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We're great at ignoring issues that are staring us in the face, that's for sure. So it becomes a chicken-or-the-egg question: Are our cultural behaviors driving the suicide/drug increases, or is it the other way around?Item One
Our suicide rates have increased to the point at which the CDC says they are actually affecting our life expectancy. Our usage of antidepressants continues to increase. Looking at the facts, it's not difficult to argue that we, as a society, are become more and more unhappy.
Item Two
More and more, Americans are walking around in a state of hypersensitivity, just waiting to be outraged or offended by something. When someone from the "other" tribe does or says something that we can attack, we jump right in with the group hysterics.
Theory
We're making ourselves more and more miserable by adhering ourselves to political ideologies, by refusing to even understand the opinions of those who dare to disagree with us, and by jumping on the tiniest opportunities as a reasonable excuse to attack the "other".
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U.S. Antidepressant Use Jumps 65 Percent in 15 Years
Suicides are at the highest rate in decades, CDC report shows
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Two things. One is that many of those drug overdoses mentioned may very well be suicides. Addicts reach a point where they are stuck in a loop and that's the out. That suicide rate could be higher.
The other is that there is a lack of mental health care nation wide. No beds. Closing of hospitals etc. and so on.
So, if the plan is to completely ignore the issue for another 12 years then we can tie it to political ideology but on the part of the people who continue to ignore it.
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Depends. I think there is a desperate need to solve problems with a cookie cutter approach and quick fixes. One of the things that is pushed is that suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem. But, is that true? No. The issues that someone has at age 65 are very different from an 11 year old boy.
I think that what you are after could address one type of problem and that would be the bullying on social media but the bullying was around before social media. Kathy Griffin and ilk firmly believed that it was ok to target kids. There were a number of people that supported that. All of the anti-bullying problems out there do nothing if the message is sent that this is perfectly normal ok behavior.
Different age groups have different needs. Different subcultures have
different problems.
I guess that provides a handy excuse, then, for shunning them and not communicating with them.I mean the term literally. For those who are anti-social out of choice, it's a different matter, and their responsibility.What have I been saying?Unless we're suffering from a powerful mental illness, we still choose to behave the way we do, however.
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I meant it too. Liberalism is a mental illness given government sanction.
That will solve zero problems in the long run.
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You invoke the fallacious Argument to Moderation again.
I appreciate your efforts and posts. But you should consider that one thing that you always shy away from...what if what we face is organized evil with no good will?
Ever considered that? Would it change your demands of compromise?
Our problems are not political.
Item One
Our suicide rates have increased to the point at which the CDC says they are actually affecting our life expectancy. Our usage of antidepressants continues to increase. Looking at the facts, it's not difficult to argue that we, as a society, are become more and more unhappy.
Item Two
More and more, Americans are walking around in a state of hypersensitivity, just waiting to be outraged or offended by something. When someone from the "other" tribe does or says something that we can attack, we jump right in with the group hysterics.
Theory
We're making ourselves more and more miserable by adhering ourselves to political ideologies, by refusing to even understand the opinions of those who dare to disagree with us, and by jumping on the tiniest opportunities as a reasonable excuse to attack the "other".
Please vote and comment. Thanks.
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U.S. Antidepressant Use Jumps 65 Percent in 15 Years
Suicides are at the highest rate in decades, CDC report shows
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Communication, collaboration and innovation are what created America's Constitution and our greatest companies and advances. So I'll never feel any obligation to defend or apologize for being an advocate.I guess that provides a handy excuse, then, for shunning them and not communicating with them.I mean the term literally. For those who are anti-social out of choice, it's a different matter, and their responsibility.What have I been saying?Unless we're suffering from a powerful mental illness, we still choose to behave the way we do, however.
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I meant it too. Liberalism is a mental illness given government sanction.
That will solve zero problems in the long run.
.
You invoke the fallacious Argument to Moderation again.
I appreciate your efforts and posts. But you should consider that one thing that you always shy away from...what if what we face is organized evil with no good will?
Ever considered that? Would it change your demands of compromise?
Our problems are not political.
Communication, collaboration and innovation are what created America's Constitution and our greatest companies and advances. So I'll never feel any obligation to defend or apologize for being an advocate.I guess that provides a handy excuse, then, for shunning them and not communicating with them.I mean the term literally. For those who are anti-social out of choice, it's a different matter, and their responsibility.What have I been saying?
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I meant it too. Liberalism is a mental illness given government sanction.
That will solve zero problems in the long run.
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You invoke the fallacious Argument to Moderation again.
I appreciate your efforts and posts. But you should consider that one thing that you always shy away from...what if what we face is organized evil with no good will?
Ever considered that? Would it change your demands of compromise?
Our problems are not political.
