Why should you care about understanding the historical & geopolitical context of psychiatry?
"They will destroy you and make you feel like it was your fault."
In doing my part to lift up other amazing voices, I would love for you to check out Ayesha Khan’s substack, Cosmic Anarchy.
In one of her latest articles, she takes on modern psychiatry. She argues that “you’ve been socialized your whole life with colonial, capitalist norms via state propaganda to think that your sadness, distress and existential pain are mental disorders caused by physical brain defects, that society’s problems are due to “bad individuals” rather than violent oppressive systems & that “treating” or “punishing” people will fix our problems.”
It’s a powerful piece of writing. Click here to jump over to Cosmic Anarchy and engage with the article.