Why does everyone "suffer from depression" these days?
 

Seems there is no shortage of people with issues these days. I just wonder what there is to be so depressed about. Is this a new wave of chemically imbalanced humans, or as a society are we becoming so lazy and/or bored we just create psychological issues?

Curious minds want proof, link and examples.

I think that one of the sources as a lot of people have too much idle time and too many options. Too much idle time makes you bored and you start thinking about things you shouldn't be thinking of. Too many options creates "analysis paralysis" and people freak out with all of the stuff they "have to do." These are pretty much on opposite ends of the spectrum from each other. People need to find balance.

That is a very interesting point. I can certainly see how that could happen!

because $$$ is gone

Everyone takes life to seriously. to many many people are caught up in media hype and what life should be.

people are spoon fed and have no need to be responsible for their own actions. alot of people look to gain exterior things to make them happy rather than look gain "interior" things that make them happy.

no one is honest about who they are or what they really want. this in turn makes them feel like they have to lie to themselves to get through life.

to many people are afraid to deal with their own emotions.

the list goes on...

It could be a new Niche :1orglaugh

1. drug companies
2. commercials
3. doctor incentives

people get depressed in the winter

Real depression and the "modern" depression are two totally different things.

I don't.

Long time.

lack of good diet, sleep and exercise
focusing your life on things that are unimportant
not having a job you love
unrealistic expectations

Everyone as in all americans (not just everyone here).... I would say it is because the majority of the people don't have the ability to spend money like they are use to. We are a spending society. Most spend more than they make (credit). With people being laid off of work, they have no income coming in so they can't spend. A lot of people had their cc limits reduced, they are maxed out. A lot of people lost the equity in their home, so they can't borrow against it.... very little money to spend. When people can't go blow money on crap like vacations, nice t.v's, fancy cars, etc... they typically get depressed.

drug companies and doctors in cahoots - there is no doubt real clinical depression, where people for absolutely no real reason are completely unable to function, exists. definitely a medical disorder still not fully understood. but the vast majority of depression that gets diagnosed today - just lazy doctors eager to diagnose a complaining patient with something and of course the drug companies are the benificiary when the lazy doctor writes out a script for the popular anti-depressant of the month.

why are more people complaining and thinking they are depressed - high unrealistic expectations that they can't meet - creates anxiety and depression. we are a sick culture and getting sicker and weaker mentally all the time.

none of these popular mental illnesses that we have today, clinical depression, anxiety disorder, ADD - there are no laboratory tests for them. Psychiatrists create and name these illnesses, according to a group of symptoms they decide on make up the illness.

They all exist but are waaaaaaaaaaaaay over diagnosed - most people who get diagnosed with them are just not well adjusted people for whatever reason, they have no real brain chemisty problem.

I was thinking why everyone suffers from ADD, too.

And have you guys noticed how many times a commercial from a drug company comes up on TV now?

And have you noticed that practically every drug commercial says the same exact thing due to the disclaimers? It's pretty funny.

viagra and similar drugs probably fall into the same category... I doubt so many people actually have wood problems...

because life can be depressing.

Seems like money isn't feeling their (our) constitutive void...

i might be wrong.. but i think its cos the world got smaller. Media, internet and all the bullshit are causin problems in peeps lives.. back in the days, information was limited, so people's eyes werent too opened to all the crap.. this made their life simpler and much barerable compared to this day in age.

I would rather have the Ailment they are advertising, than the side effects they list. I am thinking it must be an upsell for future problems.

i think it's a little bit of both, actually

Adderall baby!!!!!!!!!!!!!

what people slave and fuck over each other all day long doesn't fill their void. pretty simple.

Because most people are a bunch of pussies and just like porn slingers to the horny, there is a business set up to provide these people with what they "think" they need. They are called Doctors and Pharmaceutical companies. They want you fucked up and on their drugs, even if it is their drugs that are fucking you up so they can give you different drugs.

All those fucked up drug commercials you see on TV? They aren't there to help you, they are there to get you hooked and making them money.

