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The more intellectual/sophisticated you become, the more anxious, depressed and unhappy you are.

by eimrine 2y ago

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Everyone in the data being analyzed were from the same colleges and universities.
- legitster 2y ago
  That makes this data even more striking, honestly. If you are a young conservative on a college campus are generally very alienated for their positions. Maybe there's a survivorship fallacy - if you are conservative in a college environment it's because you are very self-assured and not reliant on the opinion of others.
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  - pseudalopex 2y ago
    > If you are a young conservative on a college campus are generally very alienated for their positions. Are they? Data showed not much difference in self censorship.[1] > Maybe there's a survivorship fallacy - if you are conservative in a college environment it's because you are very self-assured and not reliant on the opinion of others. Maybe. Maybe the median college environment is not what you think. Maybe conservatives avoid words associated with mental illness. Maybe students think national and global issues are more important than campus issues. Maybe the question about feeling like you have no time for yourself was a bad match for the others. Maybe liberal students with conservative parents have stressful and frustrating interactions and conservative students with liberal parents are rare. Certainly LGBT people more often report anxiety and depression. Certainly people who attend religious services less often report loneliness. Certainly family income and mental health are correlated. Certainly 1st generation students more often report feeling isolated and more often are from low income families, are immigrants or children of immigrants, or are in other minorities. Certainly these factors correlate with political identification. [1] https://www.intelligent.com/college-students-fear-expressing-ideas-in-classroom/ https://www.intelligent.com/college-students-fear-expressing...
r0ze-at-hn 2y ago
I mean it is complex. You have genes like ADCYAP1R1 that are part of the turn on stress -> turn off stress loop. Variants in it lead to higher stress, but lower cortisol so so higher neurogenesis. So the group with the variants associated with PTSD (such as https://www.snpedia.com/index.php/Rs2267735 https://www.snpedia.com/index.php/Rs2267735 C;C) may be smarter, but have a lower bar for developing PTSD.

The more intellectual/sophisticated you become, the more anxious, depressed and unhappy you are.

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transcriptase 2y ago

Everyone in the data being analyzed were from the same colleges and universities.

legitster 2y ago
That makes this data even more striking, honestly. If you are a young conservative on a college campus are generally very alienated for their positions. Maybe there's a survivorship fallacy - if you are conservative in a college environment it's because you are very self-assured and not reliant on the opinion of others.
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- pseudalopex 2y ago
  > If you are a young conservative on a college campus are generally very alienated for their positions. Are they? Data showed not much difference in self censorship.[1] > Maybe there's a survivorship fallacy - if you are conservative in a college environment it's because you are very self-assured and not reliant on the opinion of others. Maybe. Maybe the median college environment is not what you think. Maybe conservatives avoid words associated with mental illness. Maybe students think national and global issues are more important than campus issues. Maybe the question about feeling like you have no time for yourself was a bad match for the others. Maybe liberal students with conservative parents have stressful and frustrating interactions and conservative students with liberal parents are rare. Certainly LGBT people more often report anxiety and depression. Certainly people who attend religious services less often report loneliness. Certainly family income and mental health are correlated. Certainly 1st generation students more often report feeling isolated and more often are from low income families, are immigrants or children of immigrants, or are in other minorities. Certainly these factors correlate with political identification. [1] https://www.intelligent.com/college-students-fear-expressing-ideas-in-classroom/ https://www.intelligent.com/college-students-fear-expressing...

r0ze-at-hn 2y ago

I mean it is complex. You have genes like ADCYAP1R1 that are part of the turn on stress -> turn off stress loop. Variants in it lead to higher stress, but lower cortisol so so higher neurogenesis. So the group with the variants associated with PTSD (such as https://www.snpedia.com/index.php/Rs2267735 https://www.snpedia.com/index.php/Rs2267735 C;C) may be smarter, but have a lower bar for developing PTSD.