The Sickness-Society

Either you are well and functional — or sick and dysfunctional

Image by Moondance from Pixabay

I have come to wonder why so many of us seemingly want to be seen as sick, disordered, and dysfunctional. Why do we so readily accept all the labels the systems are putting on us? Why are we often asking to be diagnosed?

I wondered this while getting myself diagnosed again — is there really no other option? I went to the doctor’s because I am utterly exhausted from a work situation that feels inhumane and impossible.

Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay

It’s not black and white

We have built a very black and white society where you are either healthy and functional or sick and dysfunctional.

I know I am not sick. But I do not fit into this binary system. For several reasons (not so important for this attempt at a birds-eye discussion), I become dysfunctional, slowly, over time, when I am forced to take part in something that goes against what I believe is good for humans (or any other beings, for that matter).

I want to go back to working on my own, to being my own boss, to managing myself. The problem is that there is no system for…