Why is it "cool" to be depressed? I feel like fairly satisfied people with goals in life are increasingly just saying their depressed to find something that makes them interesting, rather than coming to grips with the fact that they are boring.
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Why is it "cool" to be depressed? I feel like fairly satisfied people with goals in life are increasingly just saying their depressed to find something that makes them interesting, rather than coming to grips with the fact that they are boring.
rongolWhy is it "cool" to be depressed? I feel like fairly satisfied people with goals in life are increasingly just saying their depressed to find something that makes them interesting, rather than coming to grips with the fact that they are boring.
John HopkinsThe odds of adolescents suffering from clinical depression grew by 37 percent between 2005 and 2014, according to a study by Ramin Mojtabai, a professor at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. The National Institute of Mental Health estimates that 3 million adolescents ages 12 to 17 have had at least one major depressive episode in the past year. Teen depression appears to be on the rise equally among urban, rural, and suburban populations. Research also shows that more dangerous behaviors, like self-harm, are increasing.
[quote=rongol]Why is it "cool" to be depressed? I feel like fairly satisfied people with goals in life are increasingly just saying their depressed to find something that makes them interesting, rather than coming to grips with the fact that they are boring.[/quote]
[quote=John Hopkins]The odds of adolescents suffering from clinical depression grew by 37 percent between 2005 and 2014, according to a study by Ramin Mojtabai, a professor at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. The National Institute of Mental Health estimates that 3 million adolescents ages 12 to 17 have had at least one major depressive episode in the past year. Teen depression appears to be on the rise equally among urban, rural, and suburban populations. Research also shows that more dangerous behaviors, like self-harm, are increasing.[/quote]
https://www.johnshopkinshealthreview.com/issues/fall-winter-2017/articles/the-rise-of-teen-depression
[quote=John Hopkins]The odds of adolescents suffering from clinical depression grew by 37 percent between 2005 and 2014, according to a study by Ramin Mojtabai, a professor at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. The National Institute of Mental Health estimates that 3 million adolescents ages 12 to 17 have had at least one major depressive episode in the past year. Teen depression appears to be on the rise equally among urban, rural, and suburban populations. Research also shows that more dangerous behaviors, like self-harm, are increasing.[/quote]
https://www.johnshopkinshealthreview.com/issues/fall-winter-2017/articles/the-rise-of-teen-depression
plusProtonrongolWhy is it "cool" to be depressed? I feel like fairly satisfied people with goals in life are increasingly just saying their depressed to find something that makes them interesting, rather than coming to grips with the fact that they are boring.John HopkinsThe odds of adolescents suffering from clinical depression grew by 37 percent between 2005 and 2014, according to a study by Ramin Mojtabai, a professor at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. The National Institute of Mental Health estimates that 3 million adolescents ages 12 to 17 have had at least one major depressive episode in the past year. Teen depression appears to be on the rise equally among urban, rural, and suburban populations. Research also shows that more dangerous behaviors, like self-harm, are increasing.
https://www.johnshopkinshealthreview.com/issues/fall-winter-2017/articles/the-rise-of-teen-depression
Do you think that it's more likely that there is a real increase in these behaiviors, OR that the stigma around them has more or less faded, leading to falsely inflated numbers due to people feeling more comfortable with admitting their problems?
[quote=plusProton][quote=rongol]Why is it "cool" to be depressed? I feel like fairly satisfied people with goals in life are increasingly just saying their depressed to find something that makes them interesting, rather than coming to grips with the fact that they are boring.[/quote]
[quote=John Hopkins]The odds of adolescents suffering from clinical depression grew by 37 percent between 2005 and 2014, according to a study by Ramin Mojtabai, a professor at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. The National Institute of Mental Health estimates that 3 million adolescents ages 12 to 17 have had at least one major depressive episode in the past year. Teen depression appears to be on the rise equally among urban, rural, and suburban populations. Research also shows that more dangerous behaviors, like self-harm, are increasing.[/quote]
https://www.johnshopkinshealthreview.com/issues/fall-winter-2017/articles/the-rise-of-teen-depression[/quote]
Do you think that it's more likely that there is a real increase in these behaiviors, OR that the stigma around them has more or less faded, leading to falsely inflated numbers due to people feeling more comfortable with admitting their problems?
[quote=John Hopkins]The odds of adolescents suffering from clinical depression grew by 37 percent between 2005 and 2014, according to a study by Ramin Mojtabai, a professor at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. The National Institute of Mental Health estimates that 3 million adolescents ages 12 to 17 have had at least one major depressive episode in the past year. Teen depression appears to be on the rise equally among urban, rural, and suburban populations. Research also shows that more dangerous behaviors, like self-harm, are increasing.[/quote]
https://www.johnshopkinshealthreview.com/issues/fall-winter-2017/articles/the-rise-of-teen-depression[/quote]
Do you think that it's more likely that there is a real increase in these behaiviors, OR that the stigma around them has more or less faded, leading to falsely inflated numbers due to people feeling more comfortable with admitting their problems?
Second one probably. If you ask a boomer or older, they would probably tell you that people didn't talk about mental health back in the day. Like, if your child had depression/anxiety/bipolar or whatever, you'd keep that a family secret. Anecdotally, the millenials/gen z people I talk to don't hesitate to talk about having unironic depression/anxiety/bipolar. The scenario you've described isn't falsely inflated though. The numbers increased just because of an increase in reports, not an increase in cases. The earlier cases were underreported.
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Or, if you're cynical, the pharmaceutical companies are promoting diagnoses so that they can sell more antidepressants.
Second one probably. If you ask a boomer or older, they would probably tell you that people didn't talk about mental health back in the day. Like, if your child had depression/anxiety/bipolar or whatever, you'd keep that a family secret. Anecdotally, the millenials/gen z people I talk to don't hesitate to talk about having unironic depression/anxiety/bipolar. The scenario you've described isn't falsely inflated though. The numbers increased just because of an increase in reports, not an increase in cases. The earlier cases were underreported.
[spoiler]Or, if you're cynical, the pharmaceutical companies are promoting diagnoses so that they can sell more antidepressants.[/spoiler]
[spoiler]Or, if you're cynical, the pharmaceutical companies are promoting diagnoses so that they can sell more antidepressants.[/spoiler]
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