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2004-09-19 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

Over 70% of Russians live under stress - research

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Posted by Mark Espinola 2004-09-19 2:45:06 AM|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Lies, damned lies and statistics, fer sure!

Let's see, this could be due to:
o more stress than 10 years ago - the writer's opinion
o more people willing to seek treatment
o treatment available for more patients
o more patients being treated as outpatients, rather than in a locked ward
o treatment being extended preferentially to non-drug/alcohol addicts

Posted by trailing wife 2004-09-19 6:05:23 AM|| 2004-09-19 6:05:23 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Okay, so put the USSR back together, and everything will be just fine. There's no depression, no problems, no unhappiness when you're working for the elevation of the State. Just look at Cuba and North Korea. They're shining examples. No problems there.

Posted by nada 2004-09-19 10:00:46 AM|| 2004-09-19 10:00:46 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Well, hell, I'm stressed too, and I don't even live in Russia.

What, you say stress is normal?

Oh. Never mind, then.

Posted by Barbara Skolaut 2004-09-19 5:46:44 PM|| 2004-09-19 5:46:44 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 Stress means you are working.

Posted by Shipman 2004-09-19 7:55:30 PM|| 2004-09-19 7:55:30 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 For me, when I lived in Latvia 2 years after it broke free of the Soviet Union and was still beholden to that state's whims, stress meant no heat in any buildings until it got cold enough for the pipes to freeze; no hot water, so you shower in ice cold water in winter (kinda like ice cream brain freeze but all over), dry yourself off in an unheated apartment, walk to the bus trying vainly to avoid soaking your feet in lake-sized puddles, catch public transportation, then to get pickpocketed, stomped on, and pushed off public transportation that is taking you to work by aggressive fellow commuters.

Yeah, I can already hear the overwhelming cries of sympathy. I can tell you though, even for a winter lover like me, it wears you down. Another volunteer teacher had a nervous breakdown from the difficulty of life there. Life there bore some similarity to the lives our ancestors experienced in the US in the early days of our country. 21st century life pampers us so we sometimes have a hard time trying to imagine how bad things can get when you rough it year after year after year.

Posted by jules 2 2004-09-19 8:31:58 PM|| 2004-09-19 8:31:58 PM|| Front Page Top

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