100 years ago, people with mental illness were assumed to be "possessed by demons" and were either institutionalized against their will, lobotomized, or both. Or just left to die.
People are still institutionalized against their will others are left to die on the streets, but not all mental illness is particularly severe.
Psychoanalysis while mostly quackery is ~135 years old providing an example where talking was considered a viable therapy not just locking people up or tossing out lobotomies left and right to anyone slightly abnormal.
So sure, 100 years ago there was quackery just as today, but “possessed by demons” wasn’t considered mainstream back then any more than it is today.
I think a lot of people still grow out of that phase. Like wanting to be like the Joker or taking a 'am I a sociopath' test online and finding your new edgelord persona only to find it deeply cringeworthy later.
or a generation of people who feel comfortable talking candidly about their mental ilness(es) and feel safe seeking help among others like them??
You mean the people marketing their mental health issues online?
Where can I buy some of what they're marketing?
Mental illness has always been common and often been cool in one form or another.
Serial killers get fan mail, that’s true now and it was true 100 years ago.
100 years ago, people with mental illness were assumed to be "possessed by demons" and were either institutionalized against their will, lobotomized, or both. Or just left to die.
People are still institutionalized against their will others are left to die on the streets, but not all mental illness is particularly severe.
Psychoanalysis while mostly quackery is ~135 years old providing an example where talking was considered a viable therapy not just locking people up or tossing out lobotomies left and right to anyone slightly abnormal.
So sure, 100 years ago there was quackery just as today, but “possessed by demons” wasn’t considered mainstream back then any more than it is today.
I think a lot of people still grow out of that phase. Like wanting to be like the Joker or taking a 'am I a sociopath' test online and finding your new edgelord persona only to find it deeply cringeworthy later.
I mean, some of the things on that homepage are truly the works of a genius IMO
no, homepage is insanity
blog post is good