I know to most people it’s not a black and white issue. To me I see being depressed as being miserable during the majority of your time awake, while I see being happy as not being miserable most of the time. No one has a feeling of constant euphoria all the time. Now they say people that are depressed tend to think everyone is depressed. Speaking personally my depression comes and goes in cycles for no apparent reason of my knowing, although I’ve had majority bouts of depression through various portions of my life, so I know what constant misery feels like.
Now there is no right or wrong to the answer to the thread question because there’s no way of any answer being validated with proof. It’s all about your perception of the world and gut instincts.
Now my answer is I feel most people are depressed, and it has nothing to do with money. At work I’m surrounded people who are well above average earners, some even wealthy. They pop pills all day to numb the pain. I know people who on the surface have everything - a loving family, wealth, friends, intelligence, good looks, just about everything we’ve been conditioned to want or want instinctually. They’re still miserable. You see there are people that are very good at putting on a facade that they’re happy all the time, and they’re usually the best at giving advice for depression, then you figure out one way or another they’re the must fucked up people you know. It sucks, but I would have to lean on the side of there being more depressed people out there reflecting on what I’ve observed over my lifetime
Now there is no right or wrong to the answer to the thread question because there’s no way of any answer being validated with proof. It’s all about your perception of the world and gut instincts.
Now my answer is I feel most people are depressed, and it has nothing to do with money. At work I’m surrounded people who are well above average earners, some even wealthy. They pop pills all day to numb the pain. I know people who on the surface have everything - a loving family, wealth, friends, intelligence, good looks, just about everything we’ve been conditioned to want or want instinctually. They’re still miserable. You see there are people that are very good at putting on a facade that they’re happy all the time, and they’re usually the best at giving advice for depression, then you figure out one way or another they’re the must fucked up people you know. It sucks, but I would have to lean on the side of there being more depressed people out there reflecting on what I’ve observed over my lifetime