It's Not Just In Your Head

Piggybagging off of last week's episode on death, Harriet and Max focus on aging. What's it like to grow older in a capitalist society that devalues anyone who doesn't produce wealth for the 1%? Why do older people tend to get lonelier over time, go into more debt than ever, and have some of the highest rates of bankruptcy? Harriet speaks on her experience as a 79 year old with more privileges than most - a nice place to live, healthy eating and exercise habits, having attained lots of education. But what's it like to age in poverty in America?

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Max shares about the recent passing of his estranged father and about some very odd and possibly supernatural experiences surrounding it, as well as some expected political economy commentary (his father was homeless in a world where housing is a globally financialized hyper-commodity).  Tying the personal to the political, Harriet and Max both remark on how the materialist roots and emphases within Marxism seem sometimes devoid of attention to the seemingly non-materialist phenomena such as supernaturalism, the occult, etc. Harriet shares about her experiences with people dying, being 79 years of age and having seeing so many people go.

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Harriet explains what is cruel about a form of optimism that people internalize which says everything will be fine if they just work hard and follow the rules within this economic system and society. The US capitalist economy is pitted against the vast majority of people and waking up to this and understanding the collective situation we're all in is the first step.

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Clinical psychologist Dr. Lucy Johnstone, one of the lead authors of the Power Threat Meaning Framework (PTMF), joins this episode to talk about the most ambitious, comprehensive challenge to the mainstream diagnostic mental health models used in Western society ever proposed. The PTMF, which was developed over a 5 year period under the British Psychological Society, attempts to replace the entire DSM-5 and ICD-10 and to re-conceptualize human distress as occurring within and often caused by complex social and political situations. Harriet and Max excitedly interview Dr. Johnstone to understand this framework, and encourage listeners to learn more about it and to tell us what your reactions were to this discussion at [email protected]

https://www.bps.org.uk/power-threat-meaning-framework

Here is an accessible short guide for anyone who wants to construct, or support someone to construct, a PTMF narrative:

https://www.amazon.com/Straight-Talking-Introduction-Meaning-Framework/dp/1910919713/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=johnstone+boyle+straight+talking+power&qid=1626454216&sr=8-1

Follow-up on issues related to challenging diagnosis and medical model understandings - with resources, videos, online festivals and discussion events. Join an  international online festival on Sept 17th. www. adisorder4everyone.com

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This is the voice of Dr. Lucy Johnstone, one of the lead authors of the Power Threat Meaning Framework (PTMF) - an alternative to the DSM-5 and ICD-10 frameworks that have come to define not just Western culture's conceptual understanding of "mental disorders" but which have now exported into all parts of the world like a new form of psychological colonialism. Listen to the full episode at patreon.com/itsnotjustinyourhead.

Harriet opens with a deep dive into the #FreeBritney conservatorship abuse phenomenon and how Britney Spears was basically turned into a slave to make her family, as well as legal and medical establishment profit-seekers, very rich at Britney's expense. Max recalls growing up with Britney Spears' music on the radio and TV, and asking about how many child pop stars are basically just child slaves for parental capitalist bosses. What exactly are children for?

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