My recovery journey was greatly enhanced by the therapeutic benefits of mushrooms. Other psychedelics like DMT and LSD have also proven to be remarkable.
Psilocybin mushrooms,DMT and LSD has been quite therapeutic for me. I was diagnosed with severe depression and mental health issues, not until a friend recommended golden teachers mushroom for spiritual and mental gratification. I’ve been well ever since for about 4 years now.
Being a pussy is another thing. Having a shitty life doesn't make people depressed. You see guys like Jordan Peterson that actually suffered from chemical imbalances, and they talk about how personal responsibility and purpose is what makes people truly happy. We need to listen to guys like that
Add a complete lack of empathy for anything in a large number of people in society (see comments for examples) As well as a growing number of sociopaths in positions of authority......
@@onespeeddan6803 the reason I say that having a bad life doesn't cause depression is, because suicide rates have gone up, but quality of living has gone up as well. Life has gotten easier for people, so they are trying to find reason to feel sorry about themselves. When you play the victim, you become sadder, not depressed. Suicide rates are lower in 3rd world countries, because they are to busy worrying about eating to stay alive, rather than complaining aboutstudent loan debt
I quit watching the news. It’s such a waste of time and causes so much unnecessary stress. If something is important I will be informed on it. And I set 20 minute time limit on Instagram. I keep Snapchat cause it’s how I communicate with my friends
Doing this too. I feel like there’s almost a withdrawal period. It’s like when you’re surrounded by noise and all the sudden have silence... the peace is almost painful. It’s hard to know what to fill the empty moments with when you no longer brainlessly scroll.
@@StilljustHelenafter doing this for a few weeks it’s not easy. I tend to ignore the time limit and continue to use it. It’s a serious problem I’m working on. I ignore it just to see if I have texts on Instagram and end up scrolling through my feed
@@jake4297 agreed! It’s good to be informed but more than half the time News is just he said she said gossip. It makes you feel like you’re learning but is really just leaving you with questions and anxiety. It’s nice to know I’m not alone out here trying to give up social media. Next up... TH-cam! Haha
I remember growing up as a child in the early 2000’s and loads of children were outside playing football, tag, building dens and treehouses. Today you hardly see any of that. It’s so sad.
We’ve created an unfullifing society. We’ve devalued having and raising kids ourselves, we have devalued face-to-face interaction, we’ve devalued relationships, we’ve increased consumerism and celebrity culture and narcissism all of which are unfulfilling
@Boga Destroyer thats a myth i literally smoke it everyday damn near all day whenever im off it personally im fine. your acting like weed is some heavy drug where it makes u feel like shit lol naw thats alcohol or ecstasy weed isnt even physically addictive like that only mentally its very rare that someone has symptoms like that.
We're born, we go to school for a quarter of our life, we work for half of our life, for the last quarter we're old, sick and tired, then we die. That is life for many these days.
has it ever been different for at least 95% of all living people? Without a doubt nowadays the number of folks suffering is as small as it has ever been..
eomerqqq yeah all these people think it’s really hard right now, as if they don’t have more opportunity than almost everyone before them. Social media and the internet mess people up, but they just stay on it and complain instead of moving forward. It’s all backwards thinking
The main thing that fucks with me mentally is thinking about how fun life was when I was younger. Being the youngest child, all my siblings are now moved out and it’s just me and my parents. Miss those times when we were all togeather under one roof. If only there was a way to know when you’re living in the good times.
Yes you don't realize at the time that those years,I'd say from birth to about 15,are the best your life is ever going to get. You always think "I can't wait to grow up and be an adult". No no no,cherish every moment before responsibilities enter your life
Can I give you the secret now? You ARE living the good life now! Think about it, we live in the richest generation ever in the history of mankind, you are young, you have both parents to support you. You may have problems, of course, but that doesn't change anything. I bet that when you are in your 40s, and 50s you're gonna miss this part of your life. So the best we can do is appreciate it and be happy about it.
Ian Robinson ik I’m still young but when I was in 8th grade I hated it, but now that I’m in high school I absolutely hate it and I miss middle school so much
It’s a human sickness to pine for the past. It’s a psychological kind of self torture and serves no purpose. But it is not your fault it is the human ego and it is the same in everyone. It is neither right or wrong it is just unconscious spiritually speaking. I recommend reading The Power of Now and A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle
People’s expectations of life are often way too high. So many are convinced they are going to be rich & powerful. When it doesn’t happen their ordinary life isn’t enough.
So many are told to change their life. Become rich and dont work for anyone. Be your own boss. Be like your fav celebrity or CEOs. But the system doesn’t work that way. So people get depressed when they failed to live up to expectations
It took a pretty radical step to get me out of years of depression. Literally threw myself in the deep end, moved to the other side of the world and got random jobs to support myself, feel more independent. Made me more confident in myself and abilities and it was just a knock on effect from there. It worked for me but for others I could see it going the other way and make them feel even more isolated.
I’m in a situation where I gotta do some dangerous shit. Just force myself out of my comfort zone and learn how to fly on the way down. Be more independent. I’m tired of staring at the walls in my parents basement. Just have no purpose at the moment. Thanks man
Glad it worked out for you, but since everyone's depression is different, everyone's solution is also going to be tailored to themselves. I also threw myself to the other side of the world, and it helped a little bit but not much. I lift weights, have a job, am in a master's program, and do something social at least once a week, and I'm still depressed as fuck.
Childhood trauma is large factor. Not having parents that are positive and supportive. Abusive parents that break their children's spirit. Bad people in the world, loss, loneliness, many factors are present to cause depression.
Agree but not always. Im been depressed half my life and had a great childhood and amazing parents. I am starting to wonder if some people are just genetically prone to have mental issues.
It doesn't even ends there. Recently I had this realization that most bullies or abusive people in general come from unrestrictedly loving homes (contrary to popular belief) It's a mind fuck when you notice Too Much Love creates monsters. Fucked up.
That's how it is for me. I 110% know that depression runs both sides of my family, more my mom side of the family (multiple members have committed suicide), my parents are loving but not emotionally the best when it comes to support and comfort since they where emotionally and physically abused through their childhood, so of course I have bad depression and anxiety, and to top it off I have thyroid problems. It's a lot to carry for almost 27 years of my life and the last couple of days I've been having really REALLY dark thoughts, like questioning my existence kind of thinking. As a whole of society though, I think we're all exhausted in every way shape and form.
@@Jess-Rabbit I'd rebut and say genetics can be a factor, but the time we live in is extremely stressful and extremely competitive, even though you can technically get anything if you work for it. we live in insanely stressful hyper-socially competitive time.
I wrote a college paper on how an addiction to social media, and lack of time spent in actual nature is responsible for the rise of depression in our generation
@@tallon3925 And I oop. Nah but seriously tho, why u being such an ass, the dude just said he did something and u gotta be all negative and shit lmao. I'm just curious is all, I'm not even salty tbh
It's a developed world problem. In less fortunate countries, people's purpose is still to find enough food to eat and to produce and raise children. They don't have time to think about what their purpose is... It just is.
Amen. I have had so many jobs I hate and I always tell people - wanna know how to live forever? Hate your life and every day will feel like an eternity.
Now explain why people who live in absolute shitholes in Africa aren't depressed : genetics and they have higher testosterone which gives them better mood.. BOOM
True yes! Because the world is so fake now, too many people who care about pleasure mostly and are distracted by material things and have forgotten what is good.
@@Hobopaladin True. Yet there is a point to it. I once travelled Vietnam, one of the poorest countries in Southeast Asia. Never seen such a happy people it was insane. Poor doesn't equal happiness, a good attitude and simplicity (close family, stable habits) often does though.
@SK Hey bro seek some help bc at some point most of us have felt that way. Do better for you bc you deserve to lead a happier life no matter what other people say or think about you.
herecomesthe crimsonchin you sound like an asshole, honestly. I bet you go around your house muttering, “no, I’m not lonely...I’m not lonely!” all the time while shaking your head vehemently.
Daisy you sound like an asshole. He just lost a bunch of meaningful things and he’s finding a way to manage it. What is he suppose to do? Play the victim and move backwards? He’s moving on. That’s a good thing.
Because so many people struggle to find their passion in life and when they do it's hard to get into as a career. Most people work boring, mundane jobs and sell their souls just to pay bills. Coupled with that most people are in unhappy relationships/marriages.
You nailed it. If you work at soulsucking job, nothing will make you happy. Modern corporate job culture destroys even prevoiusly fun careers, like programming.
@@joesr31 why is that? job can be fulfilling and productive. If employee likes his job, he will do it better. But corporations don't give a shit about employee's feelings
@@ubobcat sure there are, but imo, the quantity of those kinds of jobs are low. Most jobs are shitty, no matter how good things are, it is still a shitty job. For example, garbage disposal, data entry etc, no matter how you sugar coat the jobs, its still shit. The company knows that and that's why they need to pay in order to entice people to work. For fun and interesting jobs, they are often accompanied by a low pay unless there is a sudden change in the demand/supply.
@@joesr31 you right about most of the jobs being shit. But some jobs, like programming, were fun before. Then SCRUM and other corporate bullshit made it as shitty as any other office jobs. They just trying to make every employee on every role miserable, but it doesn't have to be that way
Because people know they are going to die and spending their precious time working hard asf for just enough money to live with basic necessities is not very fulfilling.
@@KallusGarnet just because things COULD be worse doesn't minimize how the original commenter, myself, and apparently many others feel. Life is shit with glimpses of happiness
Ever since facebook came live everything went downhill for sure. I remember the days before facebook. We had hyves and other things but life was much more mellow and playfull. Everything suddenly became a huge competition with no room for fun anymore. That’s one thing. And i believe our food get’s more fcked or something. It messes with your brain in some way. And telephones must transmit some frequency that dulls you down. I’m honestly guilty on all three. But i’m still able to remain very conscious which helps.
People have too high expectations of life due to social media. When their life doesn't live up to other peoples fake lives on Instagram etc they become depressed instead of enjoying and making the most of the life they live. Shit happens to us all, get over it.
I’ve been fighting depression for a while and slowly working my way out. I used to think about how pointless life is and everywhere I went my mind would start looking for easy ways to kill myself, I hated how I felt. I’m still depressed some days but I don’t want to kill myself anymore. A huge factor that’s helping is my diet, I now eat like my body is a literal machine and I need only what’s best. Processed foods are gone. I started lifting weights and training for a 26 mile marathon, and I’m working on building a meditation habit. If you’re depressed, it’s no way to live and you deserve better. Push yourself out of your comfort zone and see how it makes you feel. Also fuck social norms, and fuck social expectations.
Diet, exercise, sleep, mindfulness/meditation/self-help, and staying off drugs and alcohol. Absolutely everyone who follows these rules WILL experience an improvement in their mood, 100% guaranteed
People are time and money poor. 20 years ago you could sacrifice time for money and achieve things like buying a house now you have to sacrifice time or you wont have money to pay rent. Cost of living has gone up and quality of life has gone down
Yes. Noam Chomsky is useful to get this straight. Public Assets are being channelled into Private Hands...it is in the open ... and we are kept frantic and busy just paying the rent (even if you own your house - it has similar pressure).
Too right Ozzie. once you realise this you can make changes. Some cheap ass places to live in the world. Even in Australia if you head away from the coast. Just need to suss the career that enables this.
