In 2020: defining and treating mental 'illness' in an age of capitalism and total surveillance

vol. 2, issue 1

Greetings,

I was sitting in the home office of a clinical psychologist. Behind where she sat facing me, the sun shone through sheer paneled curtains. She was pantomiming rain with her fingers.

“You’re very sensitive. You’d have to have a cocktail of drugs to make it work right for you, and that will take time. We’ll have to test a lot of di…