T. M. Luhrmann, noticed an increased discussion of suicide and depression in Chennai,India, where such talk was previously taboo. This led her to question the mental health of the city compared to previous years.
It turns out suicide has gone up in India, and as it happens, the rest of the world. It was first proposed that because there are more diagnose-able diseases and more people such as psychiatrists to diagnose them, already existing diseases were being cataloged, so the supposed increase in poor mental health was just an increased in their documentation. However that does not explain more suicides, more cataloging of depressive patients does not mean more suicides. After some research it was found that a lot of mental well being is dependent upon perceived social rank. This observation coupled with factors such as increased access to media, social media, gadgets and growth of cities brings it to a rather interesting conclusion. Social media, internet and larger cities make a vastly larger social scale in which to place ourselves, and in this much larger social scheme "most of us are ants,"and that image can be quite depressing.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/25/opinion/a-great-depression.html?ref=international&_r=0
Sounds legit to me
ReplyDeleteI agree because social media websites tend to incresae the emotions of jealousy and the fact that some websites allow anonymous (hate) messages doesn't help.
ReplyDeleteThough social media is certainly a factor in the increased depression in of people, the largest issue is the fact that people are allowing themselves to be affected by what is on social media. Though we are told this all the time, it is important to remember that worrying about what other people think and what one's social status is leads to failure; this happens because they let this worry dictate their actions rather than just being themselves.
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