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While watching the recent documentary Thank You for Sharing, I found the last 10 minutes to be the only interesting part. While the rest of the documentary railed against the industry of medical professionals incentivized to create and “treat” mental illness over the past century, the last few minutes finally addressed how to escape the scourge of “mental illness” and learn to be well. 

Most of the interviews consisted of generalizations about the danger of “experts,” and some reviewers found that worthwhile. Some of us, perhaps, tire of discussing what is wrong and are more interested in what we can do about the problem. 

And it is clearly a problem. More than 16 percent of U.S. adults report taking psychotropic drugs. Among women, it’s more than 1 in 4. These are some of the same drugs that, according to the court of public opinion, are capable of temporarily stripping a mother of agency and accountability while compelling her to methodically and violently end her children’s lives, one by one. The situation, it would seem, is dire.

Thank You for Sharing included interviews with several people who had previously been diagnosed and treated for mental illness and found that mainstream treatment did nothing fundamentally to improve their lives. The common thread in the people who got better? People. Connection to other human beings opened the interviewees up to healing and living fuller lives. For one, it was religious chant with drums and a group of people. For another, a down-to-earth sponsor in Alcoholics Anonymous offered practical advice. Someone else found solace in reading and connecting through the written word. Real relationships made the difference.

An unexpected place where the healing power of people comes up is Catherine Pakaluk’s 2024 book,........

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