> but I have to wonder if there is some chemical we are exposed to more that might be causing mental disorders in addition to early onset cancers.
It's always easy to point the finger at a single cause, but the reality is that it's a series of factors that together act like a sophisticated, compound "attack" to the psyche:
- Social media weakens your self-confidence and makes you feel in a constant state of inferiority, i.e. your present self.
- The "post 9/11 world" you mention, is simply a result of a general worsening of Western political relations over time, which are becoming especially evident recently. That state of turmoil weakens your sense of stability and security, making the future look bleak - i.e. your future self.
- Further blows for the knockout: climate change, pollution / micro-plastics / rising costs of living, etc.
I'm actually surprised depression, anxiety and other mental disorders aren't more common...but perhaps they will be.
It's always easy to point the finger at a single cause, but the reality is that it's a series of factors that together act like a sophisticated, compound "attack" to the psyche:
- Social media weakens your self-confidence and makes you feel in a constant state of inferiority, i.e. your present self.
- The "post 9/11 world" you mention, is simply a result of a general worsening of Western political relations over time, which are becoming especially evident recently. That state of turmoil weakens your sense of stability and security, making the future look bleak - i.e. your future self.
- Further blows for the knockout: climate change, pollution / micro-plastics / rising costs of living, etc.
I'm actually surprised depression, anxiety and other mental disorders aren't more common...but perhaps they will be.