I have no real reason to be depressed. I have a good family, We're low middle class, not poor but not well off either. What makes me so depressed is essentially what life is. Spend all of your childhood in school. Yeah you make friends, But after grade school it's homework+projects+grades+social anxiety+stress. Our life's basically consist of "Get good grades and live a happy life!". But that isn't the case. We spent all this time in school, (Learn almost nothing that we need to. I don't even fucking know how to do my taxes, register a car, or get insurance. But I know the parts of a cell!) Just to either go to more school and get debt, or go work for the rest of our life's. If you're lucky enough to retire at a good age, with good money then you have a few years of enjoying life. We spent almost all of our life's working, and with work you get stress. Constant stress takes a toll on the body and mind.
@Rigid Anchor Despite the USA being materialistic, it is still a better place to live than almost every other country on earth except for maybe a small handful. Just imagine living in an apartment in Hong Kong, or living in Iran... That would be truly awful and very depressing
Rigid Anchor there will always be nice places in every country but there is a reason suicide rates are so incredibly high in over populated areas like HK, Tokyo, Seoul etc
People are very blind clones sadly its the truth. And most will remain in that spot. If everyone learned 1913 then everyone would only hate a few people. It affects dumb people they also understand . They just dont have the mental power to understand that everything in history repeats itself. People are mad because 1913 but are to dumb to understand that. They will kill granny and rob 3 banks before believeing 1913 made them feel that way. Any bad thing in life is cause a rich asshole wanted to make money off war because he Couldn't create it fast enough litterally. Brothers if anyone has smarts they are going to be geneuinly depressed about 1913 and remember it if any bad thing happens.
Biggest cause of depression is expectations, not even high expectations but normal expectations like getting a decent job and being able to afford a life with family/kids. Baby boomers had this handed to them on a silver platter. Our generation is screwed, unaffordable housing, job scarcity/low wages/job insecurity. We’re missing the milestones society expects us to hit. Social media is cancer for the soul and everyone compares themselves to others instead of appreciating what they have. And most of us are so isolated from people and nature, we’re social animals and need a strong connection to both. The increasing political and global tensions arent helping either. We’re lost and confused as a generation
I agree up until socializing the reason people isolate is because of social rejection and the fact people fuck it up because we tend to talk to certain people. You can blame the brain for being so lazy in that department
I honestly don’t like blaming generations. Yes the boomers had a better financial situation when it comes to job requirements with education versus inflation versus cost of tuition. But they are having more trouble with retirement (remember they are retiring mostly in the present or recently) than generations before. As to millennials don’t even get started with retirement... like we even have a clue how it’s going to work absent some correction or fundamental change of course.
i personally was miserable in elementary schl i was bullied all the time an didnt know my passions or who i was as a person. for me personally the older i get the happier i get
Yess! I think the lives of humans were likely so much simpler and blanced living in tribes and in nature. We’ve disconnected ourselves from everythig natural. In nature humans were surrounded by life, eating real foods, not all the processed crap people eat today with additives and preservatives. Now we’re surrounded by dead everything. :D
Depression is bad. Lost my homie to Depression in September 2019. He was young 25yrs old. Man I miss him. He took his life and he just turned 25 in August 2019. Sad to see and hurts to be a part of it. Never thought I'd be a guy that lost a loved one to it. Thought depression was fake and people made it up to get they $ from Gov and Pills for them. I know now it ain't bullshit this shit is real. Be sure to check on your loved ones, family, friends etc. Those you care about. Ask them if they ok how there life is. That means alot to those suffering from this disease. Though my homie is gone he wont be forgotten. Wish he spoke he didn't tell nobody. He left his wife and child here. Rip Rey C. 🙏
@JesDaBest Gaming I think part of the issue is that there is shame surrounding the label of being “mentally ill.” People have used the status as attacks on presidential candidates, and courts allow plaintiffs and defendants to be attacked with such labels which can end up swaying rulings. You can even be denied jobs based on the status of having a mental disability. I think people here blaming you for your loss are ignorant. They don’t know the full circumstances surrounding your friend’s troubles, and none of us really know what role or lack thereof you had in his life. What happened is between you and God man. I wish he found a way to keep marching forward, but even the strongest of us aren’t immune to succumbing to grief. It’s a very painful feeling being miserable every minute of your life, and not even knowing what exactly you’re living for; having nothing to look forward to.
You don’t feel depressed. Depression is constant. You might be sad, but if a person is depressed, then they are sad all the fuckin’ time and it feels like nothing will ever make you happy again.
@@eliaskjrbo8142 oh WOW, i didnt know that, depression is constant?!? thank you for saying that, so i just have what the original poster has, wow thank you so much for writing that man
Work 24/7, over-taxed, underpaid, everything's overpriced, high bills across the board. No freedom and having to listen on how to live our lives by a government that's incompetent, arrogant, lazy and corrupt.. makes you pretty depressed.
Jack not only do we exist. We thrive and create the world you see for Bette for worse. If you listened more to liberals maybe should would be better off.
DaBlueDonut no that’s not the point. I’m liberal but I have conservatives ideologies. The only message I wanna staying to convey is throughout American history it has been liberals who are pushing the county forward. Why? They spend more time studying and running trails at universities and other centers of learning. Look to the society found in Star Trek to see what liberal enlightenment will lead to.
Im ILLmatic yet Americans have been more depressed as we have “progressed”. And who freed the slaves? You can’t just say look at a made up universe to see what liberals will do...no that’s not how the world works
For me, "life" is what I'm actually doing and experiencing in this moment right now. If you define yourself by the past you have imprisoned yourself. People need to let go and take a clear look at what they're doing with the present moment.
Ok there Eckhart Tolle.. No one is the same it's way more complicated than that.. You dont know how I feel I dont know how you feel..I dont like the now when I feel like shit..learning to Accept is extremely difficult for a mind that doesnt stop
The brain-gut connection is SO underrated and trauma is the root of almost all mental health struggles. Thank you so much for spreading and supporting these truths!
Because we all grew up believing we’d be celebrities, rock and movie stars. We’re not going to be and we’re slowly realizing that fact .. and we’re pissed off.
Actually social media has made less inclined to be "famous". Celebrities have no privacy and their lives are not mysterious anymore. Everything has been cheapened by Instagram. I feel better off not having the spotlight on me.
That's easy. We work to much. No time for friends, no time for family. Have to work weekends, have to work holidays. Pay the bills, live check to check. Sounds like a wonderful life!
Exactly And we ate brought up to just work are life away. That's it. Born to work for the government. Born to pay bills. Then die. That's all life is. It's depressing
People nowadays just live for money. nothing else. Ever used a unlimited money cheat code in gta? it‘s good and all but after a certain time it becomes so boring that you just wanna play the story without much money lol. life lesson learned right there.
Amnesia Lemon Baba Kush expect people aren’t always trying to get laid in GTA, they get a hooker to gain back life then kill the hoe, take back your money and burn the body.
This applies to many. Not for me though. I have a chemical imbalance. Wake up with debilitating brain fog- headache, fatigue, fuzzy memory, zero motivation, zero happiness. Then I have panic attacks for no reason at any time of the day. No stressors. Just debilitating headaches, dizziness, flashes, etc. I have everything I could ever ask for in life. Can’t believe how blessed I am, but at the same time these illnesses have hindered me substantially. Be thankful if anything makes you happy.
I eat Tacos and burritos from a taco truck near my house literally everyday and the food is really good and feel more wholesome than eating fast food and I feel healthier
You're right. Did you watch the Tyson Fury podcast? He achieves heavyweight champion then slides into self destruction and depression. The only thing to pull him out was the goal of returning to heavyweight champ again. The money that comes with it doesn't hurt either 😀
People are depressed because of: 1. Genetics 2. Trauma, bad childhood, unfortunate sequence of events that unfortunately snowballed 3. Wrong thinking, terrible thought process, unhealthy high amounts of expectations, and ego
1. Genetics don’t guarantee depression 2. Not everyone that experiences trauma in childhood has a terrible life - although the #1 risk factor for substance abuse and addiction is childhood trauma I think one of the most overlooked factors is diet. Eating a meal of shit food makes you feel like shit. Multiply that by 3 meals a day, 365 days a year, by however many years, it’s easy to see how it can add up.
ApeHead Obviously the points I highlighted are not absolute 100% likely going to happen, genetics being a random card game in general, and for childhood trauma, individuals may rise above their predicament, or that their trauma wasn’t “traumatic enough”. They CAN still be the cause of depression however. I agree as well about diet being a factor of depression. Eat like shit, and wonder why one feels like shit, physically and mentally.
Genetics no, it's all vitamin/mineral imbalances and hormones and chemical imbalances in the brain thanks to the things I mentioned above, taking niacin aka vitamin b3 and vitamin c in megadoses cures most brain diseases like bipolar, schizophrenia, adhd/add and more, also vitamin d, B12, b complex, copper and zinc, all diseases begins in the gut and that's what all these things is that all these people suffer from their birth then it just builds up from year and year, diet is everything, if you take a male for an example and run blood tests, it often comes to low testosterone thanks to deficencys in the things I mentioned and you also look at their diet with all depressed people and all depressed people have shitty diets, just a single lemon in water in the morning kills my anxiety and boost my mood to get shit done, just a single damn lemon
@@TheJimmyswe150 Late reply ik, but genetics definitely does play a factor, but it doesn't overall determine the end results of your state of mind. The reason for the hormone and chemical imbalance is a product of your genetic makeup from the time of your birth. This is not to say that your genetics overtime is not determined by outside factors, because it is. I hope to not sound arrogant, but I personally have never experienced any internal physical sickness out of nowhere, and to the great scheme of things, have never taken into consideration of my health. The only illnesses I've received are from my outside environment. 40% of an individuals happiness level is determined by genetics, while the rest is under our control. Life is what we make of it, and happiness is a choice :)
@@williambullen3031 yes genetics plays a huge role also, but that's just the thing, if my mother or my father was deficient or had hormonal imbalance or thyroid disorders, me as a child will get it too, it transfers
I used to be happy I had a good job friends I lived by the ocean and got lots of sun, then I got married and my wife wanted me to move to the uk. Now I’m depressed England is a dump
@ajholcombe being unconscious is much more pleasant than being sentient. The darkness that came before birth and the darkness when you sleep without dreams just seems inherently blissful. Much better than life
Its all about how we decide to live as a society , i think things have gotten MUCH better than in the past where there WAS literally slavery . I thank my fellow humans that died to create the existence we all get to not appreciate today. I thank all those men and women who struggled to raise children in times of war to allow that child a decent life.
Yup. The default state is suffering, misery and rumination. The fact people tell you in response to this to find a purpose etc is testament to that, they are essentially saying find a compelling distraction from the default state. We come into this world kicking and screaming against our will, we already know.
Dude, slavery still exists. You can choose to be happy. I give zero fucks if you're in a career you don't like. It's allowing you to sustain your life so you can afford to move forward. I give zero fucks if you're in a bad relationship. BTDT, have the physical and psychological scars. Gtfo of it, move on. Americans live in the most free (for now) country in the world, a country teeming with resources and people willing to help others. People just don't want to put in work themselves, instead wanting nothing but instant gratification and coddling.
We’re all forced into a system that isn’t even designed to appeal to us as individuals. You literally get forced into having to “make something of ourselves” and half the time we’re out here doing things day-to-day that we honestly hate doing.
