Is Having Mental Health Problems And Depression Becoming Fashionable?

[dave50]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-9741927/DR-MAX-PEMBERTON-cool-depression-young-people-latest-accessory.html
Yes there are genuine cases but it seems that everyone and their dog likes to jump on the band wagon. We're no longer allowed feel a bit fed up or upset about things that happen in our day to day life, instead it must mean we have mental health problems or depression. Life is not one long bed of roses, there are ups and downs that we have to endure. The young especially seem to have been convinced that they have mental health problems when of course most of them are suffering no such thing, we shop stop pandering to them.

[pixie374]

That isn't how it works, nailit. They are about how your brain works.

You aren't the only one- I've been homeless, addicted, mentally ill to the point of not coping, lifelong mental condition, ptsd, panic disorder, depression, anxiety etc.
No, they haven't usually had it themselves. But, they can massively help. You don't have to do something yourself, to understand and empathise.

[pixie374]

Also...many have got into this field... because they have.

[pastafreak]

I hate to say this, but realistically how many patients will have lived on the streets, been down and out? That is likely to be the exception, not the rule.

[pixie374]

Probably fewer than counsellors.

[pastafreak]

When I worked at the homeless drop-in, we had weekly visits by 1st and 3rd year med students as part of their psychology rotation. They would spend all of...4 hours?...with our guys. That was the extent of their exposure to some truly troubled clients...and the first year students in particular had no experience of this aspect of life. Would those who then go on to specialise have much more exposure?

[pixie374]

I'm a psychologist, pasta, and absolutely not. It's an entirely different area from psychiatry.

[goliaph]

I don't think it can be fashionable. But I have noticed that many people suffer from loneliness. Loneliness becomes a problem not when one is left alone but when one feels abandoned and unwanted. These psychological problems are more acutely perceived in adolescence and old age. In adolescents, this feeling develops when they are unsure of themselves, fail in their studies, and have complexity. And in the elderly, it is associated with the estrangement of children, difficulty in communicating with friends, and the death of peers http://homecareassistance.com . It's very sad because I don't think our society will ever be able to solve this problem!

[kennedyaut]

Of course, they are becoming fashionable, but for stupid people like you living in the previous century maybe is really strange that people evolving and trying to fix the parts of human life that were not really researched in the previous centuries. It's all about the fashion, not about that people are living in the 24/7 big cities with huge pressure from the society and internet stamps. 50 years ago when the topic was not researched well, the real depressing case was about drug addiction or other psychological irregularities, today, thank god people acknowledge that they can increase their life by dealing with depression and the symptoms, and services like https://www.andalahealth.com/condition/treatment-resistant-depression/ help them in that fights.