Re: PerlMonks - my haven of calmness and sanity

I think you are in good company here. :)

Some say the main reason universities exist, is to keep the mental "sanatoriums" empty.

And mental "normality" is a social construct ... It's debatable if Penny is healthier than Sheldon.

So welcome at PM, the Perl Mad-Academy! ;)

updates: s/Peggy/Penny/

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Re^2: PerlMonks - my haven of calmness and sanity by markong (Pilgrim) on Jan 27, 2022 at 15:16 UTC
And mental "normality" is a social construct More a political artifact: according to a vast critical literature on the subject the "psy" professions and related institutions are self-reinforcing political tools to control and shape the general population according to the prevalent power/economic doctrines. For instance nowadays in the so called western world Neo-liberalism has shaped the current definition of "normality".	[reply]
Re^3: PerlMonks - my haven of calmness and sanity by tangent (Vicar) on Jan 27, 2022 at 15:36 UTC
Foucault's "Birth of the Clinic" blew me away. To add, pharmaceutical companies are constantly inventing new mental disorders to sell more product, when in reality they are just part of human diversity. The level of medication handed out to children these days is off the scale.	[reply]
Re^4: PerlMonks - my haven of calmness and sanity by Your Mother (Archbishop) on Jan 28, 2022 at 19:56 UTC
More than 70 million Americans are on psych meds. Most, if not all, school shootings have been kids on them. :(	[reply]
Re^5: PerlMonks - my haven of calmness and sanity by LanX (Sage) on Jan 28, 2022 at 21:11 UTC
Re^6: PerlMonks - my haven of calmness and sanity by Anonymous Monk on Jan 29, 2022 at 12:50 UTC
Re^4: PerlMonks - my haven of calmness and sanity by LanX (Sage) on Jan 27, 2022 at 17:07 UTC
> The level of medication handed out to children these days is off the scale. Come on... What better way to treat the physical inactivity of kids and the resulting ADHD than pills??? I mean letting them exhaust their energies while playing in the woods is so 80s ...	[reply]
Re^5: PerlMonks - my haven of calmness and sanity by cavac (Vicar) on Jan 28, 2022 at 07:52 UTC
Re^6: PerlMonks - my haven of calmness and sanity by LanX (Sage) on Jan 28, 2022 at 12:04 UTC
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