I don’t really care if I wake up or not for the most part. Don’t get me wrong I’m not going to jump in front of a train or anything. I just don’t really care if I wake up or not. Don’t enjoy life and haven’t for a very long time. I also don’t use social media at all.
Might aswell make the most of it while your here. We'll all die soon anyway so do something that makes you happy. If you dont know what makes you happy search for it
You should check out Wim Hof bro. The breathing method and cold immersion has a massive effect on the endocrine system and your energy levels etc. Backed up with studies published in Nature and other scientific journals (plus tonnes of anecdotal reports) @BrandonMartin @dutchschaefer
We are depressed because of several reasons: 1) technology that devaluates human contact 2) the battle of the sexes that turns male-female relationships into a witch hunt 3) general drop in values 4) political correctness and the idea that we are 'entitled' to everything 5) the overwhelming tempo of the world economy with which people cannot cope
Many things awakened due to internet, we will start to coexist better with these hidden conflicts with time, we will get more used to it and the world will be a bit more peaceful and stable.
I agree with Andrew Yang that we created "the most extreme winner-take-all economy in our history." The stress of not losing is constant and debilitating. Like death, it's always in the background in all we do. It doesn't take much to lose everything, and everyone knows they could be next. This constant stress on the body and mind leads to depression
Life has always been unfair, but before the age of information young men could not watch a wealthy man have fun with hot chix on the other side of the planet.
ricardo diaz “others live their dreams” they appear to live their dreams on social media, behind the scenes it’s entirely different. People only show what is good in their lives on social media.
I was a fairly big basketball player in high school...for my area at least. Very muscular and handsome. It was right in the middle of the opioid epidemic, ( that our government, pharma companies, and doctors created), and I go to college and go through a very tough break up. I had smoked some pot and drank some, but had never tried pills. I was very depressed, and the first one I tried took all my sorrow away, and made me feel great. I also never had a hangover the first few months I was on pain pills. I was too young and naive to see down the road, and they were everywhere. 15 years later, and I have struggled with addiction every since...and look nothing like I did 10 years ago. Just thought this could possibly help someone younger who could potentially read this. Stay away from drugs...period!!
Thanks for sharing. It's hard living with what ifs, with regrets but I hope you find your way to realization that sometimes it's enough to be who you are, your own story. There will never ever be anyone like you.
I got into depression at my 15, last March started gradually decreasing the medication for 8 weeks (allowed by my doctor). Started feeling who i actually was. Im 30 now. But tbh im feeling going back to these last 15 years of sadness. Hope this right now is temporary. Hope i too can help someone with my story.
Depression is a direct result of having no purpose which is a direct result of civilization And civilization is what allowed humans to exit objective reality and enter subjective reality
Dorian, the fallacy you're committing is called the rosy-retrospective fallacy. You think that things were better in some by-gone time. In reality, we are orders of magnitude better off in civilization. Before modern science and civilization, for most of human history, life was nasty, brutish and short. Before modern times, most people died in infancy and childbirth, people precariously faced starvation, and most people who survived infancy later died of diseases which today are very perfectly curable and preventable. And of course, virtually no one made it to old age. Things were bad then. Humans now have it better than we've ever had it in human history.
We are depressed because we are so isolated and have no idea why we are conscious beings. It is so incredibly weird that we are conscious instead of nothing.
For me things are overwhelming. I am often struggling with having all aspects of my life on point at once. Temptation is also so great these days. Alcohol, drugs, porn, TV, the Internet, long working weeks, grades, video games, smoking, social media, shitty food everywhere. It's so hard to resist all of these at once it always seems like at least a few have got a hold on me at any given time. Simplicity is a concept of the past.
Do you exercise? I swear by it to promote a sense of feeling good with the release of natural endorphins. Not saying you have to run marathons but definitely something to add to a list of positive things that you can do.
Depression, i genuinely think that some peoples brains are wired differently and as such never experience real depression whatever they go through. If you have never had a bout of true depression then you wont understand it. Its not just feeling a bit low or a bit bored. Real depression is hell
This is the the most relatable comment I've read. The brain definitely changes. Although I consider myself mentally healthy again, I don't feel like the same person. There is damage done that truly changes a person.
why are people depressed ? people have to work (any job), or die. ... try this for a couple of years: walk/work 10 hours per day as an "order picker" (no social interactions with your co-workers) + 2 hours daily commute + "have to" sleep = "time left for yor private life" after that, try not to be/get depressed lol
Extroverts will never understand how hard it is to be an introvert! The world doesn't agree with us, we need to break ourselves to be with the flow. Fuck!!
I never considered my self an extrovert or introvert, but a tend to be introvert more.. and if you want to be more extrovert, meaning meet people, just take initiative ask something, make conversation, take it as a challenge and conquer your fears.. is only a person like you, don't take life to seriously and if they are not into just move on.
You sound like an old person who blames entertainment on real world problems. (I.E "Videogames cause real world violence. Rock and Roll is the devils music.)
Everyone experiences bouts of depression in their life at some point. Whether it be grieving a family member, breakup of a relationship, losing a job etc. But these phases come to pass and you can come out the other end, that’s normal. Some people have clinical depression where they just can’t function and don’t know why they feel so low, it’s a scary thought. I just think modern society inhibits depression far more because there is so many ways we are scrutinised nowadays. The way we look, what we do for a a job, what we eat, every aspect of ourselves is picked upon. This is down to social media. Back in a more simpler time you went and did your job, came home to your family and that was it. You didn’t have someone messaging you on 5 different social media platforms telling you who followed your account or hasn’t liked your photo. It’s fucked up, and isn’t normal.
Our lives are became routine, lack of excitement, job and economic uncertainty, lack of control over many variables in life, realisation that you are nothing but a slave and consumer for the rest of ur life. Knowing next year and decade will be worse as you ll get older. Most of depression would disappear if we were financially independent, that is true freedom. Studying 15 years followed by wage slavery for next 40-50 years only to die in your own piss and shit its depressing in itself
John Daker How are you going to live a comfortable life without any sort of financial backing? Besides, financial independency is what WOULD fix most of depression that isn’t clinical. Do you not see that value of financial independence? Mood is one thing, but outside forces has effect on your mood. Financial independency would be a huge positive effect.
I think it’s not so much that it’s hard as it is that it’s isolating. It’s also unnatural. I spent a lot of the day reminding myself to focus because it just doesn’t come naturally working from home
Im working a dead end job that suck the life out of you and it is hard to date when you broke not to many woman want to date a retail worker. Good news is I been going back to college so I can get a better job one that I can move up and do different things and I can have a life .
@I'm Out If I were to say at my job and be a manager I have to work 70 to 80 hours a week 50 weeks a year so I said fuck that no thanks I just stay at $21 an hour do my 40 hours and take night classes at college and suffer with lack of sleep .
and then when you get that "thing"...its cool for a while and then back to "now I want THAT"........repeat...repeat...repeat Get over yourselves people.
@@wectyler3817 On no. I had 1 bad day. Guess I have severe depression. Like, no. Y ok u have depression when the doctor tells you that you do. You fan have a few bad days and claim you have depression. It's not like a cold where you know for a fact you have the cold. A few bad days doesnt equal depression. Get your lazy ass up, go to the doctor, then come back and tell me you have depression. Because that's when you have depression. When a doctor tells you you do.
@@connorkimbral3034 doctors cant even diagnose depression. theyre purely biology based. you dont make any sense just stfu you stupidity is making me mad
We’re disconnected from supportive communities, we’ve lost spirituality/religion which gives life common meaning and purpose, and we try and live independent lives that make everyone identical instead of tribal communities we evolved in, which valued everyone’s purpose and contributions. Isolation and lack of meaning is a huge huge part of this.
@ayy lmao religion could be a good thing, giving a mythology that explains How you live this way, but the problem is that people dont think they are mythologies, and they dont Focus on what is much more important.
Things are messed and we are so little that we cant do anything. This is the main reason why I can't get out of depression even if I am successful in a lot of spheres in my life. Life isnt hard for me, its just boring as shit. I no longer enjoy things I used to love. Like, memes back in the days made me laugh a lot, now the most I can do is giggle. I don't know, I am a point where everyone fears I kill myself but I don't really care because it would have been a well thought decisions. I have been thinking about it for years. I no longer care, when I talk about it I can even laugh because I no longer care. Cant be happy enough to enjoy life cant be unhappy enough to choose to kill myself in the near future. When I think at those things I am not even sad or have any emotions. There's nothing to do except just thinking about ourselves but I dont think it will work for me.
Alexandre Parent just leave it to god my friend. These things will change and how the world is today doesn’t mean it’s how it’s gonna be tomorrow or even a minute later. Be with god and god will make you happy, and all your dreams come true. I pray you’re forever happy, and all your dreams come true.
@@Happys_Art Yeah, if god even exists. I mean i would follow the "rules" if I knew at 100% I would. The problem with religions is that everyone think it holds the truth but only 1 will prevail or none. I do my best to make this world a better place without hurting people and I just hope someday I could be happy and go to heaven if it was well deserved. We will see, but I dont think that god exists but I hope it exists, I would love to be forever happy in heaven but I think its too beautiful to even be true. We'll see.
Alexandre Parent I'm truly sorry you feel that way, but I disagree with your statement. The world is of itself, it is own level, it can be compared to as being bad or good. There's good and bad in the world. There have always been terrible moments that happened in the world, either from having your candy being stolen in the playground, or from losing a loved one. Pain is inevitable, but suffering is a choice.
A lot of comments about not having a good job, good relationships, good prospects etc... imagine waking up and not having food or water. Now that’s depressing. I’ll never be a rich man, but I’m thankful for the things I have. I keep working hard and being good to other people and stop worrying about what I don’t have. Peace and love.
@@levinzechner8274 well if you are telling that to the average American who is homeless on the streets, waking up to go find warm food and water to wash with, I’d say they’d tell you to shove your purpose. You ain’t playing red dead now.
@@youngdylan5083 Yeah, you're right. Being homeless in a town sucks. I just said that because 2 years ago I went to Alaska and was alone in the wild for about six weeks. I didn't even thought about a purpose anymore, the only purpose was searching for food and hunting. And honestly, I never felt better in my life. Sorry for the misunderstanding.
You can do all those things (i do most of them) and still realize life and existance is pointless. There is no god. There is no purpose. We just exist. We might as well not exist.
x86 Assembly That’s the most useless thing you could do, im guessing you are going through depression, and that part of your brain that feels nothing was used to type that comment. But are you really generalizing that there is no purpose? I’ve been through the same phases and feelings. I understand where you are coming from. Not to be rude but keep that “depressed” shit to yourself...don’t just say things like that, demoting anyones motivation just because you feel life is worthless. Venting will do nothing but make it worse. Key word is “feel” because honestly, even to this day life has its highest perks. You just have to find them.
The greatest Jihad is to battle your own desires,to fight against the evil within yourself” -Prophet Muhammad Jihad literally means to struggle, struggle takes you out of depression
Volume 4, Book 52, Number 41: I asked Allah's Apostle, "O Allah's Apostle! What is the best deed?" He replied, "To offer the prayers at their early stated fixed times." I asked, "What is next in goodness?" He replied, "To be good and dutiful to your parents." I further asked, what is next in goodness?" He replied, "To participate in Jihad in Allah's Cause it says to do jihad in a||ah cause not for yourself, its rubbish if u ask me
I moved away from the United States 10 years ago. I'll tell you exactly why we're depressed in the USA. The car culture. The car culture makes it so cities are spread out and you have to drive to get anywhere. That's why when you walk outside you don't see anybody. They're all in their cars to go to far away places. This destroys communities. The country I live in now most people don't drive, so everyone is walking outside to get everything they need. Cities are less spread out, people see each other outside, and cultures are created.
