what is up with everyone being so depressed and stuff? i mean duh life sucks, but it seems like everyone i know has issues with anxiety etc and what is up with that? are middle-class hipsters more prone to mental illness that other peepz or does everyone in the world feel super miserable most of the time? i really wanna know, sociologists whats up?
Is it NZ? Is it coming of age in a time of economic uncertainty in a world threatened by climate change/iran/whatevz? Is life just a really hard thing?
man it sux
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maybe you just have loser friends?
ReplyDeletelol, maybe yours are deluded?
ReplyDeleteWeirdly, I was wondering exactly that too, and I've talked to my intelligent practically-grown-up friend about it.
ReplyDeleteShe reckons there's a certain type of person (including lots of hipsters) that are really thoughtful and analytical and deep and all that. They're way more prone to depression and anxiety than other simpler (?) people. But we agreed that if you've got someone awesome to talk to who can make you optimistic again, then you're more likely to be fine. Like I have that person and I am unusually cheerful for someone so analytical and concerned with the human condition.
But lots of people today don't have a cheering-up-person. Is that partly because we're the internet generation? Who knows? I do think that NZers are particularly insular and hard to get to know, so maybe, yeah, NZ has some effect on the phenomenon.
Hope I made up for shitty other Anon a bit.
' Life is far too important to take seriously ' Oscar Wilde .
ReplyDeleteHey anon, I think you/your friend are onto it. Yeah, I need more cheering-up people in my life. Seem to be surrounded by people who are more pessimistic than me! Didn't know that was even possible. Maybe it's that dank south island air. Actually, I feel quite hopeful about "the world" sometimes. That's not true. I feel hopeful about my own life, and I think you just have to do the best you can for yourself, and minimise the harm you cause to the world in general. Still. I feel terrified for some of my friends. I feel like it's incredible that I haven't lost a friend to suicide, and I feel like my luck will run out
ReplyDeleteP.S thanks for sincere answer :)
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