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‘Alarming’ surge in mental ill health among young people in face of ‘unprecedented’ challenges, experts warn (www.theguardian.com)

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[–] apotheotic@beehaw.org 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I mean, it is mental illness! The fucked up, accelerating horrors of the modern age cause you to end up in mental ill health, because its unhealthy for your mental wellbeing. That said, I agree with your sentiment, that mental illness is still heavily stigmatized and used as an excuse to not address the actual issues.

[–] tacticalsugar@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 3 months ago

The mental illness is a symptom of the root problem. The inability to cope with the modern world isn't by itself a mental illness, but it keeps getting called one.

I'll even take it a step further. I think most of these mental illnesses being attributed to inability to cope with modern society aren't mental illnesses at all, and are in fact a very healthy reaction to a very unhealthy system. But maybe I'm just crazy.