It's not as simple as that
Humans of today have the highest living standards there have ever been
Full stop.
Period.
Do you honestly think you're worse off than your grandparents?
On the other hand, we don't have to struggle to survive
Which we have had to do for literally thousands of years
That gave us a purpose
Take away the purpose, and maybe you end up with an increase in depression
We're more connected than ever before. We can see the world and the bad in it in an instant. My grandparents got local news and saw someone called the police for a shadow that turned out to be a dog. We get daily news of school shootings, rapes, police brutality, disease outbreaks, starvation in so many towns, states, countries across the world. It's an entirely different knowledge. It's not that we have nothing to fight...its that we have too much and finally know it.
ok I know i'm better off than my grandparents, but i'm not depressed because I don't think I have enough. its a mental illness. mine is genetic. my both of my grandma's have it one of my grandpa's have it, my mom has it my aunts have it.
I want to be happy! its not like I thought "Oh wouldn't it be fun to have an adventure where you constantly hate yourself and want to die?"
There have been a number of groups looking into the depression rates over the past few years. All have found the same thing - depression is being over-diagnosed and over-treated. Only around a third of the people in these studies show signs of long term depression. Personally, I think a good number of people have figured out how to "fake" depression so they have an excuse to be lazy assholes and to try and get attention.
I know exactly how you feel
This past week has been so immensely bad and I just thought I was getting better
But hey, you've got us and you've got memes so keep your head high, and don't forget to cry because it's good to feel the pain and the hurt. Don't ignore your feelings but don't drown in them either.
Love you @catfluff and I hope things get better soon because you deserve so much happiness
Humans of today have the highest living standards there have ever been
Full stop.
Period.
Do you honestly think you're worse off than your grandparents?
On the other hand, we don't have to struggle to survive
Which we have had to do for literally thousands of years
That gave us a purpose
Take away the purpose, and maybe you end up with an increase in depression
I want to be happy! its not like I thought "Oh wouldn't it be fun to have an adventure where you constantly hate yourself and want to die?"
This past week has been so immensely bad and I just thought I was getting better
But hey, you've got us and you've got memes so keep your head high, and don't forget to cry because it's good to feel the pain and the hurt. Don't ignore your feelings but don't drown in them either.
Love you @catfluff and I hope things get better soon because you deserve so much happiness