A lot of people today are facing the problem of depression and its increasing day by day. People of older time were more peaceful then ours and you can verify it by discussing with your elders, they will tell you that there was a greater peace of mind among people then. I believe that there are two most valid reasons that are modern technology and terrible competitions between business entities following modern business paradigm.
What are the reasons you think could be behind this issue?
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Hmm I think at it's basic level, we aren't in tuned with nature or don't have the same relationship with earth as generations before us. That makes a huge impact on our moods. Mostly we are now living in concrete jungles with elevators and tablets, and sometimes even limited daylight hours. We should probably think about reviving our relationship with plants, animals, each other once again. That'd lessen our vulnerability to depression and anxiety.
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Technology has made things happen faster. Our lives have become more efficient/convenient, but maybe it has also made us more impatient. We want our issues to be resolved faster; instant gratification as opposed putting in effort and having patience and tolerance.
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Technology has made things happen faster. Our lives have become more efficient/convenient, but maybe it has also made us more impatient. We want our issues to be resolved faster; instant gratification as opposed putting in effort and having patience and tolerance.
We cannot say that people of older times were more efficient, punctual, and hardworking than ours...
The major difference and impact is economic anarchy of completion between business entities... Although, I agree that employees are given handsome salaries but you know we have no choice but put up a fight to meet realistic and unrealistic deadlines and to achieve the targets. Whereas, most of the targets given to employees are overestimated to exhaust ourselves, as if we are deceiving ourselves…
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some good point :k:
Dont you think that meterialism also have something to do with it…
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Mughal1 is around? I would like to hear him on this.... a concise note... :)
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Basic psychology.
Back then people's priorities were to earn a decent meal, feed the family, provide shade for them. And thus when these things were achieved, people were content and thanked their creator. Depression didn't get chance to settle in their lives, if it did, it wasn't for long because the needs were few.
Today the needs have increased. You have to earn enough money to buy food that spoils, thus need to keep a full stock. You have to pay to have roof over your head, and not just the cost of it, but also interest in some cases which increases the overall cost to live. You also have to pay for education. You also have to pay for electricity to keep the house lit up. You also need to pay for the utilities so you can get that heat/air conditioning, and the water that's available without effort. It does not stop there. You also need to ensure that your affiliations are kept intact which then requires either extra mental load or monetary load.
If it's one thing we learn in Psychology 101, it is that humans' basic need is Food. Once your stomach fills up, then your other secondary necessities start to flare up which include pleasure, etc.
People in the olden days were too busy keeping up with just the basic necessity, and thus their needs were fufilled by the end of the day, and they were able to sleep a sweet sleep.
Our basic necessity is not only met, but we're spoiled with varieties of food available to us. It is our second tier, third tier, and extra-curricular needs/desires that we're often found trying to fulfill. And because our "unessential" necessities are much more than before, thus our reasons for worry/depression have increased.
My view on this may be flawed greatly, but that's just what I think.
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^ very well written.
I think these are the implications of modern life-style that comes from modern social and economic systems...
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So basically less is more. Train your heart to want less and be content with that early on in life - starting from parents not buying excessive, useless toys but throwing their kids outside in the mud (obviously not literally) and teaching them to have a blast outdoors.
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So basically less is more. Train your heart to want less and be content with that early on in life - starting from parents not buying excessive, useless toys but throwing their kids outside in the mud (obviously not literally) and teaching them to have a blast outdoors.
Excess of anything is bad. It's much of what you said earlier, the more in-tune we are with our surroundings, the more at peace we may be internally. The further we go from the basics, the more we allow the excesses of our desires to dictate our overall outlook, and its' effects on our psychological well-being.
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got few points from a guy living in USA… i think these are very valid reasons…
Coffee 
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Don’t know why, but I look at problem of anxiety and depression with a little bit different perspective…
An interesting article citing a controversial book…
Our Age of Anxiety - The Chronicle Review - The Chronicle of Higher Education
Beard claimed that American nervousness “is the product of American civilization,” and that this “distinguished malady” was seen most often among the cultural elite and the “brain-workers.” (Indeed, he had suffered from it as a student at Yale University.) Neurasthenia was strongly gendered, but it was an acceptable, even prestigious disease for male intellectuals, professionals, writers, and artists…]
“It has not escaped many observers that today we are drenched in anxiety,” says the medical historian Edward Shorter in his new book, How Everyone Became Depressed: The Rise and Fall of the Nervous Breakdown (Oxford University Press). “Depression has become a mass illness.” Shorter cites statistical evidence: “Within a given year, one in 10 Americans today will have a mood disorder, the great majority of them major depression.” The psychiatrist Jeffrey P. Kahn sees an even worse trend in his recent Angst: Origins of Anxiety and Depression (Oxford), with “the commonplace anxiety and depressive disorders” affecting at least 20 percent of Americans. That’s some 60 million people…]
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coffee is related to insomnia (or it is considered so. don’t have first hand experience 
).
Overall, a lot can be attributed to difference of Haves and Have nots. Cut-throat competitions.
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coffee is related to insomnia (or it is considered so. *don't have first hand experience *:) ).
Overall, a lot can be attributed to difference of Haves and Have nots. Cut-throat competitions.
yes, but the guy and his people have that experience...
And then there are different researches on how coffee can affect our mood...
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yes, but the guy and his people have that experience... And then there are different researches on how coffee can affect our mood...
Excess consumption of everything affect the moods, as people become addictive / dependent of these things. This also linked with the marathon race of competition to achieve this and that and at the end of the day (life) didn't have time to enjoy you were running behind.
Qina'at ( being thankful what could you achieve) has been a extinct commodity in society giving place to anxiety and depression.
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bolded point is :k:
Technically, exessive use of coffee can affect the mood, but same is not the case with “everything” imo. As exessive use of Apple juice may not have same effect as coffee have…
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After reading this article i get anxious 
because i know, soon their civilization will become our civilization 
anyone know why? well it is a separate topic…
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lols. Now that is a topic under scope of health forum
WIC Too Much Apple Juice Can Be Bad For Your Health | Breaking News for Black America
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^ :D
yes, but i give this exmple to explain my point...
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What’s your perspective again?
this excerpt just talks about general statistics of depression in US. It is my understanding you’re concerned these statistics may roll over in Pakistan. Currently, you don’t think Pakistani population, if accurately assessed, would come pretty close to these statistics? 1 in 10?