Do only people in civilized countries get "depressed"?

Question

I'm always thinking about people who live in nightmare circumstances in undeveloped countries. People who starve, people for whom it's normal to pass a limbless corpse in the path, people who have to sweat for hours in the sun for a wage that won't even buy lunch in America.

I can't imagine these people having "anxiety attacks," or "self-confidence" issues.

When I think about how priveleged I am to live in a civilized nation, I just feel more inadequate, and worse about being depressed. *sigh*

Answer 1

I was born and raised in the Philippines until I was 3. Although I was too young to remember how it was, I have visited numerous times. My relatives there live in sub-poverty conditions. I can say confidently that they do get depressed, as well as happy, anxious, excited, as well as any other mood another human being may have.

Just because someone lives in an undeveloped country doesn't mean they don't feel every human emotion you might feel.

Everything is relative; if someone is always happy, than it wouldn't be happy anymore, it'd be normal. If someone is always sad, it wouldn't be sadness, it'd be normal. The same goes with depression.

Answer 2

Being "depressed" is more of a clinical thing which doesn't have too much to do with first world, second world or third world~! It has its roots in an imbalance of tiny trace hormones within the body. The exact timing of these imbalances can be caused by many factors, including over tiredness, bad or insufficient diet, stress, emotional strain, even actual sicknesses which may stress out the body even more than usual. there is an illness in the Very Far North which the Eskimo people call "The Screaming Disease. It is no more, and no less, than an extreme depressed state resulting from long months of bone freezing cold, nerve wracking and prolonged periods of darkness and general cracking under the strain of trying to " get through it"! The Arctic is certainly not considered to be a "civilized country" either. I think that depression is one of the most fundamental causes of alcoholism, very prevalent in non-civilized countries. What do You think?

Answer 3

they do have depression and anxiety problems. I am from India and ours is a strange country with lot of social- cultural backgrounds and variation.here u can get all the comforts of US and all the depriviation of Africa and 3rd world at the same time and almost at the same place. People here do have all those psychological problems but their approach to solve the issues r different.
When rich n influentials look into drugs and sex and everything from psychiatrics to counselling to find solution for their problems the deprived look for Tantra- mantra,rituals magic and belief in god etc. etc ..........
Problems r same but approach is different.
and the right approach is also there in Yoga , Meditation, Self -development and spirituality.
Only an economic module based on EQUALITY not on GREED(developed by industrial revolution in 17th century)will provide the solution for all these problem.
Waana remove Deperession from ur life

Mantras are -
1. LIVE AND LET OTHERS LIVE WITH SAME DIGNITY.
2. U SHUD TAKE WHAT U REQUIRE FOR UR SURVIVAL THEN HELP OTHERS FOR THIS CAUSE,not always look for PROFITS and BOTTOMLINE only.This way u will have satisfaction.

there r lot of others but better if we cud apply only these two in your life first ,then we could tread the way as your soul will direct u.
I am not just preaching.
I am a hardcore Marketing professional and has done Masters in Economics also.
All my experience in market and study has shown me a way what I have written here.
Thanx.
Dino

Answer 4

I will have to go with an utter and complete understanding of EVERYONE gets depressed / anxiety (BEST friends), sooner or later in life. For some people theirs will not effect them to the point of not being able to function. Even in the USA, we have some terrifying violence going on. It is So indescribable?

Our Country is so faked up to though. We have the most freedom, education, this that and the other. People just ignore it. It is so sad that no one really cares about anything anymore. Our society are a bunch of lazy, ignorant, ungrateful, and just plain out "Don't Get It".

If not for this depression, anxiety you and I may never have had this opportunity to understand other people.

It is bitter sweet.

Answer 5

i was in Panama, Central America a few years ago. Once out away from the big cities, people there tend to live rather simply.
We passed a village where most of the people are fisherman. Their small houses have no doors, because they have nothing to steal. They fish all day and drink all night.

I thought,"how sad." but the more I thought about it, if they knew more about us and how we have car payments and mortgages and all that, THEY would be the ones saying "how sad."

Answer 6

Depression is a state of mind which can happen to anyone. Even animals goes under depression. People in undeveloped countries too goes under depression and that is one of the major reasons why they are not able to grow. Developed countries or fast civilizations people have lot of expectations from each other and from themselves so they goes under depression fast.

Answer 7

Every person in parts of worlds gets depression somewhere ,but what u said maybe be somehow more true , modern civilized country citizens gets more depression factor coz'

1.Tension in everywhere , from work , home , society ,
2. no way u can relax peacefully and so far from nature.

Answer 8

extremely some those traditions have greater to do with close by subculture than faith. in spite of if faith would not help. what number meant "present day" countries have the popular public of their inhabitants living like it exchange into nonetheless the 14th century...India for occasion with their scientific care of ladies persons..."honour killing"...honour rape! The burka is basically a topic while it comprises risk-free practices...If Muslims have been compelled to placed on basically bathing costumes while employing public delivery...this might help

Answer 9

Of course! They get more depressed than we do...it's just that depression and mental illnesses are such taboos and so widely spread that it has been normalized...that is my experience, at least, having been born and raised in a third world country.

Answer 10

No, All people are immune to depression, irrespective of civilized or uncivilized. But civilized people living in Metros are more prone to depression, as they struggle to maintain their, so called " social status ".