Mental illness is on the rise

[2stepz_ahead]

the diet

and the ig and facebook and snapchat...having just the right photos to make someone seem like they living a life you wish you had.

niggas dont know once the photo is snapped...they gotta give the stack of money back or them hoes leave once the bottle is finished or the nigga comes out the store an ask a nigga to get off his car.

 

[babelipsss]

It's all the chemicals we are literally swimming in.

 

[BiblicalAtheist]

Mental illness has been on the rise since the beginning. The more aberrated society becomes the more people's mind reflect that.

 

[northside7]

the diet

and the ig and facebook and snapchat...having just the right photos to make someone seem like they living a life you wish you had.

niggas dont know once the photo is snapped...they gotta give the stack of money back or them hoes leave once the bottle is finished or the nigga comes out the store an ask a nigga to get off his car.

Aren't you Xanax bar user?

 

[7figz]

I'm of the opinion that there always was a large gray area between sane and insane.

If it's supposedly on the rise, it's either propaganda or side-effects of all the drugs they're currently making. Just read the side-effects, fuckin suicidal thoughts / depression / worse for damn near everything.

Blame the FDA.

 

[playmaker88]

Alot of people are abusing drugs. in some form or fashion, alot of people cant cope with hardships, just normally.. and then you had that crazy with liquor or drugs.. People TRY to shortcut their way to comfort/tranquility when they really make it worst by abusing their minds/bodies exacerbating the problems

 

[JoshuaMoshua]

The mental sciences have advanced enough to where we've gotten better at diagnosing mental illness.

 

[2stepz_ahead]

the diet

and the ig and facebook and snapchat...having just the right photos to make someone seem like they living a life you wish you had.

niggas dont know once the photo is snapped...they gotta give the stack of money back or them hoes leave once the bottle is finished or the nigga comes out the store an ask a nigga to get off his car.

Aren't you Xanax bar user?

hell no.

i was prescribed ambien cause i couldnt sleep....shit had me fukked up.

i kept fighting my sleep to answer one last email or one last IC post or answer that one last call.

til niggas started saying how dumb i was sounding....smdh

had to leave that shit alone

 

[aneed123]

Mental health been here.. folk really are paying attention more and seekin help.

 

[rickmogul]

Societal ills will continue to be a contributing factor as well.

 

[kzzl]

the diet

and the ig and facebook and snapchat...having just the right photos to make someone seem like they living a life you wish you had.

niggas dont know once the photo is snapped...they gotta give the stack of money back or them hoes leave once the bottle is finished or the nigga comes out the store an ask a nigga to get off his car.

Bruh, what does everything after "diet" have to do with mental illness rising?

 

[2stepz_ahead]

the diet

and the ig and facebook and snapchat...having just the right photos to make someone seem like they living a life you wish you had.

niggas dont know once the photo is snapped...they gotta give the stack of money back or them hoes leave once the bottle is finished or the nigga comes out the store an ask a nigga to get off his car.

Bruh, what does everything after "diet" have to do with mental illness rising?

niggas fall into depression thinking they life aint shit.
http://health.howstuffworks.com/mental-health/depression/questions/social-media-depression.htm
http://psychnews.psychiatryonline.org/doi/full/10.1176/appi.pn.2017.1b16
https://www.cnbc.com/2017/05/19/ins...nely-out-of-major-social-apps-study-says.html

 

[StoneColdMikey]

The mental sciences have advanced enough to where we've gotten better at diagnosing mental illness.

Mental health been here.. folk really are paying attention more and seekin help.

 

[ThaNubianGod]

Complete bullshit. Just an excuse to peddle out drugs to people.

 

[Preach2Teach]

Mostly because people don't study themselves and spend too much time studying bullshit that will not help them with what really matters, society tells them what to think and how to feel, the news tells them how the world is full of terror and war and it fucks them up because they fell for the trap, the world isn't going to end so smile now you miserable fucks!

Some people just need to have a good talk with somebody but instead they are having drugs thrown at them, some people really do have mental health problems and drugs could be the answer but IMO most have just fallen into a pit of negativity I know how it feels because I have been there and even now I sometimes fall back into this state, I am getting better at controlling my own mind now and I am mastering myself.

