Drugs and Ending Classism
I attended the recent Northwest USA “Mental Health” Liberation Workshop led by Rachel Noble [Regional Reference Person for Oregon, USA]. Rachel’s warm showing of herself helped everyone relax.
I led my very first topic group there. I entitled it “Discharging on the Intersection of Drugs and Ending Classism.” I chose the topic because it is clear to me that as capitalism continues to collapse, people will be having lots of feelings, and that what is needed is as many people as possible thinking and in the present moment. Many people are now on drugs, and more will be pulled to go on drugs as things escalate. The drugs keep us quiet and numb and interfere with our minds. Our minds and our ability to discharge need to be intact.
I was scared and led the group in the best way I could as a raised-poor person. This meant that I discharged as I led. A young adult appreciated how I had shown myself and said it had given her permission to be herself as she leads. That appreciation made all the difference for me.
USA
Reprinted from the RC e-mail discussion list for leaders of “mental health” liberation
(Present Time 206, January 2022)