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We have so much more than our forebears. But I remember the study that found 10x increase in depression since 30s in US.

Ian Welsh

@iwelsh

Jul 11, 2017

People who are constantly scared of losing their jobs, of bad health, for their kids, of violence, of where the next meal comes from, etc...

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Good point. Which seems to go against the earlier point of Maslow, though. The exact source of stress is the anticipation of unmet needs...

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As for Maslow, I mention him in the current book to note that it is not a hierarchy. People put self actualization over lower stuff, etc...

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i don't think hierarchy model is perfect but ppl who don't know where next meal is coming from usually aren't pondering self-actualization

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doesn't it make intuitive sense that when physical/physiological struggle is removed, ppl discover a whole new host of internal struggles?

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countless depressed ppl in West aren't under chronic stress. they're comfortable, they just don't know what to do w themselves

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their depression arises from a sense of a lack of meaning. they have no struggle and inventing their own purpose is overwhelming

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if they weren't working 40 hours a week at a shit job, they might find some purpose IF that didn't also mean poverty, which it does.

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i'm thinking more of housewives and young ppl supported by parents. don't need jobs, still depressed bc no struggle/lack of purpose

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> housewives > no struggle Don't put those two together in front of any woman with kids, or you're liable to get slapped. Fair warning.

9:23 PM · Jul 11, 2017Twitter Web Client

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my bad, meant housewives sans kids

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Heheheheh. I could feel my wife's spirit reaching out to strangle you. Thought it best to intervene. ;)