Politicians want to improve our worsening mental health with big psychiatric initiatives. The problem with this model, says historian of neuroscience Danielle Carr, is that it ignores the social and structural forces causing widespread mental suffering.
Fun fact;
In war zones rates of depression and anxiety drop down to statistically zero.
There’s no time for ennui, to much shit is going on that you can admit you have no control over and every decision you make could potentially mean life and death for anyone around you.
People find their purpose. It’s just that it’s usually “survive”, and might develop into “revenge”.
How is that tracked?