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[–] alvvayson@lemmy.world 57 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I think this is a major part of it.

Which is why high levels of wealth and power actually lead to bad mental health of the rich and powerful.

They get detached from normal life and start looking for thrills in the wrong places. It's kind of a similar effect as what middle class people know as lifestyle adaptation or the hedonic treadmill.

Once the normal things that provide pleasure are easy to obtain, people start looking for pleasure in places that still provide mystery, adventure and a challenge.

These people desperately need therapy to learn how to be content with normal things, but instead they follow their flawed monkey brains into a trap.

[–] eighthourlunch@kbin.social 15 points 10 months ago (3 children)
[–] A_A@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anomie
In sociology, anomie is a social condition defined by an uprooting or breakdown of any moral values, standards or guidance for individuals to follow. Anomie is believed to possibly evolve from conflict of belief systems and causes breakdown of social bonds between an individual and the community (both economic and primary socialization). ...etc. ...

[–] quaddo@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago
[–] kool_newt@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago

A new word! Thank you!