Life in 21st century

I am totally impressed with the fact that every positive or negative feeling has a medical term and a cure in this adopted homeland of mine. An ample example is depression: I never knew that depression has so many different names and terminology. I had no clue that there are so many different medication to control it, and I am still amazed by the fact that despite all, so many depressed people live in this country and above all, some of this medication is still not working.

Last week, the paper was recruiting people who expereience shyness for a study and cure for that syndrome, and that made me think, that are they done with treating cancer and aids that they are now targeting SHYNESS? And since when this is a syndrome? And what exactly this medication will do to shy pople to encourage them to open up to public?

This is 21st century and the kids nowadays do not play ball in the street with other kids. They paly videogames on line with people remotly while they sit alone n their house. How do we expect them to learn social skills when they never interact with other people? They are so isolated in their world that their contact is limited to school friends and teachers, most of it through email, texting and abbrevation talking. As parents we are so wrapped up in our lives and the materialistic world that if our kids can take a pill to cure one thing, then it is one less thing for us to hustle about and we go for it. We never think twice about the validity of the situation or the consequences.

I am pretty sure that no kid will be depressed, if the parents would take the time to get home in time to be with them and spend time them. No adult would be suffering anxiety if they mingled in the circle of family and friends more and took the time to reconnect with cousins, neighbors and even the shopkeepers in the neighborhood. People need each other and that contact can replace every medication for depression, shyness and anything else that is caused by the 21st phenomenon of isolation.

We need to fight, to learn to get alng with people. We need to argue in order to be able to assert ourselves and overcome our insecurities. We need to talk to hear our own thoughts and we need to share to be able to feel good.

The way I see it, academic education can be bought and don't be fooled by otherwise. Social education is acquired and no money can buy that and that can be acquired in the street among the people and with the society.
Street smarts are more successful than book smarts in the long run, but blessed is the one who has both and doubled blessed if they have wise parents to go along with all those skills.

Lucky is the one with a Phd in socoial education, because he suffers no depression, anxiety or shyness, therefore no medication. There is a proverb that states that a healthy body is a result of a healthy mind.