The following is a part of response in a conversation about being part of cultivating both personal and collective well-being during times of crisis and stress.
***
It's been really rough for most of us for quite a while - both personally and collectively. From what I know, I think the way you are handling everything is quite incredible. These aren't the conditions that support a thriving, healthy, flourishing human life and society. Without assuming why therapy was not useful for you, a really common experience is when a therapist (or an entire modality) assumes that our societies and communities are healthy. Therapy then aims to help us fit into that society, thinking that this outcome would support our wellbeing. But the impact is often a pressure to accommodate injustice and oppression. In many cases, anxiety and depression are responses to the oppressive conditions in society (such as racism, gender and sexuality antagonisms, and their intersections). If we are paying attention, personally and collectively, these responses can let us know that something is wrong.
