My Year of Rest and Relaxation — Privilege, Numbness, and Escape (Audio)
Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world — one book at a time.
This episode explores My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh as a systems-level examination of grief, pharmaceutical culture, and emotional withdrawal.
The novel reveals how medical authority, wealth, and isolation interact to normalize self-erasure as a form of coping. Rather than resolving trauma, the system sustains detachment and disorientation.
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