New York City has a mass commuting system but IMO leads to interpersonal conflict because people get on each others nerves a lot more because there is no privacy
This is definitely true! I lived in England for most my life and you can walk anywhere. You want a pint of milk from the shop? Walk for 5 mins and you've got it. In America, you have to drive 15-20 minutes just to get to a basic store lol.
Because you can’t be honest and people don’t want to hear the truth. Society shuns people that have the balls to say things that other people are scared to say. Look at Facebook...if you post anything that is unpopular, people will unfriend you or comment that you shouldn’t be “negative”. The new mantra is to isolate people who are honest, and to only interact with people who always have to say the popular thing.
I remember years ago, a family friend was visiting. He was a psychologist. I asked him his view on depression, as one of our family members was taking Lithium for it at the time. His opinion was that there were 2 types of depression: one caused by a chemical imbalance in the brain, that required meds, the other was caused by our thought process. He believed the latter was much easier to cure.
We’re depressed because we’ve lost our sense of community and everyone is under pressure to improve themselves to an unrealistic standard. We are all doing “what’s best for ourselves” and keep rejecting and undervaluing community and relationships. We’re all more selfish under this pretence and while at it we feel extremely isolated and underachieving. Some of the things affecting everyone today are - self help gurus - new age stuff - social media - self righteousness - self obsession and the obsession with the pursuit of happiness which leads us to first points. The answer is in community, loving and helping each other out. It’s our role as human beings. It really is simple.
As a former pill addict I can definitely agree that you don’t realize you have a problem because it starts to become a habit and also it’s prescribed so you don’t feel bad taking it, but with strong will power and better life habits and true friends support, you are able to leave it behind 💪
What I've experienced from being aware of life since about 1977 (I was born in 1973) is that people have a lot less to do with each other. People don't visit each others houses, they don't get together and make music or sing. (Saying that, Taxi Driver was made in the 1970s, and that was about isolation and loneliness) Men and women are made to feel bad about being attracted to each other. Porn is ridiculous now and absolutely everywhere. Money has very little value compared to what it was - you got paid less, but you got more for it (milk being 5p a bottle etc). Everybody wants much more than they did. For decades it would have been considered ludicrous to want a very good car, if you weren't from that life. Basically, I think we're suffering because we're not being human. We're not connected to the earth or each other. I like what Elon Musk called the landing pad: "of course I still love you" And Of course I still love you
i live most of my childhood till my 20's in a rural area in the Philippines and I'm happy to say we didn't have this kind of problem maybe because we live a simple life.
YES! Gusto ko Philippines. I'm kano, lived most of my life in Alaska, a very wealthy state but has nearly the highest suicide rate in the world. The Philippines has the lowest. Balik balik Philippines for 30 years and Iove it there. Bayan ko. No longer as happy in Alaska. Pinoys are such nice people. Certainly not perfect but much preferred for me. And no cold winter. 😊
I'm not depressed, i live a pretty basic life (i work on the week like 8 hours, yes is too much, but i enjoy my job because i found it, a good salary for My age 25), u just stop thinking about outside, about ppl and just think about You, u are the only one who matters, find something u love/like and embrace it, if it's hard to find, just fight for it, sounds cliché, but for me, sounds more cliché saying that ppl are depressed over shit that been happening since forever, our parents got it worse let me tell u that
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Psilocybin mushrooms,DMT and LSD has been quite therapeutic for me.
I was diagnosed with severe depression and mental health issues, not until a friend recommended golden teachers mushroom for spiritual and mental gratification. I’ve been well ever since for about 4 years now.
Hey mate, Can someone help me with the source?
doctorcyruss is your guy, got all kinds of psychedelics, and the most knowledgeable that I know.
He’s on Telgram?
Yes, and TikTok, highly recommended.
Social media is the cigarettes of our generation
If social media is the cigarettes of our generation, then cable news is meth. Makes people angry and dumb.
Cigarettes are the cigarettes of our generation.
Juul
I thought it was racism (jim jefferies)
l social media is worse. People aren’t happy. They’re all addicted to instant gratification and likes.
Bad jobs, bad relationships, poor health, low self esteem, unresolved anger....take your pick.
Neither, fuck you
Sam The Slouch Fuck you too bro.
Being a pussy is another thing. Having a shitty life doesn't make people depressed. You see guys like Jordan Peterson that actually suffered from chemical imbalances, and they talk about how personal responsibility and purpose is what makes people truly happy. We need to listen to guys like that
Add a complete lack of empathy for anything in a large number of people in society (see comments for examples) As well as a growing number of sociopaths in positions of authority......
@@onespeeddan6803 the reason I say that having a bad life doesn't cause depression is, because suicide rates have gone up, but quality of living has gone up as well. Life has gotten easier for people, so they are trying to find reason to feel sorry about themselves. When you play the victim, you become sadder, not depressed. Suicide rates are lower in 3rd world countries, because they are to busy worrying about eating to stay alive, rather than complaining aboutstudent loan debt
Getting rid of most social medias, working out more, and refraining from watching the news has helped a lot for me personally.
I quit watching the news. It’s such a waste of time and causes so much unnecessary stress. If something is important I will be informed on it. And I set 20 minute time limit on Instagram. I keep Snapchat cause it’s how I communicate with my friends
Doing this too. I feel like there’s almost a withdrawal period. It’s like when you’re surrounded by noise and all the sudden have silence... the peace is almost painful. It’s hard to know what to fill the empty moments with when you no longer brainlessly scroll.
@@StilljustHelenafter doing this for a few weeks it’s not easy. I tend to ignore the time limit and continue to use it. It’s a serious problem I’m working on. I ignore it just to see if I have texts on Instagram and end up scrolling through my feed
@@StilljustHelen but stop watching the news helps a lot. I recommend it for everyone. We would all be a much happier and more peaceful society
@@jake4297 agreed! It’s good to be informed but more than half the time News is just he said she said gossip. It makes you feel like you’re learning but is really just leaving you with questions and anxiety.
It’s nice to know I’m not alone out here trying to give up social media. Next up... TH-cam! Haha
I remember growing up as a child in the early 2000’s and loads of children were outside playing football, tag, building dens and treehouses. Today you hardly see any of that. It’s so sad.
Ikr
Lewis Allen hahaha so true bro
1990s were better. You are the teletubie generation.
I say that all the time, especially Christmas morning there are zero kids riding their new bike they got for Christmas
social media Dumbass. Wasn’t all that good. Overrated.
We’ve created an unfullifing society. We’ve devalued having and raising kids ourselves, we have devalued face-to-face interaction, we’ve devalued relationships, we’ve increased consumerism and celebrity culture and narcissism all of which are unfulfilling
Absolutely in a nutshell
i go outside everyday an hng out with friends an smoke pot everyday. say whag u will bout my lifestyle but im happy asf lmao
Then what's the solution?
Well said brother well said 💯
@Boga Destroyer thats a myth i literally smoke it everyday damn near all day whenever im off it personally im fine. your acting like weed is some heavy drug where it makes u feel like shit lol naw thats alcohol or ecstasy weed isnt even physically addictive like that only mentally its very rare that someone has symptoms like that.
"... you don't struggle with depression, you struggle with the reality you live in." - Keanu Reeves
Facts. Many don’t like reality
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Wrong
Yup
John W Is this before or after you come out of the Matrix?
This has aged well. Quarantine is driving people mad
Honestly I understand the virus is serious but people need to get out it’s bad for us
I once had my prostate examined anally by a man who claimed to be a doctor. Turned out he wasn't a doctor at all ...
@David * so girls can be thots?
@@magg93 Is his name Saul goodman
Hence why you need God
That’s Joe Rogan‘s younger brother Bro Rogan.
Bald brogain
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Logan Glass 😂
Man, that's funny!
Bro Brogain
We're born, we go to school for a quarter of our life, we work for half of our life, for the last quarter we're old, sick and tired, then we die. That is life for many these days.
has it ever been different for at least 95% of all living people? Without a doubt nowadays the number of folks suffering is as small as it has ever been..
Dark, but accurate
But not all the people experiece school life
I used to think like that. Find a job where you want to stand up for in the morning. Makes Hella difference
eomerqqq yeah all these people think it’s really hard right now, as if they don’t have more opportunity than almost everyone before them. Social media and the internet mess people up, but they just stay on it and complain instead of moving forward. It’s all backwards thinking
The main thing that fucks with me mentally is thinking about how fun life was when I was younger. Being the youngest child, all my siblings are now moved out and it’s just me and my parents. Miss those times when we were all togeather under one roof. If only there was a way to know when you’re living in the good times.
Yes you don't realize at the time that those years,I'd say from birth to about 15,are the best your life is ever going to get. You always think "I can't wait to grow up and be an adult". No no no,cherish every moment before responsibilities enter your life
Can I give you the secret now? You ARE living the good life now! Think about it, we live in the richest generation ever in the history of mankind, you are young, you have both parents to support you. You may have problems, of course, but that doesn't change anything. I bet that when you are in your 40s, and 50s you're gonna miss this part of your life. So the best we can do is appreciate it and be happy about it.
Ian Robinson ik I’m still young but when I was in 8th grade I hated it, but now that I’m in high school I absolutely hate it and I miss middle school so much
DeeCee Studios me too man i’m a sophomore and even how i look back and think how cringy we were they were the good times
It’s a human sickness to pine for the past. It’s a psychological kind of self torture and serves no purpose. But it is not your fault it is the human ego and it is the same in everyone. It is neither right or wrong it is just unconscious spiritually speaking. I recommend reading The Power of Now and A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle
People’s expectations of life are often way too high. So many are convinced they are going to be rich & powerful. When it doesn’t happen their ordinary life isn’t enough.
Another is thinking you are going to end up with some amazing person, like they do in the movies, and then you get an average person or nobody at all
@@frarfarf that made me laugh 😂
@@frarfarf that made me laugh 😂
So many are told to change their life. Become rich and dont work for anyone. Be your own boss.
Be like your fav celebrity or CEOs.
But the system doesn’t work that way.
So people get depressed when they failed to live up to expectations
@@NookTommy so true
Why is Joe Rogan interviewing himself.
Lol!!
Looool
😂😂😂
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Lol 🤣🤣
This guy looks like joe rogan from another universe
Smart Rogan
1 UP the more I look at him the more I see it. Haha
This comment fucked me up.
He looks like The Rock without roids.
More like randy couture
Is it me or is it getting crazier out there
Joker?
Jon Davis what you just said is fucking amazing
You were a little early
It's getting crazier out there!
Worse everyday
It took a pretty radical step to get me out of years of depression. Literally threw myself in the deep end, moved to the other side of the world and got random jobs to support myself, feel more independent. Made me more confident in myself and abilities and it was just a knock on effect from there. It worked for me but for others I could see it going the other way and make them feel even more isolated.
