The author expresses surprise at the extensive public grief over the destruction of the Sycamore Gap tree, attributing it to an inherent human tendency to destroy beauty. Alongside this, they lament the cuts to talking therapy services within the NHS, paralleling the loss of the tree to the loss of access to valuable mental health resources. Highlighting the ethical implications, the author argues for better access to psychotherapy and emphasizes society's tendency to undervalue mental anguish compared to physical pain, calling for a reevaluation of how mental health is perceived and treated.
The capacity that so many people found within themselves to express their devastation and anger at this painful loss, not only to us as individuals, but as a nation.
I find this to be morally wrong. Just as I was not surprised by the felling of the Sycamore Gap tree, I am not surprised by these further cuts to talking therapy on the NHS.
There is precious little now to cut, with patients facing the (bad) luck of the draw of patchy, postcode lottery-style provision.
Many of us as individuals have a tendency to diminish our own mental anguish to feel that physical pain is somehow more worthy.
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