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Evipicc t1_jcxqrbn wrote

You're right-wrong.

There are fewer pressures for survival which caused great stress, that is correct. In that regard we have made life easier PHYSICALLY. There are also massive societal and moral pressures now, which didn't used to exist, and our lizard "Fight-Fly-Freeze" brains can't handle the complexity of that, so anxiety results because we feel like there's a threat, but it's only someone societal or moral and we can't simply fight or run. This made life much HARDER mentally. We shifted the burden from what we weren't good at to what we were, from our bodies to our brains. As a species it's the right course of evolution, a creature can continue to procreate regardless of how ridden with mental illness it is...

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Downtown_Skill t1_jcy0w21 wrote

This is spot on! I bring this up with any friends who have severe anxiety at any given moment. It seems to help. To think about anxiety as a trick your brain is playing to make you feel like you're in imminent physical danger seems to help me remember that whatever issue I'm worried about isn't that big of a deal and I'll likely survive it.

It puts things into perspective.

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chair-borne1 t1_jcybuqw wrote

Harder mentally? Everything has been over simplified to include higher education. Moral and societal expectations so long as they are not in your state and local legal statues are not a mandate but a guideline. Life is not harder it's just what kids say to feel free by making themselves victims so they can't be bothered with expectations...

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Evipicc t1_jcz3zql wrote

Okay I'll be very specific.

The increase in mental load due to socio-economic and emotional dynamics that didn't exist when we were fucking cavepeople.

Better?

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chair-borne1 t1_jcz6e1i wrote

They were too busy to be bothered with things they didn't have time for... emotional dynamics was created to give life substance now that we have the luxury of free time to notice. You may think you're bright, but wisdom seems to still b-right.

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Evipicc t1_jcz72aq wrote

You just remade the exact point I just made but okay...

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chair-borne1 t1_jcz8gbk wrote

Negative, you said that life is harder. My point is that you are volunteering for aspects that are making your life harder but are not mandatory. If you never simulated suffering you won't get it but be assured you have a very easy life.

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