WHY are so many people depressed?
There are 2 primary reasons why depression is so prevalent in modern society. 1) The medical profession is so much better at diagnosing it than used to be the case. Also, the populace is much more aware of depression, so more people are seeking treatment for it than in past eras. 2) Humans evolved in an environment where mental stressors were generally intermittent and short in duration. For example, you might encounter a tiger. Either it ate you or you got away. Either way, the stress event was over quickly. In contrast, modern life is full of constant everyday low-level stressors (job stress, home stress, political stress, economic uncertainty, etc.). This constant stress can deplete the resiliency of our mental coping mechanisms. Once those mechanisms fail, depression symptoms often occur. Ironically, depression itself is a stressor, leading to a ‘vicious circle’ of depression leading to more depression.
I believe that many people are depressed. I also believe that now adays people are looking for excuses for their own behavior and their own insecurities. They want an excuse. Their laziness and need for personal gratification takes away the doctors attention and ability to treat those of us who actually need help. So thank you media and flaming liberals who think that we all need to “feel” good about ourselves. You now have taken the attetion and seriousness of the conditions and diseases of the people who ACTUALLY need help, and now arent taken quite as serious as would have been before; because people want an excuse as to why they have stress in their lives. Shut up, get ahold of yourself, and just because you have an ingrown hair on your butt doesent mean that you are depressed. Go home and allow the doctors to focus on those of us who actually need treatment and help because we have trouble functioning during simple daily activities such as the realization of the fact that the next
