7 sats \ 3 replies \ @Signal312 30 Oct \ on: When anxiety asks for a coffee date alter_native
Anxiety, as a big factor in many people's lives is a new thing. I don't remember that being very common, even just a few decades ago.
What do you think? Historically, was "anxiety", as a mental diagnosis, a big problem? Seems like more and more people are having mental issues - mostly anxiety, depression, OCD, etc.
I'm going to throw out an idea. Anxiety and the other mental disorders that people have - I believe they're caused today primarily by:
- Constant stimulation via phones and other tech - and specifically that crowding out face to face contact with people
- The generally horrible, high sugar, high carb, high processed food diet that we have nowadays. Also avoiding meat, eggs, other animal products, and saturated fat. These were foods that our ancestors knew were very nourishing.
Since I've started the carnivore diet (it'll be a year in a couple months) my mental health and mood has improved significantly. I didn't have major issues before, but in terms of mood I went from being regularly about a 6, on a scale of 1 to 10, to probably a consistent 8.
I just feel much better.
I agree with that, but sometimes I feel the condition, or its prevelance is more than that.
Could it be more an urban - suburban thing or also a rural thing? The manifestation of an increasingly complex existence, fettered with choice and distraction, but I think it also could just be hyper-awareness to the passage of time.
Maybe it's just the feeling of disconnection or absence of meaning, the opposite to a direct and peaceful reconcilliation with nature, and the loss of instinctive behaviour?