2007-09-27 05:14:20 · 33 answers · asked by Anonymous in Family & Relationships ➔ Marriage & Divorce
money does not equal happiness. as a matter of fact, america has a terrible problem with trying to fix their problems by buying things. plus, everyone wants a pill to fix everything... its the easy way out. rather than fix the problem they medicate it.
2007-09-27 05:16:24 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋
we are supposed to be the richest nation but the U.,N. human index report shows that in terms of medical care, educational opportunities, and adjusted real income, we are 7th behind such countries as iceland, norway, and australia, to name several.
when someone feels depressed it is often because of these basic needs yet there is not often enough motivation in the right manner to help a person get past that and too much motivation to take a pill for everything from having energy during the day to falling asleep at night. when we have as much money spent on helping people get past those things which cause the depression as there is marketing the pills for that, here will be fewer people on antidepressants and drug companies will have to find some other thing which they will tell us that we need.
2007-09-27 07:08:53 · answer #2 · answered by Al B 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ok, money is not a cure for depression. Far from it. In fact, for some people, money will actually cause depression. The more money they have, the more money they want to spend. They get caught up in a cycle of spending which can sometimes go faster than what they are earning. This causes debt to happen which causes stress which can lead into depression.
Also, you assertion that most Americans are on antidepressants is a little off. There are many who are, but not most of them.
2007-09-27 05:18:26 · answer #3 · answered by A.Mercer 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Since when did "rich" equate "happy". Money doesn't make you happy and in some cases the more you have, the unhappier you are.
We're all on anti-depressants because the medical field refuses to acknowledge mental disorders as an evolutionary reaction to the changes of society - working longer hours, multi-tasking, juggling career and family and a social life. Instead of saying enough is enough, the write a prescription for mood stablilizers and expect the world to be ok again.
2007-09-27 05:24:13 · answer #4 · answered by Wicked 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Many countries consider mental illness a stigma and people are reluctant to admit it. That being said if you compared a list of so called "rich nations" U.S is the highest. Why ? I think expectations are also higher in U.S so when you don't meet you end up disappointed. The lack of socialization, working for materialism, family values, culture. There is ALWAYS a trade off and when culture is based on materialism the other aspects of peoples live suffer. You cannot have it all.
2007-09-27 05:38:35 · answer #5 · answered by ensoman 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think Luxembourg is the richest united states of america per capita. yet to get to the question funds would not purchase happiness, the reason various human beings are on anti-depressents is via the fact massive pharma has a strangle carry on the final public we are thoroughly oversaturated with a tablet for each thing, and undesirable weight-reduction plan additionally i think ends up in melancholy. i think of the quickly paced way of existence, long artwork hours and the final no longer taking time to savour existence all play an element.
2016-12-28 05:22:43 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Same reason why we are rated so poorly when it comes to overall health- why we hand out the most prescription drugs, but do not partake in preventive lifestyles - why we are completely dived as a very rich or very poor nation- why we create war to help the world, when we have so many issues within our own country.
Money does not = happiness
Crooked Doctors and Prescription Companies do NOT = health
A suitable government does not bombard other countries before fixing themselves :-/
2007-09-27 05:27:52 · answer #7 · answered by Sansa 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't know that 'most' Americans are on antidepressants, but this country being wealthy has no bearing on it's residents being happy. Many rich people are miserable...money doesn't = happiness.
Most of the money belongs to corporations and an elite few anyway...the bulk of the population are middle class and below.
What does this have to do with Marriage & Divorce? More suited to Society & Culture.
2007-09-27 05:17:46 · answer #8 · answered by . 7 · 4⤊ 1⤋
I don't know if this is exactly the right place for this question. I also think you already have an answer to this question in your head, and are just trying to prove a point. Although I have no problem with debate or trying to prove a point, thats not really what the Yahoo Answers forum is about. Perhaps you should start a blog.
2007-09-27 05:17:50 · answer #9 · answered by kittiesandsparklelythings 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most Americans are not rich and most are not on antidepressants. By the way, money definately buys me happiness!
2007-09-27 05:27:52 · answer #10 · answered by LoraC 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would be interested in the source for your claim that MOST Americans are on antidepressants??
I'd go along with 'many' but I don't agree with 'most'. And, probably the easiest answer is that they are (1) widely and more easily available and (2) misused in many cases.
2007-09-27 05:19:16 · answer #11 · answered by wendy c 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