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A comment on The Teen Mental Illness Epidemic Is International, Part 1: The Anglosphere. Parent comment

Re:The Teen Mental Illness Epidemic Is International, Part 1... by sdwr on Wednesday March 29, 2023 @12:49PM (#35359863)
Gotta look at which way the cookie crumbles or the beam shears - how stress is distributed in a system.

If you take for granted that there is a large amount of emotional strain floating around, where are the outlets?

Men bottle it up and retake control (school shootings, as an extreme).

People with precarious lives can express the stress as worry and fear (mostly women).

Depression is a luxury version of stress - not happy, but also physically safe and not worried for your well-being. "White liberal female teens" = privilege.

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Re:The Teen Mental Illness Epidemic Is International, Part 1... by incone123 on Wednesday March 29, 2023 @01:01PM (#35360040)
Depression is a spectrum of presentations, and severe cases render you entirely unable to work. In turn that means your physical well being is at risk if you depend on salary to keep yourself housed and fed.
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Re:The Teen Mental Illness Epidemic Is International, Part 1... by Arrath on Wednesday March 29, 2023 @01:03PM (#35360055)
> Depression is a luxury version of stress - not happy, but also physically safe and not worried for your well-being.

That certainly is A Take on Depression.

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Re:The Teen Mental Illness Epidemic Is International, Part 1... by ModernMech on Wednesday March 29, 2023 @03:36PM (#35362171)
One of the main attitudes that perpetuates and exacerbates depression, imo.

Let's not forget that depression can end in death through suicide. It's a serious life-threatening illness.

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Re:The Teen Mental Illness Epidemic Is International, Part 1... by notch898a on Wednesday March 29, 2023 @01:20PM (#35360284)
Suicide also appears to be a"luxury":

https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/images/databriefs/401-450/db450-fig...

I'd be interested in the explanation behind the aforementioned.

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Re:The Teen Mental Illness Epidemic Is International, Part 1... by kevviiinn on Wednesday March 29, 2023 @01:12PM (#35360174)
What are you talking about? The person you're replying to didn't mention any of those things
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Re:The Teen Mental Illness Epidemic Is International, Part 1... by AnimalMuppet on Wednesday March 29, 2023 @01:14PM (#35360205)
> How did you become so misinformed?

Personal attacks are against the site rules. Don't post like this here.

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