At these hectic ages no one seems to have time for anything or anyone. Probably you don’t remember when you received a paper hand written letter last because it asks a dedication of half an hour than a Hallmark card can be sent within two minutes. Probably you chat on Facebook with most of your friends more than you actually see them in real. And… do you really know these 354 people who are on your friends list? Years ago we used to invite people to our birthdays while calling them or sending a lovely paper invitation but probably your last three birthdays invitations were done while creating an event on some social network and get people to confirm it online. You probably don’t remember than last you took a tram and listened what two old grandmas are talking behind you or what radio station is on because half of the day your ears are plugged with an iPhone/iPod/iPad or whatever else ‘i’….
Isn’t it a strange thing that we consume 3 times more than our grandparents but at the same time we seem to be 3 times more unhappy. We have stuff. We have lots and lots of stuff. We have access to free and easy traveling, information, social and health care but the more we consume the more unhappy we are. We have tens of times more of allergies, we get much more stressed and suffer from anxiety. We constantly feel under pressure, less and less things make us happy and less and less we care.
The fact, that you are depressed, constantly stressed, unhappy, anxious, tired, afraid, worried, disappointed does not mean that you have exaggerated sensitivity to things or you just don’t know how to cope. Unless you are living somewhere in the jungles in south America, where all that hype of technologies didn’t touch you. Depression is a ‘plague’ of our generation. We created the surroundings we live in, wanting to travel further, to eat faster, to communicate quicker, to live higher… But all the technologies, all the hectic life style is turning back to us and bringing us down, affecting our psychological health and nerves. And out of sudden, even we have everything – we are unhappy. Yes, we are simply unhappy. At first just sometimes, then we get back to cold and technologically equipped home after 10 hours of work. Then we speak to our parents over the phone and don’t remember than we saw them last. Then instead of going to groceries and picking up dinner ingredients we get a fast delivery from Chinese restaurant round the corner. However, soon feeling down becomes not just a random feeling once a week, it becomes a constant state. And that’s the moment you start looking depression straight in the eyes.
Of course it is not ok to be depressed. But from the point of view, that you depression is the sign that you need changes, it becomes ok. That means you are not different than millions of people suffering from depression round the world. You are not too sensitive or weak. You simply find it hard to keep up with hectic life style, you need to reevaluate some things, to deal with them and move on. To do the same, what all of us do.
