The Teen Mental Illness Epidemic Is International, Part 1: The Anglosphere

Re:The Teen Mental Illness Epidemic Is International, Part 1... by YellOh on Wednesday March 29, 2023 @05:07PM (#35363671)

I could see this being a major factor. It reminds me of wealthy white women's "hysteria" / other mental health issues of the past (ex. https://www.ribbonfarm.com/2013/01/16/eternal-hypochondria-o...). Being neither particularly oppressed nor in the most priveleged group is an interesting position, and I could see this being an important mental health factor. I don't have a strong enough sociological background to connect any shift in social position for white women to the correct time frame in the original post, but it's certainly possible.

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Re:The Teen Mental Illness Epidemic Is International, Part 1... by chasd00 on Wednesday March 29, 2023 @05:23PM (#35363912)

I would imagine it parallels the plight of growing up a middle child. Or another analogy from The Simpsons, "but what to do with poor hugo. Too crazy for Boys Town, too much of a boy for crazy town." - Dr. Hibert

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Re:The Teen Mental Illness Epidemic Is International, Part 1... by ikr678 on Wednesday March 29, 2023 @11:30PM (#35367551)

I read a theory that this is sort of the roots of the current anti-trans movement out of England - affluent but otherwise politically irrelevant women posting in mothers&parenting forums kind of latched on to this cause of defending their brand feminism from the existential threat of transfolk.

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