Mental Health

Quoted from Sandford1981

I’ve heard it said or implied that true contentment occurs when our thoughts, feelings and behaviours align to at least a minimum degree.
From an early age we are embowed by outside influence and have conditions of worth imprinted on us mainly by parenting, institutions and society.
It’s very easy to create a negative self image based upon what we hear, see and read which is bad news (pun intended) in today’s climate.

We live in an age in which news is 24 hours and we spend large amounts of our time connected in some way, shape or form. With the birth of (anti) social media, it gave a voice to millions of people who perhaps shouldn’t have a platform. The advent of the internet and phones has removed the barrier that speaking face to face protected. Anything, everything and a lot of the time hateful things are espoused by racist Dave down the road or gossip mongering Karen up the street, bigoted  Tommy in Reading or angry and bitter sally from south Shields on some inane talk show. Multiple kp that across every person and country across the globe and it’s all encompassing.

Opinions have replaced facts and popularity has overtaken good moral standing.
We’re so busy being depressed about our pasts and anxious about our futures that we’re forgetting the here and now. We’re being force fed consumerism to the point we cannot be fulfilled unless we have the latest mobile, car or swanky pad. The system is set up that way because a satisfied and contented person isn’t buying and consuming.

Our instant, constant and relentless 24/7/365 lifestyles are not conducive to widespread good health and hence why mental health problems are so pervasive. It’s a sad state of affairs.

It’s a bit of a ramble granted but I feel better! 😂

Quoted from promotion plaice

My panic attacks and anxiety stemmed from my childhood.

My mother has suffered with mental illness on and off for most of her life although it's calming down now she is in her eighties.

She was sectioned many times when I was a child and beyond which scarred my dad and I pretty bad.

At one point my late father wouldn't go anywhere without his bike so he could rush back home if panic set in bless him.

Our GP's at the time didn't understand mental heath and told us basically to man up and get on with it, which wasn't what we needed so we moved to a specialist that helped my dad and I immensely.

I could write a book about it, she drove our Austin Allegro onto the middle of Hewitt's Circus roundabout one time and disappeared into the night.

Quoted from ginnywings

Don't dwell in the past, don't dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment- Buddha.

This is what I try to do. I made a conscious decision to stop watching the news, reading newspapers and getting too het up about politics and things I could not control. They call it mindfulness nowadays, but I reached that conclusion by myself some years ago. I've also never got into twitter and facebook, or any other type of social media. I only visit a couple of forums on a regular basis, with this being one.

Hardly anyone nowadays just sits and takes in their surroundings. The sea, the wind, the birdsong, whatever. People have forgotten how to be silent and thoughtful.

Quoted from Sandford1981

I’ve heard it said or implied that true contentment occurs when our thoughts, feelings and behaviours align to at least a minimum degree.
From an early age we are embowed by outside influence and have conditions of worth imprinted on us mainly by parenting, institutions and society.
It’s very easy to create a negative self image based upon what we hear, see and read which is bad news (pun intended) in today’s climate.

We live in an age in which news is 24 hours and we spend large amounts of our time connected in some way, shape or form. With the birth of (anti) social media, it gave a voice to millions of people who perhaps shouldn’t have a platform. The advent of the internet and phones has removed the barrier that speaking face to face protected. Anything, everything and a lot of the time hateful things are espoused by racist Dave down the road or gossip mongering Karen up the street, bigoted  Tommy in Reading or angry and bitter sally from south Shields on some inane talk show. Multiple kp that across every person and country across the globe and it’s all encompassing.

Opinions have replaced facts and popularity has overtaken good moral standing.
We’re so busy being depressed about our pasts and anxious about our futures that we’re forgetting the here and now. We’re being force fed consumerism to the point we cannot be fulfilled unless we have the latest mobile, car or swanky pad. The system is set up that way because a satisfied and contented person isn’t buying and consuming.

Our instant, constant and relentless 24/7/365 lifestyles are not conducive to widespread good health and hence why mental health problems are so pervasive. It’s a sad state of affairs.

It’s a bit of a ramble granted but I feel better! 😂

Quoted from DB

Nothing wrong with a good ramble, help to clear the mind. I do think you hit the nail on the head about moral standings.

