Consumerism Exacerbates the Spread of Depression, Says Pope

Zenit ^ | 2003-11-14

[Conservative til I die]

Um, you do realize that this article was put out by Zenit.org? It's a Catholic news site.

[Conservative til I die]

What, did you wake up yesterday and say, "Hey, I'll go and nuke a Catholic thread today!"

The OCD that some people have over every facet of the Catholic Church ("This offends me! That bothers me!") is really strange. I don't see Catholics going onto Baptist threads saying "Hey, this really bothers me, your whole Sola Fide thing. STop it now.

[Aliska]

I believe a lot of depression is caused by repressed anger and failure to get sufficient exercise. Too many people in our time are physically inactive. Also, my other theory is that with electric lights, we go to bed later and our sleeping schedules are not in sync with nature.

Some forms of depression are strictly biochemical.

Consumerism, along with financial worries, does cause stress which can lead to depression.

There may be other factors which lead to depression which have nothing to do with consumerism, like faulty relationships, being trapped in situations you have to stay in for survival, gender blurring in modern society, etc.

Sometimes consumerism alleviates depression if you don't go overboard. People have always loved to shop.

Just some thoughts.