Sharing – What is… the just world fallacy

ByMikeM Reading Time: 1 minute

This is such an important concept for survivors to understand, because we deal with so much shame around this idea:

Do you think we live in a fair world where good things happen to good people and bad things only happen to bad people?  Whether you believe this on a conscious level or not, chances are your brain wants to organize the world into neat and tidy boxes that way.

The problem is, the world doesn’t actually work that way, and horrible things happen to wonderful people every day.

Go read, and understand why your abuse was not because you are a bad person, and why it’s so easy for people to blame the victim.

Turns out this illusion is so powerful that we will ignore reality rather than accept that the world isn’t just, or fair.

https://mentalhealthathome.org/2019/11/01/what-is-just-world-fallacy/

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Sharing – Many people not only survive mental illness – they thrive

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People with depression are less likely to report thriving regarding mental well-being 10 years later, but 10% of them do anyway.

Only 21% of people not diagnosed with depression reported thriving regarding their mental well-being, so it’s not like most people are living at that point anyway, for various reasons. Being diagnosed with depression doesn’t automatically make it impossible for you to recover and thrive. It’s just a bit harder.

More importantly, the article below talks about 67% of the people diagnosed with depression reporting no symptoms of it 10 years later.

People do recover from mental health issues. They can get better. It happens. Some even meet the criteria for mental well-being that only 21% of the world meets.

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She goes on to document the appallingly low percentage of people who manage to get therapy, as well as the difference between white patients and minorities. She then goes on to talk about this in the context of the quote above, which I had not considered previously. If finding a therapist is truly like dating, and it is in my experience as well, how do we not only make sure that therapy is available, but that there is more than one to choose from?

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