the more anxious, depressed you get? saw this pretty cool doco on ‘satus anxiety’ last nite. it was basically focussed on how american materialism and consumer culture has the effect of making people more anxious and depressed etc. notions of ‘anything is possible if you work hard’ were critiqued pretty expertly if you ask me. ]
as americans (i’m not), do you feel pressured to buy things to be seen to be ‘successful’, to have done well in your job to be seen as ‘succesful’? to have completed an ironman to be ‘successful’?