it’s really depressing.
the credit crunch is causing people mental distress. the need to preserve cash is cutting down on young people’s ability to socialize with their friends and the isolation is putting their mental health in jeopardy. britain’s mental health foundation conducted a survey of 2000 young adults and found out that:
- 80% of those surveyed worry about the impact of the economic downturn
- more than 65% of them said that financial worries are constantly nagging them.
- 18-24 are two times more stressed about finances than those over 55
given this, it is important, says the mental health foundation, to maintain connections with others via low-cost means (picnics in the park, board games, cards). i’m not sure what we can do on this side of the pond, though, since they keep taking away all the social networking toys on facebook.
photo by shadowgate.
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