bottom of society, the sad/brutal reality is that society as a whole does not want these people around. So, they keep getting squeezed and in turn keep squeezing the few who are willing to help them or at least listen to their woes. That is what is giving the author PTSD, not interacting with mentally ill every day. Namely, the realization that a sizeable minority of the US population are simply considered junk and are purposefully pushed towards death.
But she only saw part of the story. The scarier truth is that almost 80% of Americans (all those people living paycheck to paycheck) are only one job loss or chronic illness away from the same faith. More than 2/3 or all banckrupcies are related to medical bills. https://www.cnbc.com/2019/02/11/this-is-the-real-reason-most... And when you add to the above that empathy in general has declined by almost 50% over the last 2 decades you'd have to be a psychopath not to start getting PTSD symptoms or at the very least a very serious case of clinical anxiety disorder or even psychosis. https://www.reddit.com/r/psychology/comments/bedj96/the_end_... Just think about this for a second. If most people around you do not give a rat's *ss about you even when you are doing OK, what happens if you meet with bad luck and go downhill??
Anxiety, depression, bipolar, psychosis, suicide, etc - all of these can be explained rather easily by the simple reality that most people live in terror every day to be surrounded by people they do not care about and those do not care in return. |