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Why do you think so many people are depressed today?

AutoTripper said:
Collective consciousness. It’s truly a real phenomena, and by my own, twisted logic lol, should only pick up in time as consciousness evolves and develops.

I firmly believe in at least the potential for all consciousness to be connected.

I have myself in life, in pure clean spirited mannner, tapped into our innate ability to access literally ESP and psychic, immaterial powers.

It’s the most fascinating stuff really. I’ve done it so many times, in such uncanny, amazing and natural fashion.

These days, being so energy depleted from illness, all I really manage is powerful visionary premonition dreams.

But There is so much extraordinary potential we have for extrasensory perception and communication between each other and manifestation which we have never come close to realising yet, as a whole.

So in my mind I would suggest that a world full of generally disconsented, to use a slightly happier word lol, people, We will all be feeling the affects of each other’s damp and emotions and vice versa should we have a much more beautiful world of harmony and healing and love to inhabit, Such is always my own personal dream and aspiration.

Excuse my wild philosophical mumbling. Lovely weed vaporized with a heavy, sublime kava session, it makes me philosophical and bursting with wild ideas!
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Exactly, and once people realise they're true nature and potential depression and suicide will be a thing of the past
 
RomanJ said:
Exactly, and once people realise they're true nature and potential depression and suicide will be a thing of the past
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It already long would have been, in my strong opinion, without the advanced, sophisticated, subtle, culture modelling mind and behaviour, belief conditioning of whatever force, entity, group, ultimately seeks to maintain total control over humanity and keep consciousness as suppressed as possible.
 
AutoTripper said:
It already long would have been, in my strong opinion, without the advanced, sophisticated, subtle, culture modelling mind and behaviour, belief conditioning of whatever force, entity, group, ultimately seeks to maintain total control over humanity and keep consciousness as suppressed as possible.
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Yes there are forces who have suppressed us, but we can all evolve and learn from each other.
 
The universe is filled with love and support, for anyone struggling with life just ask. Doesn't matter what your religion is or what your background is just ask, pray, meditate and your life can change for the better.
 
"Why do you think so many people are depressed today?" compared to when? thats the dumbest thread ever! maybe people were even more depressed yestarday? who knows, but i have a feeling even more will be depressed tomorrow...
 
Foreigner said:
My question is... how do I learn to accept core human needs not being met? Lack of identity, meaningful work, human connections, human touch (a big one for me), material stability and security, safety, etc. I think about this year of covid19. There is so much grief and depression in the world. This isn't working for a lot of people! But there's only so much that can be done about it. My physical disability... how it has stripped me of so much... I have fewer choices.

I'm depressed and suicidal regularly and I know the exact reasons why, but what can you do when you have an incurable disease???

I don't expect you to know the answer but this is what I'm struggling with.
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It's difficult, and of course, I don't have the answers. One thing I'll say is that where you live can really have an impact. In my case, I grew up in the greater Chicago area. To this day I do not identify with that place, I find it depressing, horribly consumerist, there are too many people, and I rarely click with anyone and it feels like there is so much superficiality. And I dunno, just the land there doesn't work for me, the boring endless flatness, and the concrete jungle, is depressing. I moved away a long time ago, and ended up in a different place, a cool small city in the mountains, and life is entirely different here. I relate to people I meet, I have a strong community, great friends, people are positive and involved in the arts, it's like night and day and my quality of life is much better here. It plays a huge factor in my level of satisfaction from my day to day life.

The physical disability is something totally different, and I'm very sorry that you have to suffer that. ♥️ But at least COVID's end is in sight, so hopefully that will help with the physical contact. I also consider physical contact to be very important, I am a touch-oriented person, I like to hug, and I just have always wanted to touch/feel things as [part of how I interact with the world. The pandemic has been really weird for me in that I have to keep to myself physically,. I don't like it.

December Flower said:
Because we're all locked inside?
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Yeah that is a big factor this past year, but it seems that there is a trend of increasing mental illness/depression/anxiety. Though to be fair, as I think someone else said earlier, it may be at least partly because there is a much increased awareness of mental illness and social acceptance. I know that in my dad's family growing up, they did not talk about it, it was considered shameful. His sister was bipolar and suffered massively and his parents refused to admit that she had any issues, and so did she, and so for all intents and purposes, from a statistical standpoint, she was not depressed. Yet she was, very much so.

allone said:
"Why do you think so many people are depressed today?" compared to when? thats the dumbest thread ever! maybe people were even more depressed yestarday? who knows, but i have a feeling even more will be depressed tomorrow...
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Maybe some people are depressed because no many people are dicks these days... like you just now. Or maybe so many people are dicks because they're depressed?
 
