this post was submitted on 29 May 2025
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i think it's a chicken-egg thing. everyone is terrified of being bankrupted by going to the doctor, even if it's more subconscious, visceral thing.
"so it can't be the system because i am told through threat of death and imprisonment that the system is the only one that works
so it has to be the doctors and experts. who else could it be?" - normie thought process
plus since the entire process is designed to drain your wallet (required every 30 day visits for ADHD meds, layers of specialists, surprise bills) some people just self-medicate. Some of these people are even somewhat educated in doing so. doors are slammed shut and you seek alternatives (trans women getting hormones, myself).
Inevitably you end up submerged in the same hokum communities just to keep up with safe sources (kratom is a great example of this, full of anti-regulation hippie CHUDs and for good reason)
But what's weird and what I'm confused about is how rich people get like this.
RFK Jr has never even once in his entire life been worried about going bankrupt because he had to go to the doctor, so what the fuck is happening in his brain that's making him like this?
See also: Steve Jobs killing himself by drinking smoothies instead of getting treatment for his cancer.
What do you mean about kratom? I take it to decrease my cravings for alcohol, I used to be a severe alcoholic. But I don't have a clue what a hippie CHUD is.
kratom is fine but the community around it's discussion is swirling with the same right wing poisoned anti-medical science types. because of lack of access to pain medication and health care people get sucked into that world
I see what you mean, thanks.