it’s easier to medicate it than it is to sit with the raw pain of “why am I here?” Kids are getting younger with it; they’re asking questions of “Why am I here? Who put me here to do what?”, and those questions must be answered. If they can’t find solutions to those questions, they’re not going to bother buying into the three-dimensional currencies of food, sex, getting a job: all that stuff just feels rudimentary and pointless, so they don’t bother. That’s why these people tend to fall between the cracks, because they’re not treated properly.’
