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# I’m a psychologist – and I believe we’ve been told devastating lies about mental health
- URL: https://werd.io/im-a-psychologist-and-i-believe-weve-been-told-devastating/
- Published: 2022-09-07T22:56:33.000Z
- Updated: 2022-09-07T22:56:33.000Z
- Author: Ben Werdmuller
- Tags: #Import 2025-06-13 09:23

“If a plant were wilting we wouldn’t diagnose it with “wilting-plant-syndrome” – we would change its conditions. Yet when humans are suffering under unliveable conditions, we’re told something is wrong with us, and expected to keep pushing through. To keep working and producing, without acknowledging our hurt.” [#Health](https://werd.io/tag/Health)

\[[Link](https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/sep/06/psychologist-devastating-lies-mental-health-problems-politics?CMP=Share%5FiOSApp%5FOther)\]