Why are people increasingly feeling alienation and depression?

Answer 1

too many are sitting on the computers and not having actual human contact.

Answer 2

Blame florescent lighting. Our skin and eyes have photo cells of the highest degree, and we need sunlight, an average of 3-4 hours a day to keep our body functioning at a normal degree.
We don't feel normalcies without a good dose of full spectrum lighting, and that is the leading cause to that feeling of alienation, withdrawn from life, and depressing moods.
If we could look like a plant for one day, the majority of people would be pale and spindly like one that didn't get enough sunlight.
Instead we are indoors underneath lighting that gives the worse portion of light spectrums.
Compare those individuals, ones that work indoors, to those working outdoors, you'll see the biggest difference in their all around attitudes.

Answer 3

And yet the world is getting smaller with the increasing methods of communication!

It starts at school. No one feels they fit in. It's rare to find people that LOVE school, (except the 1st years). They'd rather be home researching on the net and chatting to friends via sms or email and talking to people from all over the world.

Those who can't do this feel like they live in a different world, they can't afford to live like this and feel they're missing out on a huge chunk of life.

For me I feel alienated and depressed because I live in a foreign, non-English speaking country and I'm the only white person for miles around!

I also think we analyze too much, sometimes it's better not to think about it and just get on with the life you have. you want to make changes, work at it. It's never instant, it takes time.

Answer 4

I think there are two major reasons:

Lack of social support. Family members and friends move away. People used to have an extensive social network. Or people isolate by watching too much TV or using the computer - you used to HAVE to get out & play cards or go for a walk or something, which led to talking to others.

media - now you can compare yourself to others. Most folks shown on TV are prettier, stronger, younger, smarter or richer than us, or at least seem to be. So then everybody feels like a loser, like we don't have enough. You can't be the best anymore, because on TV we see the best of the best, and almost nobody measures up. The TV is on all the time, too, which just makes it worse.

OK that's what I think. Isolation and we can't feel like we're the best at anything.

Answer 5

I think it is modern life. We are isolated. We tend to work more on our own and be on our own more. It is also the commercialisation of our society. Whatever we have or do is not good enough. It's enough to make anyone down.

I think that depression and depressive illnesses have always been around but we can now talk about them and not feel social outcasts (although there will always be some prats who make fun). As people talk about mental illness more, it is clear that it is a common problem rather than the rarity we used to think it was.

Answer 6

In a way the Internet has brought people together. People find love, forums, answers, information and other things. And as long as the Internet is used sensibly it can bring many people together.

But!!!!!!! There is no actual face to face contact. So although isolation in a sense can be reduced, it does not solve it completely.

Maybe the first thing to do is get rid of the television. Travel to work by train or bicycle (if it's not too far), and you will see people, birds, animals. Traffic causes isolation: everyone is in a metal box on wheels (called a car) and most of them have one person in them. Other types of wheeled metal boxes like buses and trains at least have more than one person in them, so isolation can be reduced.

Start off in small ways, by sweeping outside your house or flat. Do the same in communal areas. A window box or plant pots to add colour. An appreciation of the small things in life.

Shiny toys like televisions, cars, and computers have their occassional uses but they can be overused. And if you see a beautiful person on television, visualise them as a rotting corpse.

Answer 7

It comes from lonliness. I have 3 children so im never truly alone, but i have depression because i am never in adult contact. My husb works 11 hours a day minimum, and i stay at home. we used to live in germany, so i have like 1 friend where we live now, and shes half an hour away, and even though i am kinda a loner and bookworm, it is hard not to get depressed when you do nothing for fun whether it is because you have no money, or no friends, or whatever your situation is.

Answer 8

Those feelings come when you don't do much in the house, don't go out ,no activities in general.
Basically the world is changing ,evolving and you remain the same until you get old and die without having done anything good for people.Why don't you do something to change things,your reason is depression,but it's a false one.
Alienation is typical for people who think too much about what's wrong with them and on that basis they try to reject themselves..
Basically you need to change these faults,if you're talking about yourself.

Answer 9

Our mothers gave birth to us and our existence causes pain, suffering and death to nature.

From the resources we use to the air we breath, we are killing the planet and nature is intent on wiping us off the face of the earth as a consequence.

Could planting more trees and working towards being carbon neutral help?

From natures point of view we are more violent than the dinosaurs and they lasted 300 million years, we either become less violent, stop blowing things up and stop purchasing lentils and making soup (because let's face it, much of natures bounty was made to be eaten, it hadn't counted on us using fire or installing plumbing though) as we kill natures hope in a jar of marmalade.

Answer 10

I think that the world is changing.NO more do we trust our neighbours...everyone has a hidden agenda. so trust goes out the window.
Depression comes from being unhappy so If you are depressed why not make some changes in your life.
JOIN a club where the emphasis is on social outings.
A church group will provide the support you are looking for.
I think sept 11th changed the world and how we view our neighbours.
Instead of mistrusting people trust them until they prove that they are untrustworthy.
I think that people today are out for what they can get and not what they can give.