Psychoanalytic complaints now come phrased as economic malaise

Evidence

These days, they are phrased in vague terms of a sense of malaise arising from new economic and social constraints and the insecure nature of private life. — Alain Ehrenberg, The Weariness of the Self, 905

Categorization

• XREF: Directly layers onto the book’s ch5 claim that primary-care patients present fatigue, not sadness. — connects to: SSRIs affect the personality, crossing from disease to lifestyle — Alain Ehrenberg, The Weariness of the Self: Diagnosing…, 868; Layoffs and insecurity generate a new economic war neurosis — Alain Ehrenberg, The Weariness of the Self: Diagnosing…, 906; Financial capitalism destroys real value and exploits the psyche (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Anti-Psychiatry’s decline tracks capitalist realism’s rise #qualifies (0.78) — Mark Fisher (edited by Darren Ambrose), K-Punk, 2217
• Financial capitalism destroys real value and exploits the psyche #complicates (0.75)