10/26

This week we discussed cognitive behavioral therapy. I chose this image because it shows the key ideas CBT. In a simple easily digestible way.

Week Nine Resource Blog Post

The phrases “anxiety-themes T-shirts” and “mental health merch” really stood out to me when I saw this tweet, especially with the topics of diagnosis and medication both beginning to become more prominent in the reading we have been doing as of late. The headline screenshotted and the tweet itself both portray different ideas about how much one should really identify with both of these themes, with the author of the tweet poking fun at the idea of having these things on a t-shirt and the commercialisation of mental health, as well as at the idea of basically turning oneself into a walking advertisement for pharmaceuticals.

25 October 2023

I saw this while scrolling on Instagram and thought it was funny. In the tattoo community there is a joke that instead of going to therapy you go get a new tattoo. Similar to how in the gym community you go to the gym and workout instead of going to therapy.

Problems with Pill Consumption in 1970

This article discusses former US Representative Paul G. Rogers desire to cut television ads containing the consumption of pills from TV advertisements. This is not specifically linked to prescription medications but this article demonstrates the ongoing problems with taking drugs in America during this period and links advertisements to the issue as well.

Bibliography

“Anti-Pill Plan.” The Washington Post, Times Herald (1959-1973), Apr 12, 1970. https://umw.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://www.proquest.com/historical-newspapers/anti-pill-plan/docview/147950549/se-2.

18 October 2023

I thought of this meme when I was reading about the “parallel universe” that Kaysen was talking about in the first chapter. It is similar to how Kaysen says that this parallel universe always exists but you may not always see it.

(Week 8) Freud and Repression

https://freudfile.org/psychoanalysis/repression.html

I found this article to be very useful in helping me better understand Freud’s ideas/theories on repression and the role it played in patients’ conditions. From the article, I gathered the understanding that repression was not something that patients often did consciously, but rather, it usually was done subconsciously in order to protect them from an underlying experience of great magnitude or danger.

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