I’m in a situation where I gotta do some dangerous shit. Just force myself out of my comfort zone and learn how to fly on the way down. Be more independent. I’m tired of staring at the walls in my parents basement. Just have no purpose at the moment. Thanks man
Renaissance man
Hardcore do it mate, fucking attack it head on
@@nealkhosla118 I get it, hope all is well.
Glad it worked out for you, but since everyone's depression is different, everyone's solution is also going to be tailored to themselves. I also threw myself to the other side of the world, and it helped a little bit but not much. I lift weights, have a job, am in a master's program, and do something social at least once a week, and I'm still depressed as fuck.
Childhood trauma is large factor. Not having parents that are positive and supportive. Abusive parents that break their children's spirit. Bad people in the world, loss, loneliness, many factors are present to cause depression.
Agree but not always. Im been depressed half my life and had a great childhood and amazing parents. I am starting to wonder if some people are just genetically prone to have mental issues.
And what happens to a child of a depressed parent
It doesn't even ends there. Recently I had this realization that most bullies or abusive people in general come from unrestrictedly loving homes (contrary to popular belief) It's a mind fuck when you notice Too Much Love creates monsters. Fucked up.
That's how it is for me. I 110% know that depression runs both sides of my family, more my mom side of the family (multiple members have committed suicide), my parents are loving but not emotionally the best when it comes to support and comfort since they where emotionally and physically abused through their childhood, so of course I have bad depression and anxiety, and to top it off I have thyroid problems. It's a lot to carry for almost 27 years of my life and the last couple of days I've been having really REALLY dark thoughts, like questioning my existence kind of thinking. As a whole of society though, I think we're all exhausted in every way shape and form.
@@Jess-Rabbit I'd rebut and say genetics can be a factor, but the time we live in is extremely stressful and extremely competitive, even though you can technically get anything if you work for it. we live in insanely stressful hyper-socially competitive time.
I wrote a college paper on how an addiction to social media, and lack of time spent in actual nature is responsible for the rise of depression in our generation
thomas cope and...? What was you conclusion? Is it worth a read, and where can you find it?
thomas cope I’d love to read it
Whoop dee fucking doo
@@tallon3925 And I oop.
Nah but seriously tho, why u being such an ass, the dude just said he did something and u gotta be all negative and shit lmao. I'm just curious is all, I'm not even salty tbh
The most IRONIC thing is that I too wrote a paper about social media in high school it's like there experimenting with us teens.
People have a lack of purpose now a days...
This. All I want is a reason...
Money is the way
It's a developed world problem. In less fortunate countries, people's purpose is still to find enough food to eat and to produce and raise children. They don't have time to think about what their purpose is... It just is.
lefwyn money nigga, then smoke some weed
lefwyn you’ll find it brother. 👊🏽
Doing what you don’t love is the most depressing thing a person can go through
Which is 99% of jobs after a few years doing them
Amen. I have had so many jobs I hate and I always tell people - wanna know how to live forever? Hate your life and every day will feel like an eternity.
@@frarfarf after a few years ? more like after 1 year or less
@@rover5058 depends what it is, but yeah
So true
We are depressed because we dont see anything thats truly genuine.
Now explain why people who live in absolute shitholes in Africa aren't depressed : genetics and they have higher testosterone which gives them better mood.. BOOM
Wow, thats hard hitting and quite on point. So many aspects of our life have become superficial
Very true. Jacque fresco is truly genuine and that is so goddamn refreshing.
True yes! Because the world is so fake now, too many people who care about pleasure mostly and are distracted by material things and have forgotten what is good.
@@Hobopaladin True. Yet there is a point to it. I once travelled Vietnam, one of the poorest countries in Southeast Asia. Never seen such a happy people it was insane. Poor doesn't equal happiness, a good attitude and simplicity (close family, stable habits) often does though.
Social media made me feel so worthless and alone..
Its all fake bro .. People are posting what they want u to see..
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@SK Hey bro seek some help bc at some point most of us have felt that way. Do better for you bc you deserve to lead a happier life no matter what other people say or think about you.
Why did you get on social media?
I once had my prostate examined anally by a man who claimed to be a doctor. Turned out he wasn't a doctor at all ...
Stress.
Its a silent killer man.
Did you just assume my gender?
bigbabyzubas nah i lost my job my wife and my dad all in 3 months. im now in a better place than ive been in my entire life. people are just pussies.
herecomesthe crimsonchin you sound like an asshole, honestly. I bet you go around your house muttering, “no, I’m not lonely...I’m not lonely!” all the time while shaking your head vehemently.
Daisy you sound like an asshole. He just lost a bunch of meaningful things and he’s finding a way to manage it. What is he suppose to do? Play the victim and move backwards? He’s moving on. That’s a good thing.
Daisy
Yeah, he should be miserable, then you’d be happy.
Because so many people struggle to find their passion in life and when they do it's hard to get into as a career. Most people work boring, mundane jobs and sell their souls just to pay bills. Coupled with that most people are in unhappy relationships/marriages.
You nailed it. If you work at soulsucking job, nothing will make you happy. Modern corporate job culture destroys even prevoiusly fun careers, like programming.
True...but at the same time, if jobs weren’t soul sucking, companies would not have to pay people to be there
@@joesr31 why is that? job can be fulfilling and productive. If employee likes his job, he will do it better. But corporations don't give a shit about employee's feelings
@@ubobcat sure there are, but imo, the quantity of those kinds of jobs are low. Most jobs are shitty, no matter how good things are, it is still a shitty job. For example, garbage disposal, data entry etc, no matter how you sugar coat the jobs, its still shit. The company knows that and that's why they need to pay in order to entice people to work. For fun and interesting jobs, they are often accompanied by a low pay unless there is a sudden change in the demand/supply.
@@joesr31 you right about most of the jobs being shit. But some jobs, like programming, were fun before. Then SCRUM and other corporate bullshit made it as shitty as any other office jobs. They just trying to make every employee on every role miserable, but it doesn't have to be that way
Because people know they are going to die and spending their precious time working hard asf for just enough money to live with basic necessities is not very fulfilling.
Not everyone can be a doctor, lawyer, movie star ⭐️ lottery winner, professional athlete, scientist, business smart person unfortunately
Well that's life, i would take that over poverty in a heartbeat, most people can't even make ends meet sadly.
Eh dude that’s why I would say just risk everything for whatever you enjoy man stop living that life
@@KallusGarnet just because things COULD be worse doesn't minimize how the original commenter, myself, and apparently many others feel.
Life is shit with glimpses of happiness
Yep and I’m changing it. Next year it’s my year. 20/20 vision on happiness in 2020.
Honestly I think it’s social media.
agreed
john duran yes💯
Yeah it's SM and a few other things.
Ever since facebook came live everything went downhill for sure. I remember the days before facebook. We had hyves and other things but life was much more mellow and playfull. Everything suddenly became a huge competition with no room for fun anymore. That’s one thing. And i believe our food get’s more fcked or something. It messes with your brain in some way. And telephones must transmit some frequency that dulls you down. I’m honestly guilty on all three. But i’m still able to remain very conscious which helps.
@@stormtraders yeah we all got blindsided with this social mediathe next generations going to be a little bit more careful with their children.
People have too high expectations of life due to social media. When their life doesn't live up to other peoples fake lives on Instagram etc they become depressed instead of enjoying and making the most of the life they live. Shit happens to us all, get over it.
Well said.
Depression was around long before Facebook
last sentence was unnecessary
Philipp Wilmer you’re unnecessary
Daniel Avital yeah but it wasn’t nearly as common before social media
I’ve been fighting depression for a while and slowly working my way out. I used to think about how pointless life is and everywhere I went my mind would start looking for easy ways to kill myself, I hated how I felt. I’m still depressed some days but I don’t want to kill myself anymore. A huge factor that’s helping is my diet, I now eat like my body is a literal machine and I need only what’s best. Processed foods are gone. I started lifting weights and training for a 26 mile marathon, and I’m working on building a meditation habit. If you’re depressed, it’s no way to live and you deserve better. Push yourself out of your comfort zone and see how it makes you feel. Also fuck social norms, and fuck social expectations.
Diet, exercise, sleep, mindfulness/meditation/self-help, and staying off drugs and alcohol. Absolutely everyone who follows these rules WILL experience an improvement in their mood, 100% guaranteed
What is your diet
Yeah, f** relationships and f** your nasty relatives..and f** TH-cam too..
Keep it UP. Best wishes Be Strong.
Thank you for saying we deserve better than to be depressed. I appreciate that.
People are time and money poor. 20 years ago you could sacrifice time for money and achieve things like buying a house now you have to sacrifice time or you wont have money to pay rent. Cost of living has gone up and quality of life has gone down
This is my life in a nutshell. I work 12 hour days and barely get by.
But we’re got cool phones!
Yes. Noam Chomsky is useful to get this straight. Public Assets are being channelled into Private Hands...it is in the open ... and we are kept frantic and busy just paying the rent (even if you own your house - it has similar pressure).
ozzie bloke lol you can still do that now. Work hard and save money you can buy a house jackass
Too right Ozzie. once you realise this you can make changes. Some cheap ass places to live in the world. Even in Australia if you head away from the coast. Just need to suss the career that enables this.
I have no real reason to be depressed. I have a good family, We're low middle class, not poor but not well off either.
What makes me so depressed is essentially what life is.
Spend all of your childhood in school. Yeah you make friends, But after grade school it's homework+projects+grades+social anxiety+stress. Our life's basically consist of "Get good grades and live a happy life!".
But that isn't the case. We spent all this time in school, (Learn almost nothing that we need to. I don't even fucking know how to do my taxes, register a car, or get insurance. But I know the parts of a cell!) Just to either go to more school and get debt, or go work for the rest of our life's. If you're lucky enough to retire at a good age, with good money then you have a few years of enjoying life.
We spent almost all of our life's working, and with work you get stress. Constant stress takes a toll on the body and mind.
Rigid Anchor and the sad thing is America is the one of the best places to live on earth and its still shitty...
@Rigid Anchor Despite the USA being materialistic, it is still a better place to live than almost every other country on earth except for maybe a small handful. Just imagine living in an apartment in Hong Kong, or living in Iran... That would be truly awful and very depressing
Rigid Anchor there will always be nice places in every country but there is a reason suicide rates are so incredibly high in over populated areas like HK, Tokyo, Seoul etc
Wade Wright facts man
U gotta play some Katy Perry
As a suicidal veteran diagnosed with depression PTSD etc I'm not sure it's depression, more like I'm just disappointed in people.
RantChant 316 same here
People are very blind clones sadly its the truth. And most will remain in that spot. If everyone learned 1913 then everyone would only hate a few people. It affects dumb people they also understand . They just dont have the mental power to understand that everything in history repeats itself. People are mad because 1913 but are to dumb to understand that. They will kill granny and rob 3 banks before believeing 1913 made them feel that way. Any bad thing in life is cause a rich asshole wanted to make money off war because he Couldn't create it fast enough litterally. Brothers if anyone has smarts they are going to be geneuinly depressed about 1913 and remember it if any bad thing happens.
I can relate, brother.
God Bless
Try Wim hof breathing th-cam.com/video/nzCaZQqAs9I/w-d-xo.html
Social media never made me feel hopeless. It's the assholes at work, my family and so called friends
I think you are the problem
@@majixwahenga9874 possibility
Pray
Are you the same daniel i know?
@@majixwahenga9874 or you are, and you are projecting.
