07/27/2025
THERAPY AND CAPITALISM...... As a therapist I ask this question a lot.... "Are you a failure or has society failed you?" Think hard my neurodivergent friends, capitalism tells you that you aren't trying hard enough, recycling enough, working enough, grinding, enough, so you are failing capitalism. But in reality, our capitalist society has failed you, it has failed us all.
Friends, you are enough. You have value. Capitalism has failed all of us.
Presenting Problem: F0.00 - Capitalism, Late Stage, Malignant Type
As a therapist,
I wish I could diagnose clients
with late-stage capitalism,
unpack the anxious voices in their head
that seem to have replaced
actual therapy with retail therapy,
deep ocean breaths with burnout,
where even self-care has to turn a buck.
Let's diagnose the disease,
not just the symptoms.
You're not aching, muscles clenched,
scream caught in your throat,
finger on the trigger,
because you failed,
because you can't brainwash yourself
into good vibes only!
We are stuck in a trauma bond
with the one-percent,
gaslit into believing
band-aids will fix systemic wounds,
while the inner critic
repeats the lies
taught by generational abuse.
Who taught you
that rest must be earned?
that you have to run on this hamster wheel?
that your inner child
was meant to be shackled in a windowless room,
suffocating, pushing papers
until pushing up daisies
while hedge fund bros and billionaires
race each other into space?
There is a razor's edge
between depression and exploitation;
a tightrope to walk between anxiety
and "will I eat tonight?"
We have survived a lot --
the side hustles,
the paycheck-to-paycheck scramble,
gig economy scraps,
algorithms, automation,
rising rents, the layoffs,
all to be told to whistle while we work,
and I think we should validate that,
we must validate that,
but isn't it time to reframe the narrative?
What are we holding space for
if not a revolution?
Now --
where do you feel that in your body?
-Poem By Vamped Vixen
