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Are we getting | unhappier?

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Yes - modern life comes with a lot of stresses from assessments at school to the pressures to 'fit in' online.

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No - people have always suffered from mental health disorders, we're just better able to diagnose these now.

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Maybe - but increased public awareness and understanding of mental health means more people feel able to report problems.

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It's tricky to say. There may be increasing diagnoses but there's also better support to help people manage their symptoms.

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  • ru
    Secularisation has made us more cynical/realistic.
    22 Nov 2021
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  • francois
    an increasing amount of options in ways to earn money causes more people to make wrong choices. This is explained in the paradox of choice.
    1 Jan 2020
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  • 2ard4christmascardz
    I think the average career now is far less fulfilling than ones from 100 years ago and its hard to be happy grinding out days in an office
    16 Jan 2019
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  • db04949
    It's hard to say. There are extra stresses, better diagnosis and reducing stigma.
    28 Oct 2018
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