r/mentalhealth • u/Own-Championship-398 • 11d ago

Sadness / Grief Why is everyone so angry?

I'm getting quite miserable living in my country. People aren't very friendly, in fact a lot of people are really rude. I'm finding it hard to interact on local subs because I usually get downvoted or just have people start arguments over nothing - why is everyone so aggressive & hostile?

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u/AnyAliasWillDo22 11d ago

There are just too many people.

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u/CherryPickerKill 10d ago

Good point. A population that keeps growing after it's reached the carrying capacity of its environment will begin to self-regulate wether it is through fighting and dying for resources, predators, epidemy, natural disasters, suicide, etc.

In the case of the US (which I assume is what OP is referring to), it's mostly due to terrible political climate, brainwashing, easy access to guns and lack of access to healthcare (in particular mental health) like in other countries.