Yuyutsu said:
"I think that people from conservative families are less likely to report any illness, how less so a mental illness, which could prove a shameful stain on their family and could also jeopardise their future prospects if found in their records. Having more money also makes it easier to cover up their illness. This hush-hush approach could account for at least some of the difference."

Perhaps conservative folk are more able to deal with so called mental issues?

Being able to get over adversity (mental or other) and not crying "help" used to be considered a virtue.

Generally I agree with TTBN's comments and quotes, it appears that lefties are way more likely to cry "mental health issues made me do it"

Cheers
Ross

Dear Ross,

«Being able to get over adversity (mental or other) and not crying "help" used to be considered a virtue.»

Virtue is not a fashion - what was virtue then is still virtue now.

Forgiveness and fortitude are virtues.

If one truly forgives and has fortitude in adversity, then that is great indeed.

But if one smolders and whimpers within but out of pride or fear keeps silent, avoids asking for help from anyone and instead pretends to be magnanimous, perhaps in order to avoid being criticised and shamed by their own family, perhaps holding it all within until they get a heart attack, then that is not virtuous, that is just sad.

ttbn,

Settle down old cock.

I've said nothing in the above 3 posts that should get you to fly off with your usual vitriol towards me. Your name calling, and abuse of me and others, who disagree with your extreme right wing views on everything is well known on this forum.

There are reasons why people are more likely to suffer mental disorders in their early life. That's for a number of reasons, a lack of certainty is a contributing factor, as people grow older they generally become more stable in their relationships and most find direction which gives them a higher degree of confidence about the future. This has nothing to do with being leftists or conservative, that's ttbn talk.

Well…Jordan Peterson reasons thus:

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=OW_zpi2hmI4#dialog

Using his logic, those susceptible to calamity arising from mental illness are those least able to cope with multiple calamitous life events.

To make the argument which will dissect society into left and right on the issue, needs to address the demographics in terms of available resources to whichever grouping, in order to address the multiple calamities impacting on coping mechanisms.

Yuyutsu

Depression is a complicated disease. Just taking responsibility for yourselves is no cure. But, being stoic and getting on with things is a conservative thing, beyond the ability of the dependent Left. The Left expects governments to look after them. One example on the news last night from a reporter bleating about the 'hottest summer ever' scare-mongering. "We won't be protected", she said. How about protecting ourselves, with the faculties that we have been given!

But, as you have revealed yourself as a believer that doing OK is down to privilege, you are not going to take any notice of what I say.

Ross,

Good for you. The more 'help' we get from the government, the more control it has over us.

DD

Life is complicated. Politics cannot help. Sometimes withdrawal is the only solace. We have to avoid the Paul 1405s, the Foxys, the SteeleReduxes, and other nasties who try to put us down and cancel us out with their blather. They are sickos. It makes no sense to waste our mental energy on them. We should stick to our own kind.

It's time for the Benedict Option; and you don't need a monastery for it.

In days of yore (you know, 20 or 30 years ago) some people were unhappy with themselves, their lives or their choices. When you're unhappy, the solution is largely in your hands and its primarily up to you to fix it. But that's not easy.

These days, people who used to be unhappy are now depressed. Ah, but depression is a medical issue, so the solution is no longer in your hands. Its now up to the medical community to 'fix' you. You can sit back, wallow in your depression and whine that others aren't fixing it for you.

Unhappiness became medicalised.

That, and that alone, is why depression is now so prevalent