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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We now have names for disorders and ailments, and we are progressing to a place where there’s not as much shame/stigma/hush-hush.

In other words, the days of locking Aunt Alice away for bipolar disorder are over. Aunt Alice has bipolar disorder, she can talk about it, she can manage it with meds and therapies, and there it is.

We can talk about anxiety now. And because we have social platforms, we can even talk to people outside of our social circle about it. A friend of mine from elementary through high school suffers from depression. I haven’t seen him in 20 years, but we connect online. So I can add him to my list of “someone I know is dealing with depression,” whereas before the dawn of social, we wouldn’t have kept in touch on that level.

I usually enjoy good mental health, but this pandemic did cause me to fall into a temporary state of depression and anxiety. I am just now starting to get out of it.

Is it imagination that you lack, OP, or critical thinking skills? Or empathy? Or all three?[/quote]

Without the snark, I second the above. We "hear about" a good many more people than we used to, just because of social media networks and the modern ease of keeping in touch with past acquaintances and friends.

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