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see, my older, religious relatives, believed life was a gift, and that it was not yours to take away. the idea of suicide was abhorrent to them, even when they went through things people these days couldn't even imagine. and on top of all that, they truly, honestly believe that if they had faith, god would help them out.
as for there being more pressure on kids these days - does anyone really believe that? you think doing more exams, or media pressure is any worse than being called up at 18 years old and sent off to fight (usually to the death) for your country? or being sent to work 14 hour days in a factory at the age of 8/9/10? i don't think so. life is tough, but it always has been tough. and i think we are softer these days. we give up more easily. and instead of trying to overcome whatever demons we have, we just say it's an illness, and we can't help it. we don't try as hard anymore.
Society has changed, there is no community anymore.
Humans are inherently pack animals, it's how we survived. We can't run fast, we can't fight well, we don't have good armour, we basically relied on safety in numbers.
People need people. Today's society is compartmentalised, nobody knows their neighbours, the world is owned by two or three hyper-millionaires instead of the local tyrant, travel is so easy it is hard to keep family. All my family lived within two mile sof each otehr, for most people that's unheard of now.
We're not evolving too slowly, our bodies and our minds are telling us that how we are being forced to live is bad for our wellbeing.
You're right society at the moment isn't natural at all . So I don't understand why we put up with it
I think we are living in one of those ages common in history, where society goes wrong, is all debauched and messed up, then s/t comes along and reverts it back to some normality. (hopefully)