I think a large part of it, especially in some ethnic groups and younger age groups, is the relentless media narrative that we live in viciously racist society that is fucking up the planet while the rich take everything and leave us with crumbs. I think of aboriginal kids in Australia who are basically taught life is hopelessly geared against them - when in fact it is actually not. The media narratives are doom like to begin with and then they are magnified by social media to the nth degree.

Meanwhile most kids don’t have the critical thinking skills to parse what is hyperbole from what is reality.
 
Xorkoth said:
It's difficult, and of course, I don't have the answers. One thing I'll say is that where you live can really have an impact. In my case, I grew up in the greater Chicago area. To this day I do not identify with that place, I find it depressing, horribly consumerist, there are too many people, and I rarely click with anyone and it feels like there is so much superficiality. And I dunno, just the land there doesn't work for me, the boring endless flatness, and the concrete jungle, is depressing. I moved away a long time ago, and ended up in a different place, a cool small city in the mountains, and life is entirely different here. I relate to people I meet, I have a strong community, great friends, people are positive and involved in the arts, it's like night and day and my quality of life is much better here. It plays a huge factor in my level of satisfaction from my day to day life.

The physical disability is something totally different, and I'm very sorry that you have to suffer that. ♥️ But at least COVID's end is in sight, so hopefully that will help with the physical contact. I also consider physical contact to be very important, I am a touch-oriented person, I like to hug, and I just have always wanted to touch/feel things as [part of how I interact with the world. The pandemic has been really weird for me in that I have to keep to myself physically,. I don't like it.



Yeah that is a big factor this past year, but it seems that there is a trend of increasing mental illness/depression/anxiety. Though to be fair, as I think someone else said earlier, it may be at least partly because there is a much increased awareness of mental illness and social acceptance. I know that in my dad's family growing up, they did not talk about it, it was considered shameful. His sister was bipolar and suffered massively and his parents refused to admit that she had any issues, and so did she, and so for all intents and purposes, from a statistical standpoint, she was not depressed. Yet she was, very much so.



Maybe some people are depressed because no many people are dicks these days... like you just now. Or maybe so many people are dicks because they're depressed?
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yeah or maybe its because i still live in chicago area and you dont? haha
this shithole is to turn anyone into a dick or asshole over time. but i didnt mean to sound rude, its just that title, the whole thread is kind of not well thought of. the whole depression thing, its abstract. impossible to explain with words and yet everyone who comes here tries to give their theories and stories etc. its like "love", so many people give their stories and theories on it, but personally i dont understand "love" as much as i do not understand "depression". hardwired feelings in my head impossible to lecture someone about really. what i know is, i do not really experience love, but i do experience depression. and nobody will ever understand me if i try to explain it, ok?
but on lighter note, where do you live now? how does it differ??
 
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Xorkoth said:
Yeah that is a big factor this past year, but it seems that there is a trend of increasing mental illness/depression/anxiety. Though to be fair, as I think someone else said earlier, it may be at least partly because there is a much increased awareness of mental illness and social acceptance. I know that in my dad's family growing up, they did not talk about it, it was considered shameful. His sister was bipolar and suffered massively and his parents refused to admit that she had any issues, and so did she, and so for all intents and purposes, from a statistical standpoint, she was not depressed. Yet she was, very much so.
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Oh yeah I absolutely get that. My grandma was addicted to opioids and died on my birthday, before I could ever meet her. Nobody in my family ever talked about her depression, or her addiction. To this day I don't know if she died by accident or if she wanted to. No idea. Because nobody talks about it.

Mental issues were extremely frowned upon by past generations, and now having a mental condition is "hip", so everyone wants one... I don't mean it that krass, but it's much more "normal" to suffer mental issues than it was just 50 years ago. I'm positive this is also an important factor in 'why people are getting more depressed'.

The other part ofc is, as has already been asked: "compared to when?" 10 years ago? Yes, there's more adolescent/adult people than 10 years ago, ergo more people where we would take depression seriously.
90 years ago depression was sky-high during & after WWI, same after WWII, same during the Cold Wars. I don't really see us sky-rocketing in the field of depression in our general era.

We have too much, and that's why people turn into whiny bitches crying over every fucking small slight they have faced in life. I think the more shit you face in life, the stronger you will become.
 
allone said:
what i know is, i do not really experience love, but i do experience depression. and nobody will ever understand me if i try to explain it, ok?
but on lighter note, where do you live now? how does it differ??
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No worries man, sorry for calling you a dick.

