I heard a radio program last night on why are there so many apocalyptic films being made and why are they so very popular?
That got me thinking …good question!!!
Could it be that there is an unconscious instinct that we are in times of real change …..the end of one kind of civilization and the beginning of a new ? The problem with these kind of films is they tend visually to over emphasize the endings rather than something new ..not surprising as the new as not yet happened and it is hard to imagine life outside of today’s programming ….
It also prompted me to wonder how that affects the psyche of the young ….who live with this kind of ‘end of the world’ scenario both in fiction and also from the climate change and planetary crisis angle from a very early age. No wonder anxiety & depression in the young is on the increase….and worse.
All the more important for those who care to give some mind space on the new possibility and the new proposition…
Take a few moments …. .what kind of world would you want to live in ? …..Picture it….
How would people be with people ?
How would people be with the planet and the little people of the planet, the animals ?
What would you leave behind?
Christine - I was caught by the paragraph - "It also prompted me to wonder how that affects the psyche of the ... . No wonder anxiety and depression in the young is on the increase... and worse". I've been studying part-time Psychology and Child Development for almost 3 years and last week at one of the sessions we were given a handout about Mental Health in the UK and USA. It says "... A million British children - one in ten between the ages of 5 and 16 - are estimated to be mentally ill. It has been suggested that in any secondary school with 1,000 students, 50 will be severely depressed, 100 will be distressed, 10-20 will be suffering from obsessive-compulsive disorder and between 5-10 girls will have an eating disorder." It goes on says, "After surveying thousands of children, they report that increasing numbers of children have mental health problems, over a quarter regularly feeling depressed, mostly as a result of family breakdown and peer pressure."
ReplyDeleteSounds rather grim. I believe its important to know and understand whats happening with our children and in order to assist them in their natural development, we need to know what they are up against ....
Hi and thanks for your response.
ReplyDeleteThese figures are so sobering....and really make you feel for this generation and what more we can be doing to de-stress their lives
best Christine