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cosmetic conditions
What a wonderful term to describe them.
Elsewhere I read something along the lines of "normal people are taking brain pills becaues society would rather pathologize the natural reactions to the present conditions than address the issues."
I am a bit bewildered that a lot of my acquaintances, more and more, are getting "diagnosed" with one of these behavioral "conditions". These are people who used to be suspicious of authority and "The System", and now they throw themselves in complete trust to the psychiatric authority. I can't blame them, it's hard to make a buck in the city without wanting to kill yourself, or rather, without killing your own individuality, and these people need to get their brain numbed to be able to do a 9-5 in order to stay afloat.
A few times in my life I have thought to myself "hey, maybe I have ADHD, I have a number of symptoms. Well, no shit. I was raised in an educational system that was designed for automata, and I'm a sentient meant-n-bone human. I decided to take it in stride, however, and to work with who I am instead of making pharmaceuticals rich just to acommodate to the constraining mould that they want to fit us into. I refuse to become part of the problem, and I can't anyway, I've never been one to give up my self to the benefit of some other, abstract entity that just wants to milk as much labour from me for it's own benefit and detriment to the living world.