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there is a huge problem in our communities with the transmutation of suffering and privation into a form of identity.

what should be seen as an intolerable condition, what should command revolutionary change, is reconstructed as an intrinsic component of our being and our worth as thinking beings. it's like the social justice movement itself has developed borderline personality disorder. we refuse to let go of unhealthy coping mechanisms; we're terrified of freedom from suffering because it would mean less attention.

the single most characteristic symptom of BPD is that victims do not want to get better. people who are bipolar, or depressed, or who have PTSD, they tend to see their suffering as something external to them, an unwanted and cruel imposition upon their identity. but BPD is a personality disorder. there's no problem to chase away, no tumor to excise, because when you're borderline, you yourself are the problem. escaping the profound suffering of that disorder requires, to at least some extent, giving up who you are. part of you has to die to make room for something new and healthy to grow.

would you ever be willing to do that? to kill off part of yourself, to permanently alter how you relate to other people, how you perceive the world?

because the thing about BPD is, it's not all about pain.

ask any recovered heroin addict if they don't envy their past junkie self every now and then. they may have been homeless, jobless, scorned by their family and society, they may have suffered immensely — but they also got to feel a high they know they'll never get to again.

it's the same with BPD. the suffering is intense, and it absolutely outweighs the high… but the high is so good, and the prospect of losing it so terrible, that it feels, maybe even is, worth the cost.

do you see the analogy? there is little power and happiness to be found in marginalization, but there's also a high the marginalized are terrified of losing. the thrill of moral righteousness, the right to absolve oneself of responsibility for any and all offenses, the bonding under trauma that brings us together.

now, there are ways you can, cope, more or less, with BPD, to live a somewhat stable life without treatment. if you find some control over the most toxic patterns, if you can exercise judgment in spite of the unending emotional maelstrom you spend your life in, if you find safe outlets for your more destructive needs, you can reduce your own suffering and the threat you pose to others. it's extremely difficult to do, very few of us pull it off, and it's easy to get pushed right back out of equilibrium again, spiral right back into that pit. it's not a substitute for effective treatment.

this is effectively what the social justice movement does. it doesn't try to treat the disorder, it just tries to reduce the harm it causes, while taking refuge in the disorder itself for a sense of identity and community.

and sometimes effective treatment isn't an option. sometimes harm reduction is the best option available.

you can use clean needles, alternate injection sites, slow down the toll on the body, prolong the high as long as you can. but eventually, your veins will collapse. eventually, you'll die, be it from deep-vein thrombosis or simple overdose.

kyriarchy is our disorder, our heroin. social justice is our needle exchange. it's harm reduction, at a time when our society desperately needs treatment.

and revolution is the only treatment open to us.

bpd is known for being intractable. even when patients are willing to seriously approach therapy and fight for their future, the toll is heavy and the outcome is far from guaranteed. there are almost always casualties.

revolution means loss. it means death, trauma, and strife. it is a hideous and brutal treatment that fails more often than it succeeds.

but the alternative is a thousand-year Reich.

postscript: i want to be very clear here that none of this should be taken as a criticism of harm reduction as a methodology, especially when it comes to drug addiction. needle exchanges, safe injecting clinics, and other such programs are a tremendous social good. they save many lives and they improve many more. neither treatment nor harm reduction can exist in a vacuum. they are complementary approaches, not opposing ideologies.

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