well...yeah, obviously, because thats not the point of any of this. therapy doesnt exist to cure you if all your ailments, and believing it will is what causes it to fail. thats like thinking the gas station is what keeps your car running, and when you run out of gas on the highway you say "damn that gas station! i stop there every day and i park next to the pump for a whole 10 minutes before driving off, and my tank is never any fuller! i should destroy the roads instead, society forcing me to drive long distances is whats makes the gas decrease in the first place!"
like, ok sure, but no one is dismantling the existence of roads anytime soon, so if youre gonna keep driving them, maybe try actually buying gas at the gas station to help you continue down that road even if you hate it? you can even go inside and buy some sunflower seeds and a coke for an added boost to your day, if you like!
capitalism is our reality, and we live in it whether we like it or not, and within this world people have created a system that helps us help eachother to navigate that world, even through the bad parts, and thats the goal that things like therapy and self care are serving towards.
will mindfulness stop racism? no, it wont. but it can teach you important skills to handle your emotions so when it inevitably happens in the society we live in. especially if you are going to be an activist towards stopping racism, you need to know how to take care of yourself and your emotional wellbeing or you will burn out and be no good for yourself or the people you want to help.
no, self care wont stop oppression. a bubblebath wont end transphobia. But does it really hurt? will it make it worse? why is it not enough for an oppressed person to do nice things for themself to make each day a little better, a little easier to get through? must every action be something huge that will end some society wide disturbance? it is enough to do something for yourself to get you through another day.
you cant journal your way out of ableism. but you can journal about your emotions and feelings when you experience it, and you analyze your thoughts and your goals. you can decide how you move forward after that experience, with your own writing about your own feelings as a guide. you can get everything out on paper in one big, rambly mess and clear your head of all that chaos and then look back and decide what to do next. maybe, you realize, it felt good to write that all out. maybe thats what you needed to keep pushing through another day here on planet Earth despite your oppression, and thats whats most important.
You want to deconstruct the systems? By all means, they suck, go for in. But in the meantime, how are you taking care of yourself while you do all that? Are you tired? Are you hungry? Do you need someone to talk to about all the stress that is weighing on you while you take on this monumental task? Do you need a recommendation for a good therapist?
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