There ARE real conditions that require treatment, BUT the amount of so called effected individuals are grossly misdiagnosed/self diagnosed or like I said... pussies. Oh noes... I'm having a panic attack... Oh noes... my life sucks, I'm depressed. Here's an idea... MAN UP and get your shit together. Quit medicating the symptoms of your problem, CURE the problem with self management and coping skills or techniques. You're not helpless so stop acting like it and stop rationalizing your behavior by hiding behind a disease, mental or otherwise.

You think people were acting this pathetic 50 years ago? Where did all the real men go? Do they even make them anymore? People have seriously lost touch with reality.

:2 cents:

Life is a series of ups and downs. Not every day will be awesome and not every day will suck balls ... you have to take the average and hopefully, its all good.

Life is what YOU decide to make it. Not what it decides for you....

It is very hard work and never easy ...but when it all comes together ... It's the best.

Live for the clicks.

:1orglaugh great post!

same with little brats these days. the kid throws a few snowballs and they dope them up on drugs for "acting up".

or if your kid is doing bad in school they always give them some clinical term for it. MAYBE just MAYBE your kid is an IDIOT.

a lot of it has to do with bullshit psychologists.

good thing there is a cvs and walgreens on every frikin corner so people can get their meds that they think they need... meanwhile, we could be growing our OWN anti-depressants in our own backyards, but apparently it's somehow logical to outlaw a fucking plant.

Very well said. You should do seminars with that attitude and make millions. Keep up the positivity. :thumbsup

just when I have to come to thailand and shoot for the DWB

well make someone take out a loan that takes 30 years to pay for a house, a loan that takes 10 years to pay for a car, credit cards that charge them 25% interest, $75k student loans, then slowly increase prices and rates on them so that they're little more than robots that take care of themselves and make money for the bank and whoever they work for - the rest of the money goes to sustaining life

throw in constant fear tactics by the government to keep people scared and you have zombies, depressed zombies at that

thats why

I am sure various reasons, but these days I bet it is because of financial problems.

To me there are two types of depression.

1. real depression which is a medical condition where people have a chemical imbalance.
2. being in a funk and being depressed, sometimes long term, about it.

I think those that are in category #1 have always been around, but it wasn't until recent years that we knew how to diagnose them and until recently it was kind of taboo to talk about that kind of stuff.

Those that are in category #2 I think are easy prey for pharmaceutical companies. They are depressed about their life and are sitting around one night and see an ad for a medicine so they go it. It doesn't help the problem, it just puts them in a zombie like state so they care less about it.

I am depressed because for more than 10 years every second person I meet tells me, "Fuck off and die" or something along those lines.

We were just talking about this earlier tonight.

I feel some people.. (not the majority by any means).. are looking for a label so that they have an excuse for some of their actions or lack of actions. Once these label-seekers have what they want in the form of a 'diagnosis' they often use it to their advantage anytime things aren't going their way.

If I eat fast food all day long instead of cooking real meals, I get depressed the next day. Perhaps all the shit that's in food these days causes depression? Because of my depression that follows eating poorly, I pretty much only eat healthy. Also, people get depressed during the winter (unless you live in a place where there's only 1 season, aka, southern californa and its warn weather 24/7).

Also, people who are fat or out of shape are also always depressed, because they look and feel like shit.

But yeah, expectations about what life is and should be are a big cause i thinks. OH no I'm a truck driver makin 22 bucks an hour what a failure i am!!!! No, not really. If the concept of the american dream didn't exist, I think people wouldn't be so depressed about their "miserable failure" of a life.

If you cram too many rats into a cage, what starts to happen? :2 cents:

I blame MTV and shows like 'my sweet 16' (or whatever that is where spoiled brats get what they want)..and kids these days want that too, when reality hits they turn EMO.

Mine was sparked by something pretty real but I think the roots were in my brain even before then. I think people probably did have just as many depressions before but they weren't diagnosed. They either killed themselves or lived through it in mental anguish without telling anybody.

Most people I have known that have been through a real depression would never wish it upon another living soul and stop doing that leisurely tossing around of 'oh, I am so depressed'.

young people today have never really been through any serious shit the older generations had to. For example if you were born at the beginning of the last century, you'd have gone through World War I, then the great depression, then World War II and so on.