Kat wrote on Oct 20
th, 2014 at 12:25pm:
I don't recall it ever even being an issue when I was a kid (1960s - early 1970s). Certainly
none of the kids I knew were 'on' anything, and none seemed the worse for it. And, as Eagle
Eyes points out, back then you were lucky to get an aspirin, never mind anything stronger.
Even now, looking back over 40-50 years with the hindsight and awareness of what to look
for, I still don't see anyone or any incident(s) standing out.
I'm far from being a conspiracy-theorist, but the only things I see that have changed a great
deal since then that are likely to be at least partially responsible are the additives and (more
recently) genetic modification of our food, and toxins etc in the environment and food-chain.
I'd be happy to be proven wrong, but...
I agree with you.
Other factors come into play as well, the health industry is a huge money maker for starters, coinciding with an increasingly weakening society where if you show any sign of anger or sadness you're automatically assumed to have a mental illness of some sort.
Apparently people are expected to be happy with the way things are and if they show otherwise, it isn't because of life itself -- it's a perfectly simple, rational, scientific reasoning behind it: mental illness.
I thought it was quite normal for toddlers to chuck tantrums, cry and have hissy fits. I can't imagine a toddler having the capacity to attempt to slit their wrists, can you?
What's next, are we going to give our newborns anti-depressants because they wake up and start crying?
It's not only pathetic but deeply disturbing.