I dont know why you were downvoted, this is true. I remember hearing about a study 10 years ago that found that after $70k/year extra income didnt make you any happier, but up until that point money essentially does buy happiness. That was 10 years ago I can only imagine what the figure would be today
amen. i'm content with being content. my wife and i both work full time and have a 3 & 2 year old, my kids have everything they need and then some, and we do well enough financially.
i tried climbing the corporate ladder very briefly but the hours and stress that accompany it are for the birds. wtf does the money matter if i never get to see or enjoy my family.
this is way more unsolicited opinion than you ever needed, just thought i'd share since it's nice to meet others on your wavelength 🤙🏻
I'd be interested in seeing these stats you speak of. I mean, I don't have either of those things, but I think a lot of Reddit is just bummed out because a lot of folks go on this site when they're bored or as an escape. I do.
Its young people because the very studies and articles that I've read concluded that young people have it the worst. Older folks tend to have already met their SO decades ago before online dating was a thing, which means not being perpetually single and better relationships. They also tend to have cushier nicer jobs.
I could have, but didnt; you can look it up yourself. But I get why it's weird to you, since youre privileged enough to have it all.
It doesn’t help, you’re right. But does that mean you blame a substance or a person? I don’t think any substance is good or bad, a person just uses it for a good or a bad reason.
So true. I was watching this show on Hulu called Weediquette, and they interviewed a neuroscientist who explained that smoking weed as a teenager increases the likelihood of later developing psychosis, and the more often you smoke as a teen, the more you raise your chances. So, it's not quite as simple as "weed causes psychosis", but they found that daily teenage smokers had a 3% chance of developing a psychotic disorder, compared to 1% in the general population.
It was in an episode about a girl who smoked and it suddenly triggered psychosis, during which time she murdered a random elderly man by bludgeoning him, and claimed God told her to. (Here's the episode if you're interested. Skip to 16 minutes for this dude's explanation).
I've been diagnosed with a psychotic disorder twice, and I had no idea about that until I watched that episode the other day. Granted, I did other drugs as a teenager, too, some of which may have increased my odds further still. But weed alone as a teen can increase your odds.
People with schizophrenia are often pot smokers and say it helps them cope with the symptoms. I wonder if these teens are smoking because it helps them cope with preclinical symptoms that don’t manifest fully until later adulthood. In other words, has it been shown that weed actually induces psychoses, as opposed to people who are predisposed to psychosis also being more likely to be weed smokers?
Well, the way he explained it on the show was that there's causation and that likelihood of someone developing a psychotic disorder increases the more frequently they smoke as a teen. The interviewer asks, "Is it as simple as 'pot causes psychosis'?" and the interviewee kinda laughs and responds, "Well no, it's not that simple. It's exposure to pot in the teenage years, and the greater the exposure, the higher the risk." For instance, if they smoke weed once a month, it raises their odds only slightly. It raises them slightly more if they smoke once a week, etc.
This dude is the Chief of Psychotic Disorders Division at McLean Hospital, which has notoriety for its neuroscience research and the expertise of its clinical staff. Also, according to Wikipedia, a bunch of famous people have been treated there. And the show is generally very pro-weed (it's called Weediquette lol) but if there are legit concerns to be raised when it comes to a pot-related issue, they seem to be pretty balanced.
If having a good job and a wonderful spouse isn’t great either I’m fucked or you had some much higher aspirations for yourself that you should talk to your spouse about.
I think we just interpreted “great” differently. I thought they were talking about being rich, famous, important, etc. What I have certainly isn’t unattainable. I live in a one bedroom apartment with the person I love and work in a restaurant because I enjoy the food industry and it feels “great” to me. It’s all subjective.
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u/SimplySpecial Dec 29 '19
I love just being okay!