Biggest cause of depression is expectations, not even high expectations but normal expectations like getting a decent job and being able to afford a life with family/kids. Baby boomers had this handed to them on a silver platter. Our generation is screwed, unaffordable housing, job scarcity/low wages/job insecurity. We’re missing the milestones society expects us to hit. Social media is cancer for the soul and everyone compares themselves to others instead of appreciating what they have. And most of us are so isolated from people and nature, we’re social animals and need a strong connection to both. The increasing political and global tensions arent helping either. We’re lost and confused as a generation
Yes you hit the nail on the head. Separation from others and nature is a big part of it.
the increasing political and global tensions are a result of the other factors you listed...
I agree up until socializing the reason people isolate is because of social rejection and the fact people fuck it up because we tend to talk to certain people. You can blame the brain for being so lazy in that department
Yeah.
I honestly don’t like blaming generations. Yes the boomers had a better financial situation when it comes to job requirements with education versus inflation versus cost of tuition. But they are having more trouble with retirement (remember they are retiring mostly in the present or recently) than generations before. As to millennials don’t even get started with retirement... like we even have a clue how it’s going to work absent some correction or fundamental change of course.
Y’all remember elementary and middle school where life was good and we had nothing to worry about?
Amen
still livin like that man :)
High school was like that for me to, at least compared to how life is now, a lot more shit to deal with nowadays.
i personally was miserable in elementary schl i was bullied all the time an didnt know my passions or who i was as a person. for me personally the older i get the happier i get
Yup
I’m convince Joe Rogan is going insane. He’s literally talking to himself
He's actually talking to his alter ego
Nah he’s just high
@@lukonawesome Maybe we're all just characters in his DMT trip
Is it his brother?
😂😂😂
The more technology connects us the more alone we feel. Human beings were the happiest when we lived in tribes.
Yess! I think the lives of humans were likely so much simpler and blanced living in tribes and in nature. We’ve disconnected ourselves from everythig natural. In nature humans were surrounded by life, eating real foods, not all the processed crap people eat today with additives and preservatives. Now we’re surrounded by dead everything. :D
Return to monke❤️. Anprim utopia
For sure, back when you could make other people happy with a clay vessel, a spear or a dead rabbit. Everything was much simpler
@@Bot-xp6kland I could die from a scrape on my head ✨
The sad, depressing irony of it all, huh?
Depression is bad. Lost my homie to Depression in September 2019. He was young 25yrs old. Man I miss him. He took his life and he just turned 25 in August 2019. Sad to see and hurts to be a part of it. Never thought I'd be a guy that lost a loved one to it. Thought depression was fake and people made it up to get they $ from Gov and Pills for them. I know now it ain't bullshit this shit is real. Be sure to check on your loved ones, family, friends etc. Those you care about. Ask them if they ok how there life is. That means alot to those suffering from this disease. Though my homie is gone he wont be forgotten. Wish he spoke he didn't tell nobody. He left his wife and child here. Rip Rey C. 🙏
Den Niero It’s past bedtime, kid. What are you doing up this late commenting edgy shit on the internet.
Den Niero sorry that you don’t have friends..
@JesDaBest Gaming
I think part of the issue is that there is shame surrounding the label of being “mentally ill.” People have used the status as attacks on presidential candidates, and courts allow plaintiffs and defendants to be attacked with such labels which can end up swaying rulings. You can even be denied jobs based on the status of having a mental disability.
I think people here blaming you for your loss are ignorant. They don’t know the full circumstances surrounding your friend’s troubles, and none of us really know what role or lack thereof you had in his life.
What happened is between you and God man. I wish he found a way to keep marching forward, but even the strongest of us aren’t immune to succumbing to grief. It’s a very painful feeling being miserable every minute of your life, and not even knowing what exactly you’re living for; having nothing to look forward to.
@@UndertakerU2ber
I agree, except for the "God" part
Fucking dumbass imagine thinking that depression is fake how dumb do you have to be?
My life feels like a simulation to see how long I will last
Good point
Are you 27 yet?????
27 club
@@marcelluswallace4598 exactly
@@marcelluswallace4598 very fitting username considering the topic loool
Because we've forgot how to be grateful for the little things in life
W. H. Agreed
Wrong
True
definely ......
Hell yea
A lot of the time I feel depressed but it’s really just a cross between anxiety and feeling unproductive
You don’t feel depressed. Depression is constant. You might be sad, but if a person is depressed, then they are sad all the fuckin’ time and it feels like nothing will ever make you happy again.
@@eliaskjrbo8142 true
@@eliaskjrbo8142 no it's not black or white
@@eliaskjrbo8142 oh WOW, i didnt know that, depression is constant?!? thank you for saying that, so i just have what the original poster has, wow thank you so much for writing that man
Work 24/7, over-taxed, underpaid, everything's overpriced, high bills across the board. No freedom and having to listen on how to live our lives by a government that's incompetent, arrogant, lazy and corrupt.. makes you pretty depressed.
Jack not only do we exist. We thrive and create the world you see for Bette for worse. If you listened more to liberals maybe should would be better off.
Im ILLmatic so "think what i think or go die" that sounds nice...
DaBlueDonut no that’s not the point. I’m liberal but I have conservatives ideologies. The only message I wanna staying to convey is throughout American history it has been liberals who are pushing the county forward. Why? They spend more time studying and running trails at universities and other centers of learning.
Look to the society found in Star Trek to see what liberal enlightenment will lead to.
The more the fuck ass government give the more they take
Im ILLmatic yet Americans have been more depressed as we have “progressed”. And who freed the slaves? You can’t just say look at a made up universe to see what liberals will do...no that’s not how the world works
For me, "life" is what I'm actually doing and experiencing in this moment right now. If you define yourself by the past you have imprisoned yourself. People need to let go and take a clear look at what they're doing with the present moment.
Easy in theory
Ok there Eckhart Tolle..
No one is the same it's way more complicated than that..
You dont know how I feel I dont know how you feel..I dont like the now when I feel like shit..learning to Accept is extremely difficult for a mind that doesnt stop
@@HawditOla Right. Could be the Bible too.
The brain-gut connection is SO underrated and trauma is the root of almost all mental health struggles.
Thank you so much for spreading and supporting these truths!
It’s even worse now. People are out of work and feeling hopeless. On top of that the lockdowns are keeping people from socializing.
Because we all grew up believing we’d be celebrities, rock and movie stars. We’re not going to be and we’re slowly realizing that fact .. and we’re pissed off.
Technically we get what we deserve that's including me ! We reap what we sow for not waking up sooner!
*quotes fight club *
Actually social media has made less inclined to be "famous". Celebrities have no privacy and their lives are not mysterious anymore. Everything has been cheapened by Instagram. I feel better off not having the spotlight on me.
Ok tyler
@@3_2_1Delete what is fightclub?
🤫 🤐
That's easy. We work to much. No time for friends, no time for family. Have to work weekends, have to work holidays. Pay the bills, live check to check. Sounds like a wonderful life!
Tbh its either your really busy or really bored. Society needs a change.
PipenFalzy perspective isn’t everything.
Exactly
And we ate brought up to just work are life away. That's it. Born to work for the government. Born to pay bills. Then die.
That's all life is. It's depressing
@@SuicideRedemption honestly
PipenFalzy I recommend studying investments and looking into business
People nowadays just live for money. nothing else. Ever used a unlimited money cheat code in gta? it‘s good and all but after a certain time it becomes so boring that you just wanna play the story without much money lol. life lesson learned right there.
This is dumb af. People not having any money, and unlimited money is not the sams.
This is how pathetic and retarded people are now a days. They try to make life lessons out of playing fucking video games.
Moral Compass lmao
Moral Compass fuck you bitch lmao
Amnesia Lemon Baba Kush expect people aren’t always trying to get laid in GTA, they get a hooker to gain back life then kill the hoe, take back your money and burn the body.
This applies to many. Not for me though. I have a chemical imbalance. Wake up with debilitating brain fog- headache, fatigue, fuzzy memory, zero motivation, zero happiness. Then I have panic attacks for no reason at any time of the day. No stressors. Just debilitating headaches, dizziness, flashes, etc.
I have everything I could ever ask for in life. Can’t believe how blessed I am, but at the same time these illnesses have hindered me substantially. Be thankful if anything makes you happy.
I know for a fact that the food we consume has a big role in our depression
Yh this is very true, you only realise it once you start to move away from it.
Very true
I eat Tacos and burritos from a taco truck near my house literally everyday and the food is really good and feel more wholesome than eating fast food and I feel healthier
but one therapist said it does not affect depression, lol
You must have an aim, an ultimate goal, a meaning that gives purpose to your life. Without a goal, one can feel helpless and unfulfilled.
I have always thought that.
but how would that look like?
and how does it matter if our civilisation will rot away anyway?
@@RababaInc you'll find the answer to your question, in this existence or the next one my friend.
You're right. Did you watch the Tyson Fury podcast? He achieves heavyweight champion then slides into self destruction and depression. The only thing to pull him out was the goal of returning to heavyweight champ again. The money that comes with it doesn't hurt either 😀
That makes sense.
@@HawditOla stupid religion
People are depressed because of:
1. Genetics
2. Trauma, bad childhood, unfortunate sequence of events that unfortunately snowballed
3. Wrong thinking, terrible thought process, unhealthy high amounts of expectations, and ego
1. Genetics don’t guarantee depression
2. Not everyone that experiences trauma in childhood has a terrible life - although the #1 risk factor for substance abuse and addiction is childhood trauma
I think one of the most overlooked factors is diet. Eating a meal of shit food makes you feel like shit. Multiply that by 3 meals a day, 365 days a year, by however many years, it’s easy to see how it can add up.
ApeHead Obviously the points I highlighted are not absolute 100% likely going to happen, genetics being a random card game in general, and for childhood trauma, individuals may rise above their predicament, or that their trauma wasn’t “traumatic enough”. They CAN still be the cause of depression however.
I agree as well about diet being a factor of depression. Eat like shit, and wonder why one feels like shit, physically and mentally.
Genetics no, it's all vitamin/mineral imbalances and hormones and chemical imbalances in the brain thanks to the things I mentioned above, taking niacin aka vitamin b3 and vitamin c in megadoses cures most brain diseases like bipolar, schizophrenia, adhd/add and more, also vitamin d, B12, b complex, copper and zinc, all diseases begins in the gut and that's what all these things is that all these people suffer from their birth then it just builds up from year and year, diet is everything, if you take a male for an example and run blood tests, it often comes to low testosterone thanks to deficencys in the things I mentioned and you also look at their diet with all depressed people and all depressed people have shitty diets, just a single lemon in water in the morning kills my anxiety and boost my mood to get shit done, just a single damn lemon
@@TheJimmyswe150 Late reply ik, but genetics definitely does play a factor, but it doesn't overall determine the end results of your state of mind. The reason for the hormone and chemical imbalance is a product of your genetic makeup from the time of your birth. This is not to say that your genetics overtime is not determined by outside factors, because it is. I hope to not sound arrogant, but I personally have never experienced any internal physical sickness out of nowhere, and to the great scheme of things, have never taken into consideration of my health. The only illnesses I've received are from my outside environment. 40% of an individuals happiness level is determined by genetics, while the rest is under our control. Life is what we make of it, and happiness is a choice :)
@@williambullen3031 yes genetics plays a huge role also, but that's just the thing, if my mother or my father was deficient or had hormonal imbalance or thyroid disorders, me as a child will get it too, it transfers
Lack of Community. I trace everything to lack of community and support from friends.
