How Politics Can Drive Us Mad

Too much politics can ruin societies

You have no idea how much i needed to hear this. I imagine you will reach many people with this essential message. Thank you for adding perspective which helps manage mental illness.

For all of you who needed to hear this like I did, sending you a warm hug and encouragement.

I feel so Sorry for Virginia Woolf 😢

*Could've = could have (not could of)

Don’t delve into politics until you have your own life in order. You cannot “fix” a nation when you are unstable, and politics will break you if you can’t handle it. My recommendation is to avoid politics at all together, unless you’ve got your life together (spiritually/emotionally). Otherwise you will end up losing your mind.

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It's not even about her childhood. Any decent person with empathy should feel the same as her: depressed and outraged by the horrors & injustice.

When you understand the role of politics is to work directly against the people then you may be able to release your emotional attachment to politics. After all you don’t get mad when a bird catches a fish. Just protect yourself against government with physical gold and thank me later

How bad does the world have to get befor its OK to just leave? Like fire and brimstone? I'm sorry but everyone has a limit. And the suffering of others will effect you no matter what you tell yourself. Apathy with be the end of us all

I always notice my mental health getting worse after long and unfocused consumption of political content.

pls improve your audio quality

Maybe i need to read Virginia woolf, but it seems from a surface level anyway that she was already a bit mad? WW2 wasnt good for anyone's psyche, much less someone who was already dealing with extreme emotional damage.

I agree with the idea one should take care of themselves first before stepping even a foot into politics, you cant begin to help others without helping oneself first.

If childhood mistreatment and systemic oppression are wounds of dehumanization, rehumanization is needed. We can fight against dehumanization every day by rehumanizing ourselves and others in small ways -- putting down our devices to listen to ourselves, being in and with nature, giving ourselves nutrition instead of just sustenance, laughing with instead of at, asking what is needed instead of assuming we know, resting, creating, etc.

It does seem as though life since WW2 has been a merciless test in hope. Seems the goal is to wear humanity's hope down to the nub. I am interested to find out how tenacious our hope can be

Terrible video. The points made are barely connected and sound like propaganda. There are a lot of misleading statements. She was in Sussex, just south of London, so there no doubt she would have been directly affected by the war. She had major childhood trauma, so she carried a lot of emotional issues and no doubt an inability to deal with too much stress and anxiety. She died before any allies knew about the holocaust, so those inserts are wrong. This video just says "she killed herself because Hitler was a meanie" and glossed over relevant psychological information. She was sensitive before the war, so she was already predisposed for neurotic behaviour. This video does more damage than good, its easily interpreted as "your suicide is someone else's fault"

This was extremely nourishing and timely, thank you, Alain.

This is interesting. My husband comes home from work every day and listens to everything Trump. He keeps up on the news, the chaos, and the on goings. I don't care either way, unless it's affecting my family personally, but to him, it seems as though it's necessary to be in the know of politics when what he thinks is right is happening.

He was severely and continuously physically abused by his stepfather from the age of 3 to 14. 😢

We all really need to hear and think on this, thank you for speaking on it.

Essential video, I love this channel.
The worst part is when people also spread hate messages, of any kind.
But I can't blame these people directly, because the vast majority are being deceived or manipulated indirectly.

Can't believe we give even more attention to people like these.
Give a voice to world changers, not to those who give up.

I think it's also important to include that Virginia Woolf was bisexual and had an anxious relationship with Vita.

I read your write up on ms.wolfe and war impact on psyche

USA lost a crazy contest with an actual crazy person 😅

So timely. Thanks.

Im so unbelievably pissed by the world falling into this faschist „we are the strongest show no mercy“ narrative everywhere in the world.

we ALL share this planet and feel for it whether one wants to or not.💌

The best thing ive done is not give a shit about what happens in the world politics or not its all too much with very little to do to "fix it". The world has been like this since the beginning, chaotic, cold and indifferent and will continue to be so best is to watch from afar.

We are living through dark and unsettling times. The soul of the United States is being quietly smothered, as the slow march toward autocracy and fascism is disguised as democracy. People are being fed illusions while their freedoms are quietly stripped away.
When we choose comfort over truth…
We are doomed to repeat the nightmares our ancestors fought so hard to escape.
Nevertheless , we have our calm inner-self , where we can find peace !

Finally! The old video style from The School Of Life is back

Now there are victims of Zionism in Palestine. We have no choice but to raise our voices for the oppressed. We could be in their place and need other people's voice.there is another holocaust happening at the very moment

Right after the romanian elections

gatDAMN this one hit me hard. I've been doing well to keep my head with the politics, mostly by not looking at it at all. Which makes me feel terrible and irresponsible. But now it makes a lot more sense. Thank you.

I live in a poor country a poor city full of frustration and aggression everyday I ask God to help me live and remember that others are also afraid...that maybe they are not bad...

love your videos

nice video

great

Facts 😆 😆 😆 😆 😆
That's why i decided to check out. Disengagement

The further away from politics I am the happier I am.

i really needed this video, thank you

Make the title pop more!
I lost the video accidentally scrolling away lol

Shit fist click was speech synthesized. YOU HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT NOBODY HEARS THIS SYNTHD ROBOT CRAP

Thinking of humanity without Jesus Christ will drive one mad.

Eat the rich
We out number them

this is me re: Palestine

This video is proof that politics isn’t just about governments, it’s about human pain, memory, and the need for safety. Thank you for creating space for this conversation

It's weird coming from you, when you just collaborated for an 1+ hour long podcast with a maga propagandist filled with hate.

very relevant today
people seem to be increasingly losing their minds to politics.
many letting their life be controlled by politics.

Politics is a substitute for the Absolute.

Anybody who has spent any time on twitter can vouch that politics has already driven us mad.

Agree that retraumatisation could be the root of her illness. Today's wars are as well perceived very differently by people who have experienced the same sense of violence and evil in their childhood.