This is a terribly sad phenomenon - I've noted it too in small-town-my-native-country. I've always understood it as closer to social murder [1] than shit life s

This is a terribly sad phenomenon - I've noted it too in small-town-my-native-country. I've always understood it as closer to social murder [1] than shit life syndrome, though, but there is certainly considerable overlap. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_murder?wprov=sfla1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_murder?wprov=sfla1