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If you have to scramble to live it’s hard to have time to self analyze like we do in the west. I’m sure serious mental illness like schizophrenia or bipolar dis
by christkv 3y ago
If you have to scramble to live it’s hard to have time to self analyze like we do in the west. I’m sure serious mental illness like schizophrenia or bipolar disorder is similar. Might also be covered up more by societies as it used to be in the west due to the family shame aspect that was very prevalent.
- EA-3167 3y agoEven with similar standards of living, culture can play a HUGE role in how these things are talked about. Look at Japan for example, which has a shockingly high rate of people who just... walk out of their own lives forever. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jouhatsu https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jouhatsu The discussion around depression and anxiety is also relatively new in Japan, but at the same time the evidence of those issues is not, look at NEETs and Hikikomori, a high suicide rate, and the aforementioned Jōhatsu! The thing is that in Japan there's a very strong tendency to keep that sort of thing in the family, keep it away from prying eyes. Your point about how shame works in different cultures is right on the mark IMO.
- christkv 3y agoI have a Spanish uncle who did this in the 70s. Just walked out and disappeared. Eventually declared dead by his wife and my grand parents. Fate unknown but theory is he left for South America.