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#916 - Freya India - Why Modern Women Feel More Lost Than Ever

2025/3/17
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Freya India: 我认为现代治疗文化已经取代了宗教,尤其在社交媒体的推动下,这种现象日益严重。年轻女性将治疗视角融入生活的方方面面,用治疗的语言解释各种情绪和关系问题。治疗文化满足了女性对归属感和安全感的渴望,但同时也避免了宗教的约束和要求。许多年轻女性不仅接受治疗,还沉浸在以创伤和依恋风格为中心的社交媒体文化中,这使得她们难以摆脱这种思维模式。治疗文化对女性的影响大于男性,因为它迎合了女性更容易过度反思的倾向。治疗文化让女性更容易将问题归咎于自身的心理疾病,而非实际问题,这使得她们难以直面并解决实际问题。此外,年轻女性的宗教信仰程度日益下降,而她们的心理健康状况也在恶化,两者之间可能存在关联。治疗文化与宗教背道而驰,前者强调自我探索,后者强调自我牺牲。现代文化中,任何义务都被视为对个人生活和心理健康的阻碍。在社交媒体平台上,治疗文化呈现出极端化和简化的趋势,导致人们将任何人都视为潜在的威胁。过度关注自我会阻碍真正的自我发展,因为人们会为自己的行为找借口。许多看似自我提升的行为实际上是自我沉迷,因为它没有带来真正的改变。 Chris Willx: 治疗就像健身,需要张弛有度。过度沉溺于治疗文化会导致过度反思,而非解决问题。将工具性目标与最终目标混淆,会导致效率低下,甚至南辕北辙。治疗文化会阻碍人们尝试真正有效的方法。将心理疾病标签化会阻碍人们的自我认知和行动。将个性特征诊断为疾病,会扭曲人们对自身的认知。将普通行为归因于心理疾病,会掩盖实际问题并阻碍解决问题的行动。现代社会中,承认自己拥有良好的心理健康会被视为炫耀或不切实际。Lewis Capaldi的经历说明,即使是成功人士也可能因为压力和过度反思而导致心理健康问题。社交媒体上对某些疾病的模仿和过度关注,会掩盖真正患者的痛苦。

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The discussion explores how therapy culture has become a new form of religion for many young women, offering comfort and a sense of belonging but lacking the demands of traditional religious practices.
  • Therapy culture is seen as replacing religious practices with therapeutic ones, such as positive affirmations instead of prayers.
  • Young women increasingly interpret their lives through a therapeutic lens, pathologizing normal emotions.
  • A significant portion of American adolescents have engaged in therapy or treatment, reflecting the pervasive influence of therapy culture.

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Freya India is a writer and journalist focussed on female mental health and modern culture.

Are modern women okay? With rising statistics on declining happiness, life satisfaction, and marriage rates, it’s clear that the younger generation is facing serious challenges. What are the biggest issues modern women are dealing with, and how can they start to overcome them?

Expect to learn why so many girls are drawn to therapy culture, if girls raised in religious families seem to be doing better than liberal secular girls, why so many people are addicted to social media, how social media is reshaping the fundamental nature of relationships, is Gen Z actually living in an imaginary world, and much more…

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