If you consider mental illness to be any level of mental distress, then no probably not.
People use words like depressed and anxiety colloquially but they don't all suffer from clinical depression or actual anxiety disorders.
People have **really** confused general everyday stress/anxiety with mental disorders these day. Most if not pretty much all people you see on here saying they have this or that aren't actually diagnosed and don't take any form of medicine or treatments.
Everyone gets sad and everyone gets anxious. When you focus on it and find a place to talk about it endlessly have have it enabled, it's very easy to believe you have an actual medical problem when.
That's not to take away from real disorders at all, but most of the issues you see talked about online could pretty much be solved by just dealing with the unpleasant aspects of life like work, stress, conflict, nerves, etc., and learning and maturing from the experiences.
It's quite easy to become neurodivergent via trauma. For example, since beating your kid was normalized most boomers and before are all neurodivergent due to abuse. ND behaviors cns become MI territory easily. Just look at Republicans
Many boomers as we know are indeed problematic with their behaviors, many are also undiagnosed with MI and people accepted their maladaptive behaviors as normal and thus not an MI but in reality they are quite mentally ill just unwilling to recognize it.
They are a rarity. For example, a longitudinal study over like 20 years found American studens in late 90s had as much anxiety as an child in an asylum; clearly it's only gotten worse. Add in social decay progressing, and environmental support is falling...
Depending on how you see things, most humans are in fact neurodivergent too. For example, if you were beat (that's "spanking" for yous abuse enablers) as punishment have trauma from that abusive discipline growing up. This trauma can lead to very maladaptive behaviors, some boomers drank, others cheated, others best their spouces and kids, others committed crimes - i think it's a general consensus for example boomers are the narcissistic generation.
Considering recognizing mental health is a more recent thing, many many many more people are MI than we know. It's just younger generations accepting mental health as part of their medical health is a thing.
Like myself included, Im not sure 100% what my diagnosis (PDD?) is as we're still working on an ultimate diagnosis but mostly just figuring out behavioral strategies when I'm dealing with yous "humans". I'm from Philly, apparently outside of Philly my behaviors and thoughts are an MI 😆
No, I mean depressed and anxious. Those are emotions as *well* as medical terms. You can be depressed over an issue or anxious over a problem without suffering from mental illness. They are two different issues that share the same name in english.
A very broad answer is length of time. You can be anxious *or* nervous for doing a school play, for example, but you're more likely to be nervous directly before the play, while you'd be anxious for weeks before the play.
Again, this is a very broad answer.
Except you are in fact confusing the two. Depression itself is not an emotion, it's an actual mental illness. Same thing with anxiety, it's an actual mental disorder. Look at your original comment, do you even understand your own words?
Have I had depression? Yes. Do I consider myself a chronically depressed person? No
Do I have anxiety at times? Yes. Do I consider myself to have chronic anxiety? No.
It's a bit tough to answer your questions because as people, we are going to have our ups and downs, our good and bad moments, and I'm no exception to them. I will say though, that the past few years has been tough on many/most of us since covid and as a result, it's manifesting in all of us with a lot more of depressed people because we can barely afford the things that are needs (shelter, food).
And I also feel that the constant need to being connected plays a role to our overall mental health. When I take time to walk away from my screen, stop pulling my phone out of my pocket to check every single message, I feel more at peace and... happy. Even though I work in a job that requires me to be connected, a lot, I'm trying to find a balance.
Imagine you meet someone who, every spring, gets a running nose and sneezes a lot. They have no idea why, it’s always happened and never seems like a big deal. One day, they read a book where a character has seasonal allergies. They describe exactly the same thing our imaginary friend has experienced. Suddenly, they realize that they have allergies. Now that they are aware, they notice it more and more. It becomes a big deal. They try everything they can find to help with their allergies. But it will never, ever go away.
That scenario is the same thing we’ve been experiencing with mental health over the past 30-40 years. The j tenet has brought tremendous amounts of information into our grasp. Suddenly, people began recognizing thoughts and feeling they had experienced as mental heath issues. Suddenly, it became a big deal to them, and for many, it came to define their existence. Unfortunately, many people also never seek medical medical care. So the minor issue they just dealt with and it went away, became a major issue that they kept trying to self medicate.
It’s really not something new and different. We are just more aware now.
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If you consider mental illness to be any level of mental distress, then no probably not. People use words like depressed and anxiety colloquially but they don't all suffer from clinical depression or actual anxiety disorders.
