I'm not at all surprised that economically developed nations have higher occurrences of mood disorders. This is because many "disorders" may not be disorders at all. At least in the U.S, we are quick to give pills to people. Now that pills are being advertised regularly on T.V, audiences can see "symptoms" that they normally wouldn't think twice about and realize, "Oh no, I must have *disease name here*." However, there are of course people who do have legitimate disorders. There may be more people like this in developed countries than developing countries because of the pressure we put on ourselves. We have to get good jobs to make money, we need to "find happiness", get good grades when we're students, make ourselves look good ("beauty" is cause for stress around here, especially to teenagers). It's no wonder that there are so many people with anxiety or depression who feel that they haven't fulfilled their lives just yet, or who are worried that they will never find "true happiness", whatever that may be.
In developing or impoverished countries, I think the people have a very different mindset than us. They are focused on living from day-to-day and are most likely grateful for things that many of us take for granted, such as food, shelter, and education. Many people do not even have those, but still remain positive where we would feel hopeless.
Do you think that true happiness comes solely from within, or does it have some outside factors affecting it as well?
-Megan
"There is no normal life, Wyatt, there's just life." -Tombstone
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