 

[Lou Cypher]

It seems like the majority people I encountered is dealing with something. Studies even show its rising
https://www.google.com/amp/m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_58ee9a13e4b0da2ff85de60a/amp



Why do y’all think more people in this day and age are getting depressed?

People are more connected virtually, but less connected physically. We are a species that comes from tribes/villages. Having a community of people around us at all times. Nowadays, a lot of people will contact people people through FB or whatever social networking app, but they will stay in their room everyday doing it.

When people meet face to face and have a conversation, that connection releases Oxytocin and Dopamine and Serotonin. When people are in their room alone, even if they are talking with tons of people, they are missing that connection. They are living their life like they've been banished from the tribe/village.

 

[CashmoneyDux]

The mental sciences have advanced enough to where we've gotten better at diagnosing mental illness.

Mental health been here.. folk really are paying attention more and seekin help.

 

[sully]

It seems like the majority people I encountered is dealing with something. Studies even show its rising
https://www.google.com/amp/m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_58ee9a13e4b0da2ff85de60a/amp

Why do y’all think more people in this day and age are getting depressed?

First of all, mental health isn't limited to depression, it includes all forms of psychiatric illnesses, including PTSD, Bipolar Disorder, Schizophrenia, and a host of other diseases.

Secondly, that article is shit. It's HuffPo, written by a Journalist with no background in medicine or public health. In the hierarchy of sources, it's about as shit as it gets and would get laughed at by anyone with any serious discussions regarding mental health.

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov is a much better place to look for a serious study on health-related issues, since you'd be looking at actual research studies.

Secondly, in terms of the actual article itself, and the source from which it's derived (the CDC), the article isn't stating that mental health diseases like Depression are up, just that Serious Psychological Distress is up. Serious Psychological Distress, as defined by the CDC itself, is defined as a subjective measurement of distress relating to issues that can be related to anything other than actual mental health. While it can include mental health issues like depression, mania, etc, the CDC also states that Serious Psychological Distress can include disturbed occupational and social functioning by men whose net income increases. So this includes a broader definition than just Psychiatric Diseases.

Just want to get that out of the way, since there's a lot of misinformation and misunderstanding in this thread.

The article itself relates to the access to adequate healthcare in the face of psychological distress, which seemingly has declined, or is at least inadequate for the current needs among the American population. It says nothing about depression.

The content from the CDC upon which that shit article is based on is a meta-analysis, so it is a pretty good source of evidence for the actual issue arising in access to adequate healthcare for people facing psychological distress.

 

[sully]

the diet

and the ig and facebook and snapchat...having just the right photos to make someone seem like they living a life you wish you had.

niggas dont know once the photo is snapped...they gotta give the stack of money back or them hoes leave once the bottle is finished or the nigga comes out the store an ask a nigga to get off his car.

Actually, studies show that increased usage of social media itself isn't correlated with depression, so much as the interactions with people on social media. These interactions include things like bullying and unwanted messages by contacts and others. Not specifically the usage of social media itself. And these studies are formulated from online surveys, and are case-control studies, which are near the bottom of the hierarchy of evidence used in medicine to assess actual cause-and-effect.

Mental health disorders like depression do correlate somewhat with higher usage of social media, but again, it's based moreso on the interactions of those people on social media moreso than the usage itself. The studies also don't show cause-and-effect, just a correlation that doesn't take into account whether the higher usage is due to depressed mood or if the depressed mood is resultant from the social media usage. In terms of clinical evidence, the studies amount to nothing more than "that's interesting", but nothing that would warrant any warnings regarding usage of facebook/instagram/snapchat/etc. Plus, again, it's selection bias due to it being based off surveys of online users. And if you've gone on any form of social media, like reddit, or twitter, etc, people are always claiming to be depressed without any evidence that would actually lead to a clinical diagnosis (which is what depression is, a clinical diagnosis).

 

[sully]

It's all the chemicals we are literally swimming in.

No.

DNA is a chemical. Proteins are chemicals. Water is a chemical.