Plenty of reasons I can think of other than the economy. LGBTQ+ rights, child labor laws being removed, and access to medical services being limited or illegal are some big factors.
I’ve been “alone” for so long I can’t even tell if I want to be around people anymore! Every time I have to go do something it feels like I’m doing something I don’t want to now. lol
I feel the same way a lot of times. It takes effort to be social and it’s easier to just stay at home and not do anything. It’s especially easy for me because I have no friends in this town and my closest friends live an hour away. Being lonely seems like it’s easier than having friends even if it feels worse. It’s a problem to be sure.
I agree, but also, where do you go to meet people anymore? People used to get into conversations in places like coffee shops and bars. Now everyone’s looking at their phones, possibly even with earbuds in. If you’re religious, I guess church. Plenty of people aren’t religious though.
There’s a hobby/ttrpg store nearby that hosted game nights every week. They’d try out a new game.
There wasn’t a big crowd, but went out wife my wife to dinner and there were definitely people chatting from different groups at the bar. Dont know if they knew each other though, its not that big of a city.
I think there are still places to go, its just harder for a lot of people to go out. Even my wife and I, we haven’t had a dinner just us in a few years (kids).
There’s a store like that here and they were totally insular. I asked if there were any games I could join in and they looked at me like I was some sort of stupid neophyte who wouldn’t know D&D from Call of Cthulhu. Fuck that.
Oh that’s unfortunate, thats not how they run things here. I haven’t been in a while, but its more like a bunch of DMs and everyone gets randomly assigned to a table. Games are 30 minutes, and then rotating tables. Its more about trying out some different games than anything else.
They did have a separate night they’d host, but those were reserved rooms (like a conference room setup, TV available for map display). More like a night for regular players to have a regular space to play, but its kind of obvious (with the reserved signs on the rooms and all).
Yes, the article lists some of those reasons and it also mentions economic factors. I personally see job loss to be a huge factor in depression amongst people I know, hence my comment.
jobs, housing, cost of being alive… honestly what is there to be happy about? A lot of people did everything right, have good jobs and are responsible but most of these problems are completely outside their control, of course people are depressed. everything really is just shit.
well yeah. In this world that we live in money is freedom and if you don’t have it your options are severely limited. For those that don’t have it it getting it is the only thing that matters.
The economy is totally fine though /s
Plenty of reasons I can think of other than the economy. LGBTQ+ rights, child labor laws being removed, and access to medical services being limited or illegal are some big factors.
Loneliness is also a massive factor.
https://www.npr.org/2023/05/02/1173418268/loneliness-connection-mental-health-dementia-surgeon-general
I’ve been “alone” for so long I can’t even tell if I want to be around people anymore! Every time I have to go do something it feels like I’m doing something I don’t want to now. lol
I feel the same way a lot of times. It takes effort to be social and it’s easier to just stay at home and not do anything. It’s especially easy for me because I have no friends in this town and my closest friends live an hour away. Being lonely seems like it’s easier than having friends even if it feels worse. It’s a problem to be sure.
This is one where there is a significant economic cause and effect.
People not having free time, money for activities, hobbies, etc - this impacts our ability to be social.
I agree, but also, where do you go to meet people anymore? People used to get into conversations in places like coffee shops and bars. Now everyone’s looking at their phones, possibly even with earbuds in. If you’re religious, I guess church. Plenty of people aren’t religious though.
There’s a hobby/ttrpg store nearby that hosted game nights every week. They’d try out a new game.
There wasn’t a big crowd, but went out wife my wife to dinner and there were definitely people chatting from different groups at the bar. Dont know if they knew each other though, its not that big of a city.
I think there are still places to go, its just harder for a lot of people to go out. Even my wife and I, we haven’t had a dinner just us in a few years (kids).
There’s a store like that here and they were totally insular. I asked if there were any games I could join in and they looked at me like I was some sort of stupid neophyte who wouldn’t know D&D from Call of Cthulhu. Fuck that.
Oh that’s unfortunate, thats not how they run things here. I haven’t been in a while, but its more like a bunch of DMs and everyone gets randomly assigned to a table. Games are 30 minutes, and then rotating tables. Its more about trying out some different games than anything else.
They did have a separate night they’d host, but those were reserved rooms (like a conference room setup, TV available for map display). More like a night for regular players to have a regular space to play, but its kind of obvious (with the reserved signs on the rooms and all).
Yes, the article lists some of those reasons and it also mentions economic factors. I personally see job loss to be a huge factor in depression amongst people I know, hence my comment.
jobs, housing, cost of being alive… honestly what is there to be happy about? A lot of people did everything right, have good jobs and are responsible but most of these problems are completely outside their control, of course people are depressed. everything really is just shit.
Yes, those are the rest of the things. But society has decided that in public discourse the only thing that matters is the economy.
And by economy we mean the stock market.
well yeah. In this world that we live in money is freedom and if you don’t have it your options are severely limited. For those that don’t have it it getting it is the only thing that matters.