I don't want to say publicly where I live, but it's vastly different. It's in the middle of nature, in the mountains. The air is different, the smells are different. The people are different. Here most people are smiling and you talk to random people you run into. There's a great music scene and lots of small to medium sized festivals, plus like 10-15 performances throughout town every night of the week. There are artists all over the place. There is a great food culture, it's mostly interesting local places instead of big box places. The pace of life just feels different. There is only one part of town that is anything like Chicago area (endless strip malls and tons of traffic)... that's the part of town growing the fastest. It's growing quickly, I worry all the people coming here will ruin it, but it's way better than Chicago still... even if it was a little cooler 12 years ago when I moved here.

Every time I land in a place after visiting somewhere else, I feel better once I breathe the air. Every time I drive back, once I cross into the mountains I feel better. I would never go back to Chicagoland again, except my whole family lives there.
 
I’ve been pretty much exclusively eyeing up PhD programs that are located in some sort of mountains or forested areas. Whether that’s a good idea or not, I guess depends on your values.

I currently live in an endless strip mall city, surrounded by corn fields for hours on pretty much all sides. It’s depressing, it really is. I can’t see myself living another 5-10 years in a city like this. I’m happiest when I’m running through the wilderness, alone with my thoughts. I don’t have that here. Any hiking trails are crowded or really small and surrounded by highway noises. You feel trapped. Once I can, I plan to escape
 
I really wonder if its actually true that more people are more depressed today, or if its better publicized and understood as a subject. I cant think of a time Ive lived in, or havent, that isnt or wasnt depressing for a lot of people, or rather doesnt detail anyone as being mentally ill.

A part of it it is definitely the cheapening of the term clinical depression, the psychiatric condition, with “im depressed” being a dime a dozen expression for every minor grievance.

I bet a higher percentage were depressed historically. Nothing to back this up, just a hunch.
 
Why are people depressed?

Climate change. Trump. Biden. Too many super hero films. COVID-19. @alasdairm. Over-population. Social media. Video games. Binge watching television. Bad food. Lack of drugs. Too many drugs. No matter what you do the future is an inevitably slow and painful death. Unless you kill yourself, of course, which is super depressing. Then there's PC dictators. Factory farming. Veganism. Wealth inequality. Taxes. Employment. Unemployment. Being stupid. Being smart. And the lawn never stops growing, even after we die. We are basically mowing a dead man's lawn. One day (long after we're dead) whoever mows the lawn after us will die. And so on and so forth until the planet explodes.

That's pretty much it, I think.
 
It’s first world problems striking again.. we have time to be existential and depressed whereas if we were hunting for foot scrounging for honey from a beehive or running from a deangerous predator just to make sure we could feet and clothe our family we wouldn’t have time to worry about it’ll we are depressed we would just be! If that makes any sense.
 
Well talking about material wealth for a minute, it's harder to buy and own a house than it was when I was growing up so you get people who rent or live in apartments who otherwise aren't suited for that kind of lifestyle and they become depressed. Living close to neighbors and living in large, crowded cities depresses some people as well
 
thegreenhand said:
I currently live in an endless strip mall city, surrounded by corn fields for hours on pretty much all sides. It’s depressing, it really is. I can’t see myself living another 5-10 years in a city like this. I’m happiest when I’m running through the wilderness, alone with my thoughts. I don’t have that here. Any hiking trails are crowded or really small and surrounded by highway noises. You feel trapped. Once I can, I plan to escape
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Sounds exactly like where I grew up, in fact it likely is the same place. If not, where I grew up was just like that. It is very depressing, absolutely. I will never live there or anywhere like it again. The mountains, and forests, do something for my soul, I feel substantially different and better in such environments. And the other people around feel different too, and so they behave differently.

I probably never would have escaped if it hadn't been for my ex-wife getting into grad school in another state, because my whole family is still there. But who knows? Either way, I'm extremely glad I did. Life is better here.
 
Xorkoth said:
Sounds exactly like where I grew up, in fact it likely is the same place. If not, where I grew up was just like that. It is very depressing, absolutely. I will never live there or anywhere like it again. The mountains, and forests, do something for my soul, I feel substantially different and better in such environments. And the other people around feel different too, and so they behave differently.

I probably never would have escaped if it hadn't been for my ex-wife getting into grad school in another state, because my whole family is still there. But who knows? Either way, I'm extremely glad I did. Life is better here.
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Yes I plan to leave as soon as I can

two more years of school. Instate tuition is all my family can afford and my parents were smart and saved up for my degree since I was born. I will finish out this wonderful gift they gave me and then I have to leave, for my own sanity
 
Nice, that's exactly what I did. :) Completed college with no debt due to parents paying in-state tuition. Which was totally worth it, without a doubt.
 
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