Income based social and mental illness.

Do you think that if people were paid reasonably, like if they put in good work and actually got paid a base living wage to survive independently, then people and society would be massively reduced of it’s social and mental issues?

I feel as though if I had been able to make money for working hard I would have been able to avoid nearly all my social and mental health issues.

I don’t intend for this to be about universal income or politics or anything like that.

It just seems like society is knowingly creating hell on earth.

Lack of freedom to exist creates a spiral of hell… Imo.

Vanth,
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Removing the stress of financial insecurity? Having enough income to seek professional and medical support? Of course it would help.

sentient_loom,
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Professional help is overrated. But to the extent that it does help, it should be part of Healthcare, which should be publicly funded anyway.

Removing the stress of financial insecurity would surely help a lot.

ULS, (edited )

Yeah, I have done some therapy but in my mind there’s always something telling me that the therapy isn’t for the sake of humanity, it’s just for the sake of making honest living people functional in a world literally built to not allow or incorporate them into society. A lot of people’s benefits to good and society go unseen or not manifested because of this.

ULS,

I didn’t really mean seeking professional help. While that would be a good thing, what I meant is the problems wouldn’t have arisen in the first place.

brygphilomena,

Yes.

Societal issues like crime would be greatly reduced if people were able to live with relative security regarding housing and food.

Hobbies and recreational activities provide significant mental health benefits. If everyone was able to afford housing, food, and some recreation we’d have a massive shift in this country.

I’m not even saying working particularly hard. Everyone seems to need a job and they don’t all have to be back breaking hard work to earn these things. Mcdonalds and Kohls aren’t prestigious jobs, but shouldnt those workers deserve to know they have a roof over their heads and food on the table?

sbv,

How much of a reduction is “massive”?

Stress is undoubtedly a massive factor in mental illness, but there are others. Genetics plays a huge factor, as does trauma. I suspect lack of community is pretty huge too.

It just seems like society is knowingly creating hell on earth.

Yeah. I agree with this one. We’re too invested in the current order to seriously consider anything else.

ULS,

Idk what massive is tbh.

But I think a lot of youth have some form of trauma from watching their parents try to survive.

sploosh,

I’ve noticed the only people with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome seem to be able to afford to live without working.

ULS, (edited )

Interesting… But my OP isn’t about not working, it’s about getting paid for working. (Not trying to sound like a dick)

Chronic Fatigued Syndrome info for anyone curious;

www.cdc.gov/me-cfs/index.html

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