Also nature. It's clinically proven that living your life surrounded by barren concrete fucks you up.
People like having pets and growing houseplants, just cuz, and both have been shown to do a lot of good, mentally. But we really should be bringing nature into our cities much more than we do right now.
Aside from worsening the mental state by deprivation of nature, it also is more vulnerable to flashfloods, the heat is much worse in summer and the air quality is worse all year round.
I live near seattle. A friend who grew up in texas visited recently and he was shocked at how many trees were around in the city, and at how clean the air felt
You're right, it's not just "people." What I mean is we need to focus more on our relationships, and on being around the people that make us happy, and less on the things we think will make us happy.
That's what happens when your life is handed to you on a silver plate. Working, struggling a little, raising a family, taking care of a house and other stuff keeps you busy and gives you purpose. But it could just be mental illness in this case, we don't know.
Agree. Think that people feel the most fulfilled when there's some element of a struggle or a challenge that they've overcome to get the reward. Of course the right amount of that is important. OP doesn't need nonstop challenges coming at them. In this case though it sounds like there might not be enough.
I have had a very busy life since I was a kid. Now I'm in my 40's and still busy as fuck with work, kids, family members and other shit. I don't even have time for depression 😂
A lot of us are. It's hard to invent your own purpose. Was probably easier when purpose was thrust upon you (grow or find food or you'll die). I'm not saying life was better in the past. We live in fantastic times but it comes with different challenges. Finding purpose in life is a very real and difficult challenge.
It's not about the everything. It's about what and how you have done with your life: choices, actions, history, experiences, progress, memories and principles you stand and dreams you strive for. Whether you've made good or bad in any aspect or at all, do you truly like the life you journey? At the end, it's all your done, and no one's else should definitely be as you're given your body, abilities, grants and chances all just to make what's on your mind come true on your own (force/will). It's stupid to regret after you miss or abuse or reject the opportunities you had or probabilities you knew. All you have to do is move forward and do yourself better and find ways to truly achieve and fulfill if you still want and never give up.