I used to be happy I had a good job friends I lived by the ocean and got lots of sun, then I got married and my wife wanted me to move to the uk. Now I’m depressed England is a dump
munterboy where in England are you?
Trust me I know how you feel!
Why tf would you decide like that anyway?
Oneman Oneman why would he marry and move to the uk while he was living the life before?
If his wife is that important why not just pull her there?
Ur wife is the problem
Because existence is depressing. It's slavery and unpleasantness portrayed as a gift to oneself.
@ajholcombe being unconscious is much more pleasant than being sentient. The darkness that came before birth and the darkness when you sleep without dreams just seems inherently blissful. Much better than life
Its all about how we decide to live as a society , i think things have gotten MUCH better than in the past where there WAS literally slavery . I thank my fellow humans that died to create the existence we all get to not appreciate today. I thank all those men and women who struggled to raise children in times of war to allow that child a decent life.
That's depression talking. Life can and should be fulfilling, and to blame our problems on existence itself is a disservice to ourselves
Yup. The default state is suffering, misery and rumination. The fact people tell you in response to this to find a purpose etc is testament to that, they are essentially saying find a compelling distraction from the default state. We come into this world kicking and screaming against our will, we already know.
Dude, slavery still exists. You can choose to be happy. I give zero fucks if you're in a career you don't like. It's allowing you to sustain your life so you can afford to move forward. I give zero fucks if you're in a bad relationship. BTDT, have the physical and psychological scars. Gtfo of it, move on. Americans live in the most free (for now) country in the world, a country teeming with resources and people willing to help others. People just don't want to put in work themselves, instead wanting nothing but instant gratification and coddling.
We’re all forced into a system that isn’t even designed to appeal to us as individuals. You literally get forced into having to “make something of ourselves” and half the time we’re out here doing things day-to-day that we honestly hate doing.
All for what? sex?
We need:
Good nutrition
Sunlight
Water
Exercise
Sleep
Things we dont need:
Refined sugar
Alcohol
Stress
Coffee
Drugs
I don’t really care if I wake up or not for the most part. Don’t get me wrong I’m not going to jump in front of a train or anything. I just don’t really care if I wake up or not. Don’t enjoy life and haven’t for a very long time. I also don’t use social media at all.
Might aswell make the most of it while your here. We'll all die soon anyway so do something that makes you happy. If you dont know what makes you happy search for it
thats what she said yeh I’m trying. Haven’t found anything I really love to do at the moment but still searching
Pretend life is a person and be the biggest pain in the ass to it you can be
dutchschaefer try to find a new job. A new environment helped me
You should check out Wim Hof bro. The breathing method and cold immersion has a massive effect on the endocrine system and your energy levels etc. Backed up with studies published in Nature and other scientific journals (plus tonnes of anecdotal reports) @BrandonMartin @dutchschaefer
We are depressed because of several reasons: 1) technology that devaluates human contact 2) the battle of the sexes that turns male-female relationships into a witch hunt 3) general drop in values 4) political correctness and the idea that we are 'entitled' to everything 5) the overwhelming tempo of the world economy with which people cannot cope
Actually none of this. The one and only reason is bullshit corporate jobs we work at. I've never seen a happy person who hates his job
@@ubobcat What OP said is correct. You can always get a new job, but you CANT change the world .
Jesus Solvss all of this find him
Many things awakened due to internet, we will start to coexist better with these hidden conflicts with time, we will get more used to it and the world will be a bit more peaceful and stable.
@@ubobcat No lol the original poster is right, youre just mad at your job
A lack of connection. It gets way way deeper, but to simplify we’ll say a lack of connection
I agree with Andrew Yang that we created "the most extreme winner-take-all economy in our history." The stress of not losing is constant and debilitating. Like death, it's always in the background in all we do. It doesn't take much to lose everything, and everyone knows they could be next. This constant stress on the body and mind leads to depression
It is only stressing when you accept the lie that those who take are meritorious.
Thank u I manifested thru u the other podcaster ❤️❤️❤️
Im depressed not because of how i feel about myself but how unfair the world is.
The Pingu both for me
Life’s unfair... get over it and move on
U have to CREATE YOUR OWN HAPPINESS📣Whatever U want in this World, has to be Created by YOU & YOU alone...no one can do it for You...Not God or Man
Life has always been unfair, but before the age of information young men could not watch a wealthy man have fun with hot chix on the other side of the planet.
Mason Moore its not advice, it’s facts.
"Why are so many people depressed? "
*we'll be here for hours....*
Social media most people feel empty while others live their dreams.
ricardo diaz “others live their dreams” they appear to live their dreams on social media, behind the scenes it’s entirely different. People only show what is good in their lives on social media.
“Social media is just a highlight reel”
"Live there dream"
I erased social media becuase its all fake as fuck
I was a fairly big basketball player in high school...for my area at least. Very muscular and handsome. It was right in the middle of the opioid epidemic, ( that our government, pharma companies, and doctors created), and I go to college and go through a very tough break up. I had smoked some pot and drank some, but had never tried pills. I was very depressed, and the first one I tried took all my sorrow away, and made me feel great. I also never had a hangover the first few months I was on pain pills. I was too young and naive to see down the road, and they were everywhere. 15 years later, and I have struggled with addiction every since...and look nothing like I did 10 years ago. Just thought this could possibly help someone younger who could potentially read this. Stay away from drugs...period!!
Thanks for sharing. It's hard living with what ifs, with regrets but I hope you find your way to realization that sometimes it's enough to be who you are, your own story. There will never ever be anyone like you.
Thank you for sharing!
I got into depression at my 15, last March started gradually decreasing the medication for 8 weeks (allowed by my doctor). Started feeling who i actually was. Im 30 now. But tbh im feeling going back to these last 15 years of sadness. Hope this right now is temporary.
Hope i too can help someone with my story.
Depression is a direct result of having no purpose which is a direct result of civilization
And civilization is what allowed humans to exit objective reality and enter subjective reality
Anxiety in the heart of man causes depression, But a good word makes it glad.
Proverbs 12:25 NKJV
Your comment reminded me of "Man's Search for Meaning". Sometimes I forget we have to make our own purpose in life. Thanks for the reminder.
Dorian, the fallacy you're committing is called the rosy-retrospective fallacy. You think that things were better in some by-gone time. In reality, we are orders of magnitude better off in civilization. Before modern science and civilization, for most of human history, life was nasty, brutish and short. Before modern times, most people died in infancy and childbirth, people precariously faced starvation, and most people who survived infancy later died of diseases which today are very perfectly curable and preventable. And of course, virtually no one made it to old age. Things were bad then. Humans now have it better than we've ever had it in human history.
what is objective reality and subjective reality
@Charles - And yet, 9 million people starve to death yearly. We love to live in our little North American bubble don't we?
We are depressed because we are so isolated and have no idea why we are conscious beings. It is so incredibly weird that we are conscious instead of nothing.
i think depression comes from the result of being born
Facts
😭😭😭
Darby that’s tough
Kind of like the number one cause of divorce is marriage..😑😐
it's depression thinking, man, for real
For me things are overwhelming. I am often struggling with having all aspects of my life on point at once. Temptation is also so great these days.
Alcohol, drugs, porn, TV, the Internet, long working weeks, grades, video games, smoking, social media, shitty food everywhere. It's so hard to resist all of these at once it always seems like at least a few have got a hold on me at any given time. Simplicity is a concept of the past.
Try focusing one or some at once, then some others, step by step... Not the solution, but can help you
Do you exercise? I swear by it to promote a sense of feeling good with the release of natural endorphins. Not saying you have to run marathons but definitely something to add to a list of positive things that you can do.
We become depressed because we're exhausted from work, school, relationships, society, and so on.
Depression, i genuinely think that some peoples brains are wired differently and as such never experience real depression whatever they go through. If you have never had a bout of true depression then you wont understand it. Its not just feeling a bit low or a bit bored. Real depression is hell
Yep. The whole brain chemistry changes and the world becomes a hellish place. It fucking sucks.
Yea, reading the keyboard psychologists comment on the causes of depression is causing me to sink further into what I call “the dread”.
It is a physical illness.
This is the the most relatable comment I've read. The brain definitely changes. Although I consider myself mentally healthy again, I don't feel like the same person. There is damage done that truly changes a person.
I think too many people use this as an excuse to deny personal responsibility and avoid getting off their asses and improving their lives
why are people depressed ?
people have to work (any job), or die.
... try this for a couple of years:
walk/work 10 hours per day as an "order picker" (no social interactions with your co-workers) + 2 hours daily commute + "have to" sleep = "time left for yor private life"
after that, try not to be/get depressed lol
Johannes Boschmann man life is just getting worse and worse as you get older
Yup! School, Work, pay taxes, consume and die! Any questions?
Is it just me or is school life way better?
Extroverts will never understand how hard it is to be an introvert! The world doesn't agree with us, we need to break ourselves to be with the flow. Fuck!!
Don't be with the flow then.
It isnt hard being a introvert. Introvert doesnt mean being shy it means getting energy from being by yourself rather than other people.
I never considered my self an extrovert or introvert, but a tend to be introvert more.. and if you want to be more extrovert, meaning meet people, just take initiative ask something, make conversation, take it as a challenge and conquer your fears.. is only a person like you, don't take life to seriously and if they are not into just move on.
@@levinzechner8274 dont do drugs then bro dumbass
@@crystalgeyser6784 wth do you mean with that? That people can't just stop doinh drugs, because they're addicted?
Two Words..social media
Facebook is a big one, cut facebook out and you will see an improvement in your mood
QFT
You nailed it
and instagram
You sound like an old person who blames entertainment on real world problems. (I.E "Videogames cause real world violence. Rock and Roll is the devils music.)
Everyone experiences bouts of depression in their life at some point. Whether it be grieving a family member, breakup of a relationship, losing a job etc. But these phases come to pass and you can come out the other end, that’s normal. Some people have clinical depression where they just can’t function and don’t know why they feel so low, it’s a scary thought. I just think modern society inhibits depression far more because there is so many ways we are scrutinised nowadays. The way we look, what we do for a a job, what we eat, every aspect of ourselves is picked upon. This is down to social media. Back in a more simpler time you went and did your job, came home to your family and that was it. You didn’t have someone messaging you on 5 different social media platforms telling you who followed your account or hasn’t liked your photo. It’s fucked up, and isn’t normal.
L Hayes I
Our lives are became routine, lack of excitement, job and economic uncertainty, lack of control over many variables in life, realisation that you are nothing but a slave and consumer for the rest of ur life.
Knowing next year and decade will be worse as you ll get older.
Most of depression would disappear if we were financially independent, that is true freedom. Studying 15 years followed by wage slavery for next 40-50 years only to die in your own piss and shit its depressing in itself
yeah? what would you do if money was no factor?
John Daker How are you going to live a comfortable life without any sort of financial backing? Besides, financial independency is what WOULD fix most of depression that isn’t clinical. Do you not see that value of financial independence? Mood is one thing, but outside forces has effect on your mood. Financial independency would be a huge positive effect.
