The Interconnected Self Part 2: Depression and the Atomization of the Individual
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Depression isn’t an individual defect or disorder as the cultural understanding would have you believe. It’s a product of both our web of relations to the world and our lack of connections within this web—the result of the increasing atomization of culture. The concepts shared here resonate with my own experience of depression and in the potential healing benefits of psychedelics, though they are no miracle cure, they do offer relief and have helped my embodied understanding of connection that I’ll share more on here.
The Interconnected Self Part 2: Depression and the Atomization of the Individual
The Interconnected Self Part 2: Depression…
The Interconnected Self Part 2: Depression and the Atomization of the Individual
Depression isn’t an individual defect or disorder as the cultural understanding would have you believe. It’s a product of both our web of relations to the world and our lack of connections within this web—the result of the increasing atomization of culture. The concepts shared here resonate with my own experience of depression and in the potential healing benefits of psychedelics, though they are no miracle cure, they do offer relief and have helped my embodied understanding of connection that I’ll share more on here.