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My money is on: increased cannabis use + social isolation (COVID+short form social media) + more awareness/less stigma of seeking treatment

• hinkley 2y ago
  We knew a guy who retired at ~30 and was institutionalized by 35. That’s really the only person I’ve been able to watch go off the rails. And in his case it really did seem that the isolation drove the decline, rather than the decline driving the isolation. That was around the time we were first exploring the idea that staying busy with novel problems can delay the onset of dementia. Being around people is perhaps an incentive to keep the wheels on a bit longer. We thought going to work did that for him in a way that parties and lunches with friends did not.
  • xdfgh1112 2y ago
    My alcoholism is significantly worse when I am not working, even if I have other things to do. Like week long 24/7 drinking level. That's one of the reasons the FIRE stuff doesn't appeal to me. I have been willfully unemployed and it is not always a bed of roses.
  • FuriouslyAdrift 2y ago
    There's the co-founder of Cloudflare (Lee Holloway) who has frontotemporal degenration at a very young age, too... https://www.theaftd.org/posts/front-page/cloudflare-co-founder-who-is-living-with-ftd-profiled-in-wired/ https://www.theaftd.org/posts/front-page/cloudflare-co-found...
  • pavel_lishin 2y ago
    > Being around people is perhaps an incentive to keep the wheels on a bit longer. I assume that people around you are also more likely to notice issues, and convince you to seek medical help before it's too late.
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