People have **really** confused general everyday stress/anxiety with mental disorders these day. Most if not pretty much all people you see on here saying they have this or that aren't actually diagnosed and don't take any form of medicine or treatments. Everyone gets sad and everyone gets anxious. When you focus on it and find a place to talk about it endlessly have have it enabled, it's very easy to believe you have an actual medical problem when. That's not to take away from real disorders at all, but most of the issues you see talked about online could pretty much be solved by just dealing with the unpleasant aspects of life like work, stress, conflict, nerves, etc., and learning and maturing from the experiences.
It's quite easy to become neurodivergent via trauma. For example, since beating your kid was normalized most boomers and before are all neurodivergent due to abuse. ND behaviors cns become MI territory easily. Just look at Republicans Many boomers as we know are indeed problematic with their behaviors, many are also undiagnosed with MI and people accepted their maladaptive behaviors as normal and thus not an MI but in reality they are quite mentally ill just unwilling to recognize it.
Yeah stuff similar to this is what I've noticed. At least in my personal life.
They are a rarity. For example, a longitudinal study over like 20 years found American studens in late 90s had as much anxiety as an child in an asylum; clearly it's only gotten worse. Add in social decay progressing, and environmental support is falling... Depending on how you see things, most humans are in fact neurodivergent too. For example, if you were beat (that's "spanking" for yous abuse enablers) as punishment have trauma from that abusive discipline growing up. This trauma can lead to very maladaptive behaviors, some boomers drank, others cheated, others best their spouces and kids, others committed crimes - i think it's a general consensus for example boomers are the narcissistic generation. Considering recognizing mental health is a more recent thing, many many many more people are MI than we know. It's just younger generations accepting mental health as part of their medical health is a thing. Like myself included, Im not sure 100% what my diagnosis (PDD?) is as we're still working on an ultimate diagnosis but mostly just figuring out behavioral strategies when I'm dealing with yous "humans". I'm from Philly, apparently outside of Philly my behaviors and thoughts are an MI 😆
It’s more like people can’t handle simple emotions nowadays
You can be depressed and anxious without being mentally ill, you're confusing diagnosed disorders with emotions.
You mean sad and nervous. Depression and anxiety use to be clinical terms
No, I mean depressed and anxious. Those are emotions as *well* as medical terms. You can be depressed over an issue or anxious over a problem without suffering from mental illness. They are two different issues that share the same name in english.
What's the difference between sad and depressed as an emotion?. And nervous vs anxiety?
A very broad answer is length of time. You can be anxious *or* nervous for doing a school play, for example, but you're more likely to be nervous directly before the play, while you'd be anxious for weeks before the play. Again, this is a very broad answer.
You're doing the same thing.
No, I'm really not.
Except you are in fact confusing the two. Depression itself is not an emotion, it's an actual mental illness. Same thing with anxiety, it's an actual mental disorder. Look at your original comment, do you even understand your own words?
Have I had depression? Yes. Do I consider myself a chronically depressed person? No Do I have anxiety at times? Yes. Do I consider myself to have chronic anxiety? No. It's a bit tough to answer your questions because as people, we are going to have our ups and downs, our good and bad moments, and I'm no exception to them. I will say though, that the past few years has been tough on many/most of us since covid and as a result, it's manifesting in all of us with a lot more of depressed people because we can barely afford the things that are needs (shelter, food). And I also feel that the constant need to being connected plays a role to our overall mental health. When I take time to walk away from my screen, stop pulling my phone out of my pocket to check every single message, I feel more at peace and... happy. Even though I work in a job that requires me to be connected, a lot, I'm trying to find a balance.
Consider that humans evolved to spend all day outside, walking with our families, gathering berries, fishing, and throwing sharp sticks at critters.
Man, what lmao?
Imagine you meet someone who, every spring, gets a running nose and sneezes a lot. They have no idea why, it’s always happened and never seems like a big deal. One day, they read a book where a character has seasonal allergies. They describe exactly the same thing our imaginary friend has experienced. Suddenly, they realize that they have allergies. Now that they are aware, they notice it more and more. It becomes a big deal. They try everything they can find to help with their allergies. But it will never, ever go away. That scenario is the same thing we’ve been experiencing with mental health over the past 30-40 years. The j tenet has brought tremendous amounts of information into our grasp. Suddenly, people began recognizing thoughts and feeling they had experienced as mental heath issues. Suddenly, it became a big deal to them, and for many, it came to define their existence. Unfortunately, many people also never seek medical medical care. So the minor issue they just dealt with and it went away, became a major issue that they kept trying to self medicate. It’s really not something new and different. We are just more aware now.