Getting Uglier Every Year.

I've probably said this on other threads.......

It doesn't bother me getting uglier, well it's not really possible for me, because I've always been ugly. 😊
 

Alligatorob said:
Do y'all think this is a real increase in the disorder, or just an increase in recognizing it and diagnosis? If it is an actual increase in rate then the statistic is quite alarming.
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I'd hope that the possibility of a 'recognition factor' would have been taken into consideration by those preparing/issuing the report....but....¿Quién sabe?
 
I'm fat. I'm ugly. I was always put down as a kid. I have no tattoos. I'm whatever I am and since no one ever helped me with my self esteem and self worth, bleep them. And no one else is feeding those feral cats at my work place and maybe they look a lot better than me. So bleep them too. I was out at 5am feeding them (to stay incognito) when I had covid with a mask on because if I didn't, no one else would have.
 
Nemo2 said:
Quote: "A new study found that the number of child and adolescent visits to a doctor's office that result in a diagnosis of bipolar disorder has increased by 40 times over the decade from 1994-2003. Over the same period, the number of visits by adults resulting in a bipolar disorder diagnosis almost doubled."
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I have nothing to prove this but I firmly believe that many of the drugs, legal and illegal, that people take are responsible for bipolar and many other psychological problems in recent generations.
 
Nemo2 said:
Quote: "A new study found that the number of child and adolescent visits to a doctor's office that result in a diagnosis of bipolar disorder has increased by 40 times over the decade from 1994-2003. Over the same period, the number of visits by adults resulting in a bipolar disorder diagnosis almost doubled."

https://www.nih.gov/news-events/nih-research-matters/bipolar-disorder-diagnoses-increasing-youth
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In my professional opinion, this is largely due to the willingness of individuals and medical professionals to more readily deal with mental illness.
 
Myrtle said:
I have nothing to prove this but I firmly believe that many of the drugs, legal and illegal, that people take are responsible for bipolar and many other psychological problems in recent generations.
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The book I mentioned a few posts above addresses this- the drugs change brain chemistry, often causing people to be in worse shape than they initially were.
 
Myrtle said:
I have nothing to prove this but I firmly believe that many of the drugs, legal and illegal, that people take are responsible for bipolar and many other psychological problems in recent generations.
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A couple years ago a friend of my supervisor's said that her, maybe 30 something, daughter, and all her daughter's friends were on some sort of prescribed mood altering drugs ....goes a long way to explaining many current events/attitudes.
 
Alligatorob said:
Do y'all think this is a real increase in the disorder, or just an increase in recognizing it and diagnosis? If it is an actual increase in rate then the statistic is quite alarming.
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Could be both, but I definitely think that over-diagnosis happens increasingly, and it's driven from both sides: the pharmaceutic companies, since it makes money for them, and the patients, whose motivations are a combo of naive hopefulness, desire for victimhood, and a ready excuse for shortcomings of all kinds.

For the most part, I think that the doctors are not a factor in overdiagnosis and prescription.

Other side is that it really is *THAT CRUMMY* out there that it's causing the most vulnerable to break under the strain.

Probably a bit of both, but mostly over-diagnosis, in my opinion.

Have you ever tried to self-diagnose? Best I can tell, when I was in grade school in rural CA in the early 50s, if these diagnoses had been around I'd probably be an ADDS dyslexic young male, but back then I was just a normal male. Frankly, I think ALL males tend to be ADDS due to evolution; the male niche in hunter-gatherer was to rove around poking into stuff serially.

My wife and I are about as far apart as two people can be in this trait. She can grind it out all day on one task, whereas I have to beat myself over the head, again and again, to keep on task.

But I did learn how to do it, over time. Still a struggle, though.

How about you?
 
JimBob1952 said:
My wife never leaves the house without looking her best. I try to follow her lead but am not always successful.
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Here's a sappy thing to say, but on this forum maybe it'll be OK, and maybe others will "get it"...

I was married before and I've had a decent share of girlfriends. One of the things in finding attractive partners is facial impression. Some others may send a provocative sexual signal (self-aware or otherwise) and this can compensate for shortcomings in facial attraction.

My present wife, when I first saw her, had a face that I wanted to continue to look at from every angle. She's not a classic beauty, she's more of an open and good-natured cutie with very regular features, but over the years--nearly 40 now--I can never get enough of looking at her.

I cannot tell you how personally encouraging it is to see that every single day.
 
-Oy- said:
Bodyweight and shape, Gender and sexuality, Tattoos, Piercings - it really is none of our business.
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It is when your children, grandchildren are taught things that have no scientific basis. People scream at churches for "Indoctrination" of morals, but are ok when it's rampant perversity in public.
 
-Oy- said:
Bodyweight and shape, Gender and sexuality, Tattoos, Piercings - it really is none of our business.

Live and let live I say! There are good and bad people in the world. The list above isn't a factor in that as far as I can tell.
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Disagree, in a way.

If it's out in front of my face where I have to see it, it *WILL* be evaluated, just as I evaluate every single other thing that comes before my eyes. This appears to be hardwired in me, and from my observations of others, very, very few are not this way.

It is unsafe, in general, to go thru life without evaluating and reacting.

Given this, anything presented to me on the outside will trigger a reflexive evaluation, and I have my own set of evolved criteria and categorization. To disregard negative evaluation/categorization (which is fairly rare--I tend to cut a lot of slack, not expecting a whole lot from strangers) is a burden ON ME for the benefit of someone who, when you think about it, has gone to some level of conscious effort to cast this impression.

Not gonna do it.
 
JimBob1952 said:
C'mon Oy, life is much more fun when you're judgmental!
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I've got no problem with making judgments.

If you think about it, your own judgment is what keeps you going, or lets you fall by the wayside, to live under a freeway overpass, sleeping on a piece of cardboard that you took away from a feral dog. It is your very best life-tool.

Therefore, those who counsel you to not judge are trying to get to lay aside the very best life-tool you have.

Gosh. Why is that?

:^)
 
@Tommo - I, too, was born in 1947, and my outlook on life and on other people went through a similar gradual evolution.

So here I am, at age 75, living with 2 gay men (my son and son-in-law). My son looks like a successful executive. My son-in-law has tattoos, piercings, and his hair color varies with his mood. He drives a motorcycle, and his wardrobe could best be described as "eclectic". He's also a decorated veteran, a former police officer who retired with honors. a very successful and well-paid cybersecurity specialist and one of the best, kindest and most insightful parents I've ever met. And I've met other truly impressive people, including the new pediatrician for the grandkids, whom I'm sure would qualify as "uglies".

It hurts my heart when I see people hanging onto judgmental attitudes and refusing to look beyond the surface.
 

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