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re: Why has mental health declined so much over the years?
Posted on 3/15/23 at 2:45 pm to SaintlyTiger88
Posted on 3/15/23 at 2:45 pm to SaintlyTiger88
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Do you feel like mental health struggles are just a lot more amplified today because it is so much out in the open?
Yes.
People haven't changed. Society and perception has. "Mental health" issues have always existed. It's just that 30, 40, 50+ years ago very few were "open" with those issues. You were having struggles? So what! Everybody does. Get over it and quit whining. That was the general attitude.
There is less of a stigma today for those with mental health issues. That's a good thing because it allow those truly with mental health issues the comfort to seek help without fear of being "punished" for it.
But that openness has also created a group of who endeavor to be "victims" and absolve themselves of personal accountability for their struggles by attributing their problems to "mental health issues".
The number of people (proportionally) who truly have mental health issues is probably the same as it was decades ago. It just that they were likely under-diagnosed then, whereas they are over-diagnosed today.
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Posted on 3/15/23 at 10:00 pm to Alt26
quote:All of this. And I'd like to add that because of people abusing the system so to speak, that the legitimate cases are passed off as people being ridiculous. When the reality is that some people really do have mental health issues that are real and need to be treated.
People haven't changed. Society and perception has. "Mental health" issues have always existed. It's just that 30, 40, 50+ years ago very few were "open" with those issues. You were having struggles? So what! Everybody does. Get over it and quit whining. That was the general attitude.
There is less of a stigma today for those with mental health issues. That's a good thing because it allow those truly with mental health issues the comfort to seek help without fear of being "punished" for it.
But that openness has also created a group of who endeavor to be "victims" and absolve themselves of personal accountability for their struggles by attributing their problems to "mental health issues".
The number of people (proportionally) who truly have mental health issues is probably the same as it was decades ago. It just that they were likely under-diagnosed then, whereas they are over-diagnosed today.
Now one thing that boggles my brain is the mental illness of waking up one day and identifying or pretending to be a different gender. Used to be, those people were considered nuts. In today's woke world those people are applauded and called brave.
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