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jsorrel··on People with severe mental illness have been failed by a dysfunctional system
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jsorrel··on People with severe mental illness have been failed by a dysfunctional system
>Their largest hope is for a millionaire influencer/Deus ex machina to appear and pay ther treatment.

I try not to live for savior fantasies like that, but as a person with PTSD that's accomplished a number of remarkable things to overcome an unfortunately adverse background, having an isolating disorder that requires a complex arrangement of financial stability, social acceptance, safety, and mentoring/nurturance which would be easiest to attain and maintain with a big pile of cash... I feel trapped. I worked at a game developer when I was 16, my peers went off to achieve great things, and I can't stay stable enough to not lose everything on an annual basis so I can have the money to get the help I need to be stable.

Ultimately it's on me to figure out, but it's hard to see so many resources squandered in this world to fruitless, meaningless, or even harmful ends and know in my heart that I could make the world a better place if I were the one "wasting" them pursuing my basic humanity enough to thrive.

jsorrel··on Breast cancer drug trial: Woman given months to live told she is cancer free
Worth noting that "no evidence of disease" is not the same as cured. My mother was diagnosed with a moderately-aggressive terminal metastatic breast cancer and given months to live, but enjoyed a few years of high quality of life after her doctor cleared her with "no evidence of disease" thanks to an aggressive chemotherapy protocol. That was about 15 years ago. She passed just under 7 years from diagnosis.