Discussion So, why?

[Lucet]

 

[Itsalmosttime]

I'd take anything PJW says with a wheelbarrow load of salt.

 

[KiraLittleOwl]

I believe social media in general. Dates check out.
I don't know why it has such a profound effect but I can guess
It made young people to compare themselves not to their neighbors but to the most successful people, it made people to feel isolated from the different world that they now aware of, it fucked up dating.
The next thing I can think of is the job market, it's getting worse and inequality is rising.

 

[Astral316]

I second social networking sites... in effect, making quantity of friends more essential than quality of friends.

 

[BipolarExpat]

Too much of this..



...can't be good.

It could be lots of things but 1 constant is sure: There doesn't seem to be any solid, effective help.

What is deemed by society to be helpful is more often harmful (Ie: medication roulette, sectioning, exorbitant bills, overworked/less than enthusiastic medical staff).

I realize that therapies have worked for some but it appears that they're most often in the minority.

The alternatives are as dubious as a desperate ctb attempt.

 

[Stan]

I believe social media in general. Dates check out.
I don't know why it has such a profound effect but I can guess
It made young people to compare themselves not to their neighbors but to the most successful people, it made people to feel isolated from the different world that they now aware of, it fucked up dating.
The next thing I can think of is the job market, it's getting worse and inequality is rising.

I could not agree more

 

[KiraLittleOwl]

I could not agree more

I forgot to mention that less people now believe in the fair world because they are more informed about corruption and crimes of the elites but nothing is being done about that.
Cases like Panama papers, Epshtein's "suicide".

 

[Stan]

The thing that gets me about some of these 'influencers' is that some if not all of their advertised lifestyles is a lie. Also the fact there is no hiding place. In my day, if someone was bullied it was situational. Either at school, playground or some other place. Now kids are carrying around their bullies with them on their phone. The stupidity of taking a compromising photo of yourself, sending it to your current sweetheart and not thinking that it won't be distributed confounds me.

 

[Darkhaven]

The process of uniformization of the general population's lifestyles is more advanced than ever.
Thanks to social media and the way it promotes self love and everyone being close to a "Divine Creature" of it's own there will always be people left out of the equation. Whether that's because they simply don't have the aesthetic traits to let them be attractive to others or whether it's because they aren't as intelligent or well spoken as others or whether it's because they don't have financial assets to be able to afford such an expensive lifestyle, or whether they just have some kind of health problem, either physical, mental or both (like me) that just holds them back from being able to attain that level of self realization.
These people feel that they don't belong here because they can't be as good as others and sometimes prefer to just dissapear rather than having to endure the harsh realities of life untill their death.
And maybe they are right. Who am i to say that they are thinking in a wrong way when i, myself, am planning on doing the same.
And, in my case, the sooner it's done the better.
This world and this life is becoming desolating to me.
Most human beings are selfish and self centered, whether that's our nature or just the result of our sin and imperfection is debatable. A debate that will ways lead to the never ending "Creationism vs Evolutionism" discussion.
The truth is that the human beings we know of (the current, alive ones, and our predecessors that we can study with the help of History) are/were almost all egotistical and ambitious.
There will be unhappyness and jealousy for as long and there is unequality.
Should one day, everyone be healthy, have the same wealth, have the same importance to society and there will no more of these bad feelings, and even less suicides, obviously.

 

[GreyMonkey]

Abandonment and neglect.

Busier parents. More devices. Children are probably being distracted by devices because parents don't have the time of energy to really be with them.

Lack of emotional attunement and connection is felt as significant trauma to a child and is a major cause of depression.

Loneliness and isolation in a social creature is devastating.

I am sure that if many of the members on here had more social connection and ability to receive and feel social connection (cos if one has neglect trauma it can be hard to feel connected to others even when they are available), that suicide would become a less interesting option.

 

[sleepy dog]

Getting the money that people need to get has become so difficult for a large percentage of people. Therefore they can't relax and just be. They feel stressed because of it. They try so hard, just to avoid unemployment and homelessness. They can't do things because they don't have the money to. All of this means low quality of life. Especially when they see mostly the elite people on TV, Youtube, social media living their comparatively easy, enjoyable, interesting lives.

 

[Lucet]

I forgot to mention that less people now believe in the fair world because they are more informed about corruption and crimes of the elites but nothing is being done about that.
Cases like Panama papers, Epshtein's "suicide".

This is one thing that bothers me enormously. There is, and likely has always been extreme amounts of evil being done behind the scenes by those who are much higher up than the rest, evil that has been left unchecked for god knows how long. The fact that such things have been ongoing for so long only proves how damned we really are.

 

[Sweet emotion]

Because their parents are pieces of shit who are either addicted to drugs or can't accept them for who they are. Growing up in unstable homes. And drugs are everywhere now a days

 

[Misanthrope]

Just look at what the youth is set to inherit. If they moan about how they are financially worse than my own generation ever was. How they can't get on the housing ladder and how work is now so insecure it provokes nothing but anxiety. They get vilified for wanting a better future for themselves and lumped in as the entitled generation. They get vilified for hanging out together, but the youth centres likely closed. They get vilified for caring that biodiversity is dropping at an alarming rate. They get vilified for challenging the broken systems at work that absolutely exploit their demographic. They are not represented in politics either. Social media has turned many into rewarded sadists you can't switch off from. Children are tested to death and get found hanging from their bedroom curtains. Bullying is just torture and not taken seriously enough.

I don't know if it is my skewed perception but sadistic behaviour seems more prevalent and in some corners is then even justified. Casual often cruel smut has taken place of meaningful love and connection. Families don't have as much time any more when it takes two jobs to keep the lights on. There is a lot to despair over and the youth are not stupid! They certainly see it. In a connected world of pretend I wonder if they feel more isolated than ever? Seems so. Feeling powerless and unheard breeds hopelessness and that is usually a core driver of suicide.