Working so hard to just be able to live these days Is possibly a factor
I think it’s not so much that it’s hard as it is that it’s isolating. It’s also unnatural. I spent a lot of the day reminding myself to focus because it just doesn’t come naturally working from home
its not what you make...its what you spend.
@@peartfaldo Idk man, some wages are real low
Im working a dead end job that suck the life out of you and it is hard to date when you broke not to many woman want to date a retail worker. Good news is I been going back to college so I can get a better job one that I can move up and do different things and I can have a life .
Best of luck
@@elias_xp95 thanks I am almost done it feels never ending but you just have to keep on going .
I don't think you are going to make it. You are too dumb for college
@Jacobite Thanks I keep busy and the feeling like you a failure goes away . The best way to not feel bad about yourself is get after it .
@I'm Out If I were to say at my job and be a manager I have to work 70 to 80 hours a week 50 weeks a year so I said fuck that no thanks I just stay at $21 an hour do my 40 hours and take night classes at college and suffer with lack of sleep .
I've been having existential crisis for 2 years and it gave me such a bad depression
My low self-steem, anxiety and negativity that i have today is because of some stupid existential crisis that i had too, in late 2017
Ok, fuck you
I'm really glad Joe talks about mental health. It needs to be talked about more
The heart of all addiction is some form of trauma
Joe "Depression is lack of DMT" Rogan
I did shrooms while depressed and then I was pretty happy for a whole week
It one trillion per cent truly is
Tbh DMT probably worsens your depression if you get addicted to it
Like any other addiction
Instant Gratification is at the heart of all modern-day problems.
and then when you get that "thing"...its cool for a while and then back to "now I want THAT"........repeat...repeat...repeat Get over yourselves people.
I’m not as depressed as I used to be because I quit watching the news.
Did you get a doctor's note saying you were depressed?
No?
Yes?
@@connorkimbral3034 I was diagnosed with Chronic depression so yes to answer your question. I’m also Agoraphobic.
@@connorkimbral3034 why do you need another person to tell you how you feel? thats fucking dumb.
@@wectyler3817 On no. I had 1 bad day. Guess I have severe depression.
Like, no. Y ok u have depression when the doctor tells you that you do. You fan have a few bad days and claim you have depression. It's not like a cold where you know for a fact you have the cold. A few bad days doesnt equal depression.
Get your lazy ass up, go to the doctor, then come back and tell me you have depression. Because that's when you have depression. When a doctor tells you you do.
@@connorkimbral3034 doctors cant even diagnose depression. theyre purely biology based. you dont make any sense just stfu you stupidity is making me mad
We’re disconnected from supportive communities, we’ve lost spirituality/religion which gives life common meaning and purpose, and we try and live independent lives that make everyone identical instead of tribal communities we evolved in, which valued everyone’s purpose and contributions. Isolation and lack of meaning is a huge huge part of this.
@ayy lmao religion could be a good thing, giving a mythology that explains How you live this way, but the problem is that people dont think they are mythologies, and they dont Focus on what is much more important.
Loss of religion is it. No guidance whatsoever.
Cause look at the world... is this a serious question
Things are messed and we are so little that we cant do anything. This is the main reason why I can't get out of depression even if I am successful in a lot of spheres in my life. Life isnt hard for me, its just boring as shit. I no longer enjoy things I used to love. Like, memes back in the days made me laugh a lot, now the most I can do is giggle. I don't know, I am a point where everyone fears I kill myself but I don't really care because it would have been a well thought decisions. I have been thinking about it for years. I no longer care, when I talk about it I can even laugh because I no longer care. Cant be happy enough to enjoy life cant be unhappy enough to choose to kill myself in the near future. When I think at those things I am not even sad or have any emotions. There's nothing to do except just thinking about ourselves but I dont think it will work for me.
Alexandre Parent just leave it to god my friend. These things will change and how the world is today doesn’t mean it’s how it’s gonna be tomorrow or even a minute later. Be with god and god will make you happy, and all your dreams come true. I pray you’re forever happy, and all your dreams come true.
@@Happys_Art Yeah, if god even exists. I mean i would follow the "rules" if I knew at 100% I would. The problem with religions is that everyone think it holds the truth but only 1 will prevail or none. I do my best to make this world a better place without hurting people and I just hope someday I could be happy and go to heaven if it was well deserved. We will see, but I dont think that god exists but I hope it exists, I would love to be forever happy in heaven but I think its too beautiful to even be true. We'll see.
CwissinDaKidd There's good and bad in the world, just gotta strive to make the good the majority, and fix errors in the world
Alexandre Parent I'm truly sorry you feel that way, but I disagree with your statement. The world is of itself, it is own level, it can be compared to as being bad or good. There's good and bad in the world. There have always been terrible moments that happened in the world, either from having your candy being stolen in the playground, or from losing a loved one. Pain is inevitable, but suffering is a choice.
A lot of comments about not having a good job, good relationships, good prospects etc... imagine waking up and not having food or water. Now that’s depressing. I’ll never be a rich man, but I’m thankful for the things I have. I keep working hard and being good to other people and stop worrying about what I don’t have. Peace and love.
It actually isn't. Searching for food and water gives you a purpose 24/7.
@@levinzechner8274 well if you are telling that to the average American who is homeless on the streets, waking up to go find warm food and water to wash with, I’d say they’d tell you to shove your purpose. You ain’t playing red dead now.
@@youngdylan5083 Yeah, you're right. Being homeless in a town sucks. I just said that because 2 years ago I went to Alaska and was alone in the wild for about six weeks. I didn't even thought about a purpose anymore, the only purpose was searching for food and hunting. And honestly, I never felt better in my life. Sorry for the misunderstanding.
@@levinzechner8274 All good! Stay strong brotherrrrrr!
@@levinzechner8274 yeah it's different
The key is, eat healthy, workout everyday, sleep 8 hrs, get up early, get sun, be grateful from the start of your day, don’t judge, meditation 😙
You can do all those things (i do most of them) and still realize life and existance is pointless. There is no god. There is no purpose. We just exist. We might as well not exist.
thanks karen
x86 Assembly your key words “can” and “most”
x86 Assembly not really, we are here developing earth together, we are creating a future eutopia for the future generations
x86 Assembly That’s the most useless thing you could do, im guessing you are going through depression, and that part of your brain that feels nothing was used to type that comment. But are you really generalizing that there is no purpose? I’ve been through the same phases and feelings. I understand where you are coming from. Not to be rude but keep that “depressed” shit to yourself...don’t just say things like that, demoting anyones motivation just because you feel life is worthless. Venting will do nothing but make it worse. Key word is “feel” because honestly, even to this day life has its highest perks. You just have to find them.
The greatest Jihad is to battle your own desires,to fight against the evil within yourself”
-Prophet Muhammad
Jihad literally means to struggle, struggle takes you out of depression
This makes sense, though not all struggle takes you out of depression. Thank you for sharing this though.
Bye bye Sal3m
Volume 4, Book 52, Number 41:
I asked Allah's Apostle, "O Allah's Apostle! What is the best deed?" He replied, "To offer the prayers at their early stated fixed times." I asked, "What is next in goodness?" He replied, "To be good and dutiful to your parents." I further asked, what is next in goodness?" He replied, "To participate in Jihad in Allah's Cause
it says to do jihad in a||ah cause not for yourself, its rubbish if u ask me
I moved away from the United States 10 years ago. I'll tell you exactly why we're depressed in the USA. The car culture. The car culture makes it so cities are spread out and you have to drive to get anywhere. That's why when you walk outside you don't see anybody. They're all in their cars to go to far away places. This destroys communities. The country I live in now most people don't drive, so everyone is walking outside to get everything they need. Cities are less spread out, people see each other outside, and cultures are created.
New York City has a mass commuting system but IMO leads to interpersonal conflict because people get on each others nerves a lot more because there is no privacy
This is definitely true! I lived in England for most my life and you can walk anywhere. You want a pint of milk from the shop? Walk for 5 mins and you've got it. In America, you have to drive 15-20 minutes just to get to a basic store lol.
Where do you live?
@@antoniadispalato2900 Morocco.
Because you can’t be honest and people don’t want to hear the truth. Society shuns people that have the balls to say things that other people are scared to say. Look at Facebook...if you post anything that is unpopular, people will unfriend you or comment that you shouldn’t be “negative”. The new mantra is to isolate people who are honest, and to only interact with people who always have to say the popular thing.
I remember years ago, a family friend was visiting. He was a psychologist. I asked him his view on depression, as one of our family members was taking Lithium for it at the time. His opinion was that there were 2 types of depression: one caused by a chemical imbalance in the brain, that required meds, the other was caused by our thought process. He believed the latter was much easier to cure.
We’re depressed because we’ve lost our sense of community and everyone is under pressure to improve themselves to an unrealistic standard. We are all doing “what’s best for ourselves” and keep rejecting and undervaluing community and relationships. We’re all more selfish under this pretence and while at it we feel extremely isolated and underachieving. Some of the things affecting everyone today are - self help gurus - new age stuff - social media - self righteousness - self obsession and the obsession with the pursuit of happiness which leads us to first points. The answer is in community, loving and helping each other out. It’s our role as human beings. It really is simple.
Honestly, think youre pretty spot on to be honest. Great answer
Wanderlei Silva has some good points
As a former pill addict I can definitely agree that you don’t realize you have a problem because it starts to become a habit and also it’s prescribed so you don’t feel bad taking it, but with strong will power and better life habits and true friends support, you are able to leave it behind 💪
What I've experienced from being aware of life since about 1977 (I was born in 1973) is that people have a lot less to do with each other.
People don't visit each others houses, they don't get together and make music or sing.
(Saying that, Taxi Driver was made in the 1970s, and that was about isolation and loneliness)
Men and women are made to feel bad about being attracted to each other.
Porn is ridiculous now and absolutely everywhere.
Money has very little value compared to what it was - you got paid less, but you got more for it (milk being 5p a bottle etc).
Everybody wants much more than they did.
For decades it would have been considered ludicrous to want a very good car, if you weren't from that life.
Basically, I think we're suffering because we're not being human.
We're not connected to the earth or each other.
I like what Elon Musk called the landing pad: "of course I still love you"
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I still love you
Brilliant answer.
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Great answer
Bullying at a young age can make a person get social anxiety and depression
i live most of my childhood till my 20's in a rural area in the Philippines and I'm happy to say we didn't have this kind of problem maybe because we live a simple life.
YES! Gusto ko Philippines. I'm kano, lived most of my life in Alaska, a very wealthy state but has nearly the highest suicide rate in the world. The Philippines has the lowest. Balik balik Philippines for 30 years and Iove it there. Bayan ko. No longer as happy in Alaska. Pinoys are such nice people. Certainly not perfect but much preferred for me. And no cold winter. 😊
Did nobody have that problem, or did they just not talk about it?
Fake food, fake friends, fake reality (social media) horrible job, horrible choices.
We’re all depressed due to the lie that we live
Sebastian Laub this comment is depressing
What?
I'm not depressed, i live a pretty basic life (i work on the week like 8 hours, yes is too much, but i enjoy my job because i found it, a good salary for My age 25), u just stop thinking about outside, about ppl and just think about You, u are the only one who matters, find something u love/like and embrace it, if it's hard to find, just fight for it, sounds cliché, but for me, sounds more cliché saying that ppl are depressed over shit that been happening since forever, our parents got it worse let me tell u that
People say it’s social media, then go back to Instagram and tiktok