I don't think it's a coincidence that, as our willingness to collaborate has decreased, as our tribalism as increased, our dominance in the world has decreased.
This is a self-inflicted wound.
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This is when the wise starts fleeing from the unwise
And as they flee that increases the stupidity of the area they leave from
And that makes the fall faster and deeper
New York State is having their wise to flee
If trump wants to save New York he would have to lock up the leaders and make wisdom tests for voters
Also the nation must now wake up to the women
That big group votes in their worst nightmare --- the democrats and their Muslims
Trump must declare a broken govt to save the nation and set up wisdom tests for voters
What many clearly don't understand is that there is a difference between compromise and collaboration.Compromise must be stopped
Compromise appears to damage self-esteem in some. Collaboration can create something new, and better.
Like our Constitution.
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What many clearly don't understand is that there is a difference between compromise and collaboration.Compromise must be stopped
Compromise appears to damage self-esteem in some. Collaboration can create something new, and better.
Like our Constitution.
.
This is when the wise starts fleeing from the unwise
And as they flee that increases the stupidity of the area they leave from
And that makes the fall faster and deeper
New York State is having their wise to flee
If trump wants to save New York he would have to lock up the leaders and make wisdom tests for voters
Also the nation must now wake up to the women
That big group votes in their worst nightmare --- the democrats and their Muslims
Trump must declare a broken govt to save the nation and set up wisdom tests for voters
Could you translate that from Crazyass to English?
But that's a very shallow view, in a way. If no diagnosis, then no prescription to treat. Meaning, we have a much wider area of diagnosis and more well refined diagnoatic techniques than we did, say, 50 years ago. So, people are being diagnosed with certain mentally illnesses at a higher rate than in the past, because we have better ability to diagnose and more conditions recognized as treatable disorders. So the observed "higher levels of depression" could be completely due to more awareness and broader definitions of depression, both within the medical field and outside of it.The pill popping is a healthcare issue, not a happiness index. Doctors are incentivised to prescribe and with the sales reps, its become predatory.
What many clearly don't understand is that there is a difference between compromise and collaboration.Compromise must be stopped
Compromise appears to damage self-esteem in some. Collaboration can create something new, and better.
Like our Constitution.
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Compromise. How does that work ??
Let's say.
Doing an ability. One ability gets it correct. 90% of the time and another gets it right 50 %
Compromise will then give you doing correct 70% of the time
Then that ability is less than the 90%
And the nation will fall
How bout if parents compromise on nursing the baby
What happens if the men nurses the baby equal to the mothers ??
See it does not work
Compromising destroys
You're pretending compromise is possible on a binary issue. It's not:Compromise. How does that work ??
Let's say.
Doing an ability. One ability gets it correct. 90% of the time and another gets it right 50 %
Compromise will then give you doing correct 70% of the time
Then that ability is less than the 90%
And the nation will fall
How bout if parents compromise on nursing the baby
What happens if the men nurses the baby equal to the mothers ??
See it does not work
Compromising destroys
Correct, because we are sentient beings with the ability for introspection. And that's just fine.Now the very fundamentals of what it means to be human are up for debate.
Correct, because we are sentient beings with the ability for introspection. And that's just fine.Now the very fundamentals of what it means to be human are up for debate.
This is when the wise starts fleeing from the unwise
And as they flee that increases the stupidity of the area they leave from
And that makes the fall faster and deeper
New York State is having their wise to flee
If trump wants to save New York he would have to lock up the leaders and make wisdom tests for voters
Also the nation must now wake up to the women
That big group votes in their worst nightmare --- the democrats and their Muslims
Trump must declare a broken govt to save the nation and set up wisdom tests for voters
Could you translate that from Crazyass to English?
Which is higher ??
90 %
or 50%???
That proves compromise cannot work because the 90% correct is lost
See that's a question on a logic test for the wisdom test for voters
You hear conservatives here right? Baby killers, communists, 2nd amendments remedies, we are being invaded, blacks are taking our jobs and raping our women. Civil war class warfareItem One
Our suicide rates have increased to the point at which the CDC says they are actually affecting our life expectancy. Our usage of antidepressants continues to increase. Looking at the facts, it's not difficult to argue that we, as a society, are become more and more unhappy.
Item Two
More and more, Americans are walking around in a state of hypersensitivity, just waiting to be outraged or offended by something. When someone from the "other" tribe does or says something that we can attack, we jump right in with the group hysterics.
Theory
We're making ourselves more and more miserable by adhering ourselves to political ideologies, by refusing to even understand the opinions of those who dare to disagree with us, and by jumping on the tiniest opportunities as a reasonable excuse to attack the "other".
Please vote and comment. Thanks.
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U.S. Antidepressant Use Jumps 65 Percent in 15 Years
Suicides are at the highest rate in decades, CDC report shows
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