Originally posted by: MichaelD
What a bunch of whiny pussies this generation of young adults are! :roll:
The first time they are faced with any real stress, they freak the hell out and start whining about needing Xanax/other brain pills.
Next thing, he'll be on Oprah or Maury Povich talking about "how horrible my life was." :roll:
Waaaaaaa! I'm so depressed! I love my GF and school is great, I have a 4.0 GPA and my friends always invite me to go out with them but I feel that something is missing...waaaaa!!!!!!!
Yeah, somethings' missing alright. It's called "you having a fciking clue, shitt for brains.
This is a common idea that gets thrown out there, but most people suffering from depression or medical doctors would disagree with you. Depression can be very serious, and most people with depression don't know why they are depressed -- they just are. Their life can be fine or even above average, yet they are depressed. Not talking about a case of the blues like every human gets from time to time, but a literal life sucking feeling that just drains you and makes you suffer.
It isn't the younger generation is "weaker and more pussified" but that medical technology and psychiatry has improved to the point in which we realize these people need medical treatment, and don't need to be "locked" up for being "crazy" or spending all day in bed where they get worse over time. Depression is something that they can just *turn* off and get better. They can't just go outside, exercise, and feel great. A lot of people with depression have to have chemicals to jump start their system out of the fog. I don't know of anyone that would choose to be depressed, and if you've never been depressed or been around someone with depression, I can see how you see it as just a BS idea and weakness.
Years ago we didn't know what to do for people with physical illnesses like cancer, polio, etc, so it makes sense that we just know are starting to make advances in the case of mental diseases. Schizophrenia and other mental illnesses can be controlled through medication as well, and that is something that wasn't always known either. Mental illness is hard to treat and accept because of the fact that lots of times there aren't any physical symptoms. That, however, doesn't mean it doesn't cause a person many of the same problems that a physical illness causes. Shorter life span, higher risk for strokes/heart attacks, and a higher susceptibility to disease. If depression wasn't an illness, then why do those same physical things occur?
As far as it being a sign of weakness, many prominent politicians, leaders, scientists, military officers, doctors, lawyers, etc have suffered from depression, and some were some of the most famous and well regarded people in the world. Getting to the top of the food chain in any position should show that they aren't weak and just big "pvssys." I'd hope you'd read up on the disease and read about some famous people who have suffered with mental illness. Jane Pauley for one has bi-polar disorder, and it basically paralyzed her life at time. A woman who made it to the top of journalism in a male dominated time period is weak? I think not.
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