But to make it condensed, I would say there's a very real chance all the rise of therapy, esp. in the US, really is shifting our need to burn off our surplus. We have shifted into making a very formal product out of the 'objective friend who will hold confidences'.
This increased consumption has probably been a net positive as it's come a…
But to make it condensed, I would say there's a very real chance all the rise of therapy, esp. in the US, really is shifting our need to burn off our surplus. We have shifted into making a very formal product out of the 'objective friend who will hold confidences'.
This increased consumption has probably been a net positive as it's come at the expense of less positive consumption products (i.e. getting drunk with the buds every Friday night at the pub) but also some things that we could do well to try to add more back into our lives (i.e. actually going out with the buds every Friday night).
I don't think we are being fooled into this. It's a purposeful decision mostly coming from the consumers rather than the producers who know exactly how to ask for it in ways that make it hard for insurance companies and other gatekeepers to deny them.
But to make it condensed, I would say there's a very real chance all the rise of therapy, esp. in the US, really is shifting our need to burn off our surplus. We have shifted into making a very formal product out of the 'objective friend who will hold confidences'.
This increased consumption has probably been a net positive as it's come at the expense of less positive consumption products (i.e. getting drunk with the buds every Friday night at the pub) but also some things that we could do well to try to add more back into our lives (i.e. actually going out with the buds every Friday night).
I don't think we are being fooled into this. It's a purposeful decision mostly coming from the consumers rather than the producers who know exactly how to ask for it in ways that make it hard for insurance companies and other gatekeepers to deny them.