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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dependency on others is generally pretty stressful.
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Extremely so. Particularly dependency on parents.
this goes back to bosses "my good life requires kissing your ass" is rarely pleasant for anyone.