Parents willing to put in the work to help their children heal from anxiety and depression are worth their weight in gold. But they're few and far between. Most spend more time selecting their next Netflix show than paying attention to their child's wellbeing.
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Latent anxiety is nearly always the result of attachment issues. But most people with anxiety don't know this because their attachment issues have been with them as long as they can remember, so they don't know any different. And many don't even know they have anxiety.
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People think you only get PTSD from war or rape. It's not true. People think you can get PTSD from not being validated. It's not true.
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For most people, the cycle of mental health looks like this: Attachment issue
Anxiety
Depression
Except for severe cases which often look like this:
Trauma
Attachment issue
Anxiety
Depression
Panic attacks
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People are more likely to take a pill for years that they don't understand and don't think will actually help than they are to attempt even one uncomfortable conversation that could save their life.
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Most cases of depression are a natural response to our broken society. We gain much of our sense of worth, purpose, meaning, and joy from our relationships. But those relationships have never been more systematically destroyed than they are today.
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Depression may serve a very real biological purpose. If you're stuck in a bad situation that's unhealthy for you, for a long time, there is benefit in becoming so miserable that you lose your filter and tear it all apart.
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Replying to @TheBrometheus
Can you tell me your sources about it? That would be great because Ich would love to dig deeper in it too :)
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Replying to @SensitiveBreath
This approach here is called evolutionary psychology.
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Replying to @TheBrometheus
So I can find this if I'm research and reach about evolutionary psychology? Is Google a good point to start and to find good sources for this?
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That can be one good place to start educating yourself on it. I'd read a range of things to get a solid feel for what's true and what's not.
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