Thoughts true or false: this generation emphasizes being a pansy when it comes to mental illness instead of fighting mental illness?

[kylee2437]

Why is it socially acceptable to lay in bed all day when you are depressed when the root cause to your depression is lack of productivity? Why do people use anxiety as an excuse to not progress in life? Why do people use fears as a way to avoid being an adult? Why do people not fight their social anxiety and put themselves in situations that may help their social anxiety? Why are we normalizing being in tune with our comfort zone but not understanding staying in our comfort zone creates life chaos because staying stagnant especially with mental health problems creates unhappiness.

[Abchahaha]

Lack of productivity can hit you under various underlying medical conditions or social environments, and illnesses. Your logical mind can be compromised under various situations and this is one of those. It's not just as simple as "oh, I decided to do that so I do that". The human brain and body are not that simple. Believing in the myth of oh, he/she can just do that to get out of his/her problems is partly superficial.

It's never about it being acceptable, hell, the one who is suffering from it is the one that wants to kill themselves. Even then, the ones you think are being accepted, are not accepting themselves.

You need those people to be able to heal, logically, morally and economically it's much much better that way. Why do you think letting a person who had 20 years or many years of education go to rot in the dirt? Is that a good thing for society? No, it's not. And when they die, it causes other people stresses and potentially makes others fall into mental illnesses as well. Why not cure them and make an example so they can help more people like themselves? Empathy is not the same as acceptance of wrongdoing.

I think you never come into contact with depression patients, some of which, are or were incredibly talented people with good hearts, but they can't fight back on behavioural addiction (which is a part of depression, and mental illness) themselves. Why do you think we need medication to adjust body chemical and biological functions for those patients and rehab camps? It's never only about the mindset.

I recommend you research more about such topics before passing such harsh judgements on people like that. Life is a long journey. If one can come back and help others it's a great thing.

There are two parts to fighting these increasing mental illnesses, preventing them from happening and helping people who are suffering from them to get out of them.

[kylee2437]

I think there’s some acceptances, however I think the basic young adult in this day and age use mental illnesses as excuses. You have 25 year olds not even invested enough in being an adult to get their driver licenses yet reproducing children and what not.

[Abchahaha]

It is both an excuse and a disease, a person can identify their own sickness, doesn't mean they can cure it. Its principle is the same as many other diseases. I know a great cancer doctor who died because of a brain tumour. Sometimes they need help, even if they keep making excuses for it.

I think a strong mindset work as a preventative method, and sometimes works to cure people, but treatment effectiveness varies on individuals.

[kylee2437]

@Abchahaha I understand what you are trying to say but cancer is almost impossible to cure , while mental illness can be thrown a curve ball from literally just lifestyle change.

[Abchahaha]

"Just lifestyle change" is not that simple if you do it alone. Patients who are suffering from mental illnesses have their body chemicals become messy and suffer from bad behaviour patterns that the brain wrote into them. It can come from just purely emotional reasons like multiple bad things happened to them in life and they had to cope with it using psychological defence mechanics but said mechanics went wrong and backfired on them. Is it wrong to avoid feeling hurt? Ofc not, but some minds are easier for behavioural patterns to be created. Fighting against them are tough. That's why the social strategy is to raise awareness to prevent judgmental on said patients and deal with them personally, case by case. It's a tactic to combat widespread mental illnesses due to how the social environment changes drastically especially due to the exposure to social media, porn, and a variety of other entertainments. Personally, I have a great concern about how our social platform is affecting society as a whole. Remember when General Motors and other big companies pushed for lead fuel? Or CFCs? This can be one of those cases where the research field and legislation field fail to catch up to the speed of innovation.

[bean2k21]

You could be on to something. One hundred years ago, mentally ill patients were treated worse than criminals. To be mentally ill meant something worse than leprosy. Now, as it's become recognized as a true illness, more and more people think they have it, sort of like a pandemic. So perhaps the problem is that doctors are diagnosing things as a disease which are, frankly, the human condition. The sadness, anxiety, and fear are perfectly normal: to live is to suffer. Many philosophers have proposed how to eliminate suffering. They did not have the luxury of modern medicine yet managed to find joy through knowledge, wisdom, compassion, and spiritual discipline. These things are what's missing from Western society, and cannot be put in the form of a pill.

[ArtemisSilver]

I don't think it's really accepted, it's just that without resources to help people deal with their problems most people just stay out of it.

I agree though, you've got to face your demons not just let them roll you.

[kylee2437]

Tbh I don’t think people need resources, people need to take more responsibility for themselves. Resources work and many do need therapy, hey I even need therapy but the lack of awareness people have of their own mental illnesses is insane. It’s literally common sense yet the excuses people make is the epitome of their own issues.

[ArtemisSilver]

A lot of people need medication and therapy, you can't just wish away PTSD, depression or anxiety. Working out, getting sunshine and talking to friends about things can help too though.

What's not helpful is toxic fake positivity.

[kylee2437]

Fake positivity or reality? I am pointing out an issue I see with this generation. I have ptsd, depression and anxiety and had a conversation with a guy that has the same and the difference between me and him, is his mentality is full of excuses. I have social anxiety but work as a server in a restaurant. Why? Because I make decent money and if I allowed my social anxiety to control my everyday life, I would probably be jobless. People literally don’t understand how their comfortably with their mental illness keeps them unhappy.

[ArtemisSilver]

Well that's good that you're facing your problems. It's not as easy for everyone.

A lot of these feelings are catalysts telling you that you need to change something in your life.

As for it being generational, I just think the more recent ones just talk about it more readily as opposed to suffering quietly until they recover or snap which is how it used to be done.

[Abchahaha]

People are not the same, it's the same as how in a gym class one can run faster than the other, you may get out of it alone, doesn't mean others can. The severity of the illnesses is not the same, their lives are not the same as yours etc.

[kylee2437]

@artemissilver nope it actually stemmed from my friend being pregnant with a man’s child. He broke up with her and I had a long talk with him and he was like “you need to understand I have anxiety, depression and ptsd” yes it’s understanding, but how far can someone understand when you use those as an excuse to not better yourself and then you wonder why you have such crazy anxiety and depression?

[ArtemisSilver]

I don't know what to tell you, some people are just quitters. It's sad because it snowballs.

[Crafteroon]

This generation acknowledges that mental issues exist. The thought of an alternative is why previously the only method of ignoring it is treated more harshly. A few decades back you didn't talk about the issues, let alone figure how to deal with them. We are moving forwards.

[TitsMcGee16]

Mental Illnesses did not even exist back in the good old tough days. Nowadays people find every little excuse to justify their actions. I've noticed that every black on white crime is a ''mental illness'' and every white on black crime is ''white supremacy''. Wake the fuck up people.

[Abchahaha]

Nobody is making excuses when there are thousands upon thousands of researches that have been done about it. It can be measured both from the outside and from the inside of your body. Even hear of people's hair turning white due to sadness? It's been proven true and a lot of people dye their hair this way. The term "crazy" or "psychopath" exist for a long long time. Aeroplanes don't exist back in the good old tough day also.

I don't know why it's hard for people like you to understand that those conditions affect your health negatively also, it's been proven to cause health issues, like a decrease in cardiovascular health, memory, sleep, physical endurance, and a variety of other symptoms. Harsh judgement kills a lot of people who need help, it's pure ignorance on top of arrogance. The good old tough day where hundred of millions of people die of diseases, or dying to mosquito bites... I guess you can just tell them that they can just tough it up.

[WhiteBoyChill]

I mean. I only go to work because I have to. If I had the money to vacation every week, I would

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[duttyjamagyal]

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