THC is my therapy of choice, since mushrooms make me throw up and LSD makes me paranoid. LOL

Mental illness is physical illness, we shouldn't differentiate. Perhaps part of the problem is the stigma around what is currently called mental illness.

@MizJ As one who has battled and is STILL battling Chronic Recurrent Depression, Agoraphobia and Anxiety Attacks I agree with you whole-heartedly on that.
IT not ONLY affects the mind but the whole body as well.

I blame it on our worsening educational system and the corporate media after the monopolization process of mass media that began in the 1970s. The educational system for those who don't go to college has long been geared to educate people just enough to run the machines, so to speak, but not enough to become informed, educated citizens who could intelligently critique and challenge their government or the capitalist system. The colleges also cooperate in this indoctrination by teaching most of their graduates to sell out to the system and become willing members of the coordinator class and spend their careers keeping the working class in line while opposing any reform of the system in favor of the working class and the poor.

@TomMcGiverin I think you are correct.

Possibly. All those preservatives such as MSG (Monosodium Glutamate) and Aspartame, (also marketed as equal) as well as Splenda, are in many foods we eat and also in gum and some candy. These artificial sweeteners are actually worse than processed table sugar and possibly even processed salt. So consumption of these various chemicals on a daily basis over many years as well as the chemicals created by the interaction with the other ones, does seem to offer some kind of sign that that’s true.

Bull. In the past you shoved your feelings down and pretended they didn’t exist or affect you. Which often let to parents physically and mentally abusing their children.

Those who had serious mental health issues were locked up in state hospitals and often not visited by their families. Which led to filthy conditions and abuse of patients.

But yeah, tell me how dumb and unhinged the younger generation is

@Marcie1974

Good point, we actually treat mental health issues now so it's much more visible. It used to be in the background and in the shadows but was very much there. Not only was it there, it was mostly untreated, so it was much worse. This guy thinks that people of his generation were more mentally sound because those who weren't, were kept shut away.

You are right! Young people are a lot dumber than they used to be! I attribute it , at least in part, to a lack of history, geography, and social studies, at the elementary, and middle school level.

@davknight

You have it completely backward. The intelligence of people has been rising steadily for over 100 years. Kids today are smarter than they have ever been. They have massive advantages. With the increased complexity of technology and the world generally, the IQ of the average person increases to match it.

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@RoboGraham seems like a lot of older folks think if things are done differently than they were in their day, then it’s automatically dumb and unhinged.

The only constant is change. If we go back 78 years, it’s 1942, looking at gender and racial equality, I sure as hell wouldn’t want to go back to that.

@Marcie1974

Exactly. I think these old timers have a hard time remembering way back when they were young, so they compare their older wiser selves to the children of today. Of course you will seem to be smarter than most kids if you've lived seven decades.

In 1942, the world was on fire.

@Marcie1974 Come on....those were the good old days..

@nicknotes sure they were: segregation, Japanese internment camps, not able to divorce an abusive spouse, not being able to report abusive parents, locking up relatives with depression and forgetting about them, women having few ways to support themselves.

Sounds terrific!

@Marcie1974 But we had great Rock and Roll Music.

There’s a nationwide shortage of mental health workers as well

And with their being “Conservative Christians” makes it even more hypocritical.

I completely agree with this statement. Nowadays, I hear more and more news that most stars already have some psychological problems and diseases. What about stars, even ordinary people often have similar problems. Even my mother suffers from partial paralysis of the central nervous system, which makes her need special and constant care.
For this reason, I very often have to look for a senior caregiver near me. I try to look for caregivers recommended by my friends to be sure of the people I hire. This policy works quite well. My mother has not complained about any caregiver yet.