I Am Fascinated By Human Behavior

Why are so many Americans depressed and on antidepressants when we have the easiest lives of any other country and live in the easiest times in history? Some of us have a genetic predisposition to depression but it seems everybody and their neighbor is on an antidepressant or anti-anxiety. I doubt people in generations past were as unhappy as we are.

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CrazyMusicLover · 31-35

What makes you think that Americans have easier life than people from Scandinavian countries?

And yes. I am terrified by the number of people on here who are on some kind of psychiatric medication. My guess is that it's because they can and it's a good business there to sell it. I am almost sure that if I lived there I would have been on anti-anxiety pills since my teenage years.

This is what I would like to ask Americans - how and when did they start being medicated. Did they seek help by themselves or is there some kind of system in schools and workplace that hires professionals who recommends therapy to individuals who seem to be depressed or too stressed?

Cloud7593 · 46-50, F

@CrazyMusicLover Plus people can t handle life's ordinary ups and downs anymore. Everybody wants instant gratification and fall apart when they don't get it.