Kulturkampf

[DavidCroquet]

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I have a new client with obsessive compulsive disorder. He constantly lives in the state of panic about how his clothing fit, and that everyone is staring at him. He sometimes stands in front of the mirror for hours, adjusting his clothing as he misses work and ultimately gets fired Over the course of treatment we’ve talked about systems of oppression, the patriarchy, the intersection of race and financial stability. He no longer has debilitating obsessive thoughts.

My client was worried that his colleagues and superiors would unduly scrutinize and critique him. I simply assured him that actually, globe-spanning, centuries-long, invisible systems have been carefully built to do this—and worse—to him and everyone he loves, and that these systems are meticulously curated even today by untouchable, omnipotent and murderous overseers.

He’s doing a lot better!