Oddbean new post about login | logout Some guy: "mental health is important! people should get help! " someone else: (experiences mental health problems) some guy: "whoa, I don't understand what this means so clearly you're evil and faking it and stupid and lazy you fucking scum"
@81bf231d A lot of people, when they say 'mental health is important' really just mean 'We need to make sure other people think and behave in ways I find comfortable'.
@68a44c70 @81bf231d especially workplaces! lots of signs in the break room about "wellbeing" but they're, you know, a typical office with typical high-school office drama which is not great for anyone's mental health tired of hearing bosses talking about how important mental health is but not walking the walk
@5b601993 @81bf231d 100 percent! And they Do Not Want To Hear from people who actually know things about mental health if brand of 'wellbeing' is harming people. Literally have heard the word 'resilience' used to say people should not respond 'emotionally' at work. THAT'S NOT HOW THAT WORKS.
@68a44c70 @5b601993 the people who champion resilience are always the ones who collapse into a black hole the instant they're confronted with 3% of what you have
@81bf231d @68a44c70 offices are full of folk who never really grew out of high school you can tell they went to school then straight to uni then straight into office life, because they still talk and behave as if they never really got out of the high school mindset because i had a huge gap outside of it in the real world, i struggle to give a shit about the latest drama and it marks me down
@5b601993 @81bf231d Yeah, I can't agree with that, sorry. Both university and offices are part of the 'real world'. There are problematic people everywhere. Dismissing other people's valid experiences as unreal isn't helpful. Embracing the diversity of backgrounds, experiences, and needs is vital to support of wellbeing in the workplace. Blaming other employees for having different life experiences is shifting blame away from the capitalist, share-holder-pleasing forces that are behind this.