psychology

Western psychological standards can be detrimental in terms of deeper wellbeing and psychological health. The practices and goals will mainly be oriented towards making it easier for us to get the things we want or are expected to have, to function productively in this society without feeling as much discomfort in the game of having and doing. It can make it easier for us to waste our lives on empty pursuits and shallow relationships without encouraging deeper examination and change, maybe to entirely new ways of relating with ourselves and others. All of it functions within the established system, ultimately to the detriment of the individual and the planet.

The ideas and systems can be useful as tools for reflection but traps if taken as gospel. All of it is best examined in its proper context.