Their are none any more in todays life to, I would say, over 99.5% of the population and is all about me/self. What's in it for me, how can I benefit etc. No morals or thoughts for others and it has nearly destroyed the society I grew up in as a child.

This unfortunately also adds to the pressures of mental health and will not change.

Quoted from KingstonMariner

When people do show care for other people they’re branded ‘snowflakes’ and generally trashed. Terms like ‘the offence industry’ are used. People striving to bring about greater fairness in society are attacked verbally in the media, social media and sometimes physically. Sometimes you hear stuff like ‘I had it tough growing up in the’ 50s/60s/70s or whenever. ‘I had to work hard’. As if to say other people’s experience doesn’t count or that because one person didn’t have it easy other people should be treated unfairly.

Quoted from KingstonMariner

Gotta question why society has become more individualistic DB. The market was placed at the centre of life. This has led economic and political thinking for over 40 years. People keep voting for the party who promote individualism.

When people do show care for other people they’re branded ‘snowflakes’ and generally trashed. Terms like ‘the offence industry’ are used. People striving to bring about greater fairness in society are attacked verbally in the media, social media and sometimes physically. Sometimes you hear stuff like ‘I had it tough growing up in the’ 50s/60s/70s or whenever. ‘I had to work hard’. As if to say other people’s experience doesn’t count or that because one person didn’t have it easy other people should be treated unfairly.

Ironically it’s the often same people who say let the migrants crossing the Channel drown - people who have probably had it far tougher than the old bloke giving it the ‘I had it hard in my day’ routine.

Quoted from KingstonMariner

Gotta question why society has become more individualistic DB. The market was placed at the centre of life. This has led economic and political thinking for over 40 years. People keep voting for the party who promote individualism.

When people do show care for other people they’re branded ‘snowflakes’ and generally trashed. Terms like ‘the offence industry’ are used. People striving to bring about greater fairness in society are attacked verbally in the media, social media and sometimes physically. Sometimes you hear stuff like ‘I had it tough growing up in the’ 50s/60s/70s or whenever. ‘I had to work hard’. As if to say other people’s experience doesn’t count or that because one person didn’t have it easy other people should be treated unfairly.

Ironically it’s the often same people who say let the migrants crossing the Channel drown - people who have probably had it far tougher than the old bloke giving it the ‘I had it hard in my day’ routine.

Quoted from TheRonRaffertyFanClub

This surely cannot be true. Even allowing for the voting bit, we have had a state led caring system (how good is irrelevant here) since 1948. We could just as easily argue that this has made people blasé about individual caring and pass the job from individuals to professionals and then moan it is not good enough or underfunded or whatever.

I simply detest being told when and where and how to care. That responsibility is mine alone not some woke twerp like Prince Harry or William or some footballer or media personality, or mass movement on Twitter. I have spent my whole life caring, professionally and personally and the latter is how it should be but I don’t expect or demand caring in return. What people want to give is up to them. When an issue arises I make a decision, do I care enough about neglect of children, cruelty to tigers, BLM, mental health, ex-service personnel........ to make a sacrifice? Am I able to help my poorly relative or neighbour in some way? If I think it’s worthwhile and I can then fine, if not then that issue misses out.

This covid isolation is an example. Round here we have done what we can for each other and looked out for each other but nobody has been pestering other people to do things and it has worked fine.

Quoted from KingstonMariner

Who said anything about pestering? I don’t give two hoots about what any royals or slebs say. There’s plenty of ordinary people who support causes promoting fairness because they think it’s the right thing to do. But they’re overlooked or dismissed as woke, snowflakes and seen as mere dupes to celebrities and royals.

The only reason we continue to have the NHS is it would be political suicide to do away with it. I can’t see how it has made people less caring having this safety net. Everything else has been run down or sold off in the last 40 years.

Generally society is less caring than it was. We had food banks even before Covid. We never used to have any. The only homeless people 40 years ago were tramps. In one of the richest countries in the world. If that ain’t a sign of a society that cares less than it used to, God knows what is. I’m alright jack.