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A chat on subreddit /r/me_irl
human
Our parents grew up under constant threat of nuclear war and the potential destruction of the planet and humanity. Their parents grew up during World War Two. Current events have very little to do with the rising rates of depression. The state of the world appears no more dire now than at any other point in the twentieth century. 

iPhones, social media etc actually do have something to do with increasing rates of depression however. The more we connect online the less we connect in real life. I think the main reason depression rates are rising is that we are becoming more isolated and losing a sense of community and of connection to one another. Our society is also becoming more complicated, jobs are becoming more specialized and competitive and it is getting harder to find a partner and a career. Long gone are the days of staying in your hometown, marrying the girl next door, and getting a well paying job at the local factory etc. 

All this combined with the fact that depression has gone from being a vastly under recognized condition to one that is vastly over diagnosed and over medicated.
gpt
It’s a mix of that and the kids starting to learn nobody knows wth their doing and that most of it is all bullshit to make more tree paper