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Stress is having a massive effect on our lives. Sadly I see it as a trend … Just as “home delivery” is a TREND.
We need to address it just as much as we need to deal with climate change, polio, HIV Aids or Covid.
The American Psychological Association cites teen stress as the highest it’s ever been. 7 out of 10 teenagers are suffering from stress of some sort or another per week. And for them … it is very REAL!
Take a look at this video posted on TikTok:
https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMdW4JmJV/
Not only is the post extremely worrying but the comments about it, probably more so. We are becoming NUMB to the effects of stress.
I could post thousands of these video clips. We like to call these people “Karen’s” … in itself an unnecessary unkind act. At some point we need to stop laughing and commenting about these outbreaks and fathom why they are on the increase ... and stop them!
Sartre defines “Existentialism” as – I am what I do . Our choices define what we are meant to be. I create myself by what I do.
If that is true, then the input from external levers and triggers affects our mental state and who we are. Governments and institutions are the biggest uncontrollable influence on our lives and are incapable of…
