Have you guys noticed this? In 2020, if you're neurotypical/not mentally-ill, then you use psychedelics, weed, pop various pills to suit your fancy, drink alcohol, guzzle coffee with impunity, etc. If you aren't neurotypical/mentally-ill (be it bipolar, intense anxiety disorder, schizo shit, borderline, etc) then you use psychiatric/prescription head meds like Prozac, Zoloft, Lexapro, Seroquel, Lithium, Lamictal, and Adderall (although both camps use this one).
The thing is, I feel like since the 1990's the middle group (the group that doesn't use drugs - legal or no - at all) has just been shrinking smaller and smaller. In the post-modern age you're either a dude weed psychedelic bro/drinker, or you respond poorly to weed and other recreational drugs so you seek the advantages that psychiatric drugs lend you. There's very little in between nowadays, it's the new normal, the bar has been raised. If you're not partying on weed and MDMA+LSD combo then you just say fuck it to that world and go the Prozac route so you can get perfect sleep and flawless emotional control so you can dominate the workplace.
What happened to cause this shift, Zig Forums? Why is mental health becoming increasingly an either/or with dude bro and "I am the universe" party drugs and psychiatric "enhanced mental control with neurogenesis"? It's with that with everyone I now. It's either you are a prolific weed smoker/tab popper or you're on Prozac or Lexapro. Everyone is trying to mod their brains now, and this is to say -NOTHING- of nootropics and research chems.
almost no one nowadays is sober for most of the year, I noticed this too, everyone is on "meds" now
Tyler Lee
I'm on SNRI's due to chronic depression and anxiety. I don't feel that they help much though, but I'm giving it a shot.
I also take melatonin to be able to fall asleep.
Never been drunk my whole life.
Isaac Cooper
Coffee for dopamine high Alcohol to forget shit at night Diphenhydramine to sleep on non alcohol days
Cameron Garcia
nice thread, but honestly this may belong on Zig Forums or /x/, anyway, in my opinion things have been getting really bad so people are recurring to drugs to cope ,and they want to have the population addicted to these drugs so they can be controled and supressed
Liam Young
Black culture which is the driving force in the West is based on being depressed, consumerism, social media and doing a shit ton of drugs this without a doubt has fucked up the recent generation
Nicholas Price
People are getting more and more mentally ill and depressed the more advanced society becomes and the more they become removed from nature. I don't take any drugs because I know that this stuff can not make you happy, it can only make you numb to pain which is what people use it for.
Samuel Baker
you're a low IQ narcissist not mentally ill
Evan Scott
gtfo raby
Kevin Robinson
This, if you are feeling depressed anxious just no this. The best “cures” for depression anxiety and all that bullshit are vitamin d (which we lack) omega 3, proper nutrition, exercise, meaningful contact in nature and meaningful communal relationships
Carson Watson
People have always been using drugs. Ancient humans loved opiates. It's where the visions of their shamans came from.
Christopher Flores
>i'm special because i smoke weed all the time like every dumb porch monkey, just look at my xbox achievements to see my enhanced cognition
Justin Hernandez
you have the reading comprenssion of a third grader
Colton Ward
enjoy dementia
Bentley Barnes
kys idiot stoner
Blake Anderson
>tfw on lithium & adderall >Adderall for the past 1.5 years, lithium for the last 2 months Fucking sucks and it's expensive but I went from being a wishy washy college dropout who spent all my off time in bed binging Netflix to a determined student with a 4.0 GPA and now I'm trying to develop hobbies and started back going to the gym. Also my social anxiety is non-existent. So it is what it is ig.
With the advent of the digital revolution, I think most people subconsciously view themselves as above their base primitive nature - and thus ignore their natural needs completely; instead coping on a drip feed of dopaminergic actives, and when that bottom falls out, more psychoactive crutches. I'd also couple it with perceived societal norms as well.
Another major component I believe is missing is a collective theological or philosophical component. Having any degree of certainty in the face of ultimate absurdity and uncertainty is incredibly stabilizing both emotionally and intellectually. All were given now is bite sized Hodge Podge ideological messages from the various media we consume.
Owen Hall
Because (((they))) want it this way. Mentally addled idiots running around consooming are good for the (((system))) plus who's going to stop (((them))) when no one can form a cohesive thought or stay focused long term?
Brayden Harris
The erosion of morals makes for a more complacent workforce. The regulation of mood makes for a more complacent workforce.
If you can get them to do it voluntarily through weed, video games, porn, etc, all the better.
With the widespread embrace of information technology, the use of Calvinism to convince the workforce to relinquish both socialized benefits and a wage that would afford them privatized benefits has been obsoleted by raw, voluntary distraction.
It's a brave new world.
Mason Gonzalez
I don't use any of the drugs listed. Does that make me sane or insane?
nah most normies just drink on the weekends and occassionally smoke weed (not much after college). if you frequently take drugs after 25 you are a druggy loser and probably live with your parents or in some disgusting roach infested apartments. you probably just have shit friends or youre just trying to point fingers bc youre unhappy with your life. The only people I know who think theyre hot shit for being sober/straightedge are utterly unsuccessful. Very similar to vegan losers
Chase Ramirez
>apu poster Sane and based
Landon Bell
This
Angel Peterson
>chronic depression and anxiety. I don't feel that they help much though thats bc you need to fix your life and the shit that makes you depressed/anxious. dont take drugs to sleep. I use melatonin occassionally to reset my schedule but not to induce sleep regularly. You are getting low quality sleep and daily alcohol use causes withdrawal seizures along with all the other sides. strongly agree that rap music is harming the youth. Hep A is on the rise because of "butt eating" bs from rap agree. Video games are a major opiate for young men. Get them out of your house.
Owen Gonzalez
Sounds like you do illicit drugs
Thomas Robinson
Black culture (violence, drugs, not doing well is school) has destroyed the black community. They had a lot of potential and squandered it.
Colton Lee
You just spend too much time on the internet bro
Ryder Lopez
Depression and anxiety can be pathological. Read a book sometime. There are a lot of ways people can naturally feel better and are taught by providers as first line treatments: exercise, healthy diet, strong social network, etc. You are talking about stuff you know nothing about.
Gabriel Young
>the Prozac route so you can get perfect sleep and flawless emotional control so you can dominate the workplace
How did you come up with this idea?
Ian Cooper
Psychoactive, alcohol and caffeine abuse has been around human history for a lot longer than you would think. The rise in their use is the social normalization of using them. As for the use of prescription meds, I can only guess it's the ambiguity and relativity of medical psychology. You can say I'm depressed, anxious, etc., but you don't know if it's from inexperience with life, a genuine disorder, or people over-exaggerating. So psychiatrists take the safe route and throw pills to fix the problems.
The real problem is that people lack the introspection and self-awareness to know their thought processes and what else is going on with their head. Note, some people are bad enough that it's hard to rein in their thoughts, despite having the awareness, and those are the people that medication helps most effectively.
Jeremiah Morgan
I don't see that at all. Where the fuck do you live?
Jaxon Green
and you're the stupid one for falling for it.
Isaac Hernandez
The meth epidemic is relatively new. I feel like there is more Illicit drug abuse now than ever before in history.
