When did our society become so self absorbed?!

I totally hear you on this one!. I'm 28 and when I was a kid, all we cared about was being kids!. The more money a generation has, the more self absorbed they seem to be!. The worry is not about keeping a job and food on the table!. Now that people have leisure time on their hands, It's about keeping up with the Joneses!. Or the Jonases!. Whatever!. People lose track of their values when they choose feeding an insecurity over what is right for them!. Everyone is losing track of what is important, look at the media!. No one believes in integrity anymore!. I just try to find people who are still on the same soul searching track as me and avoid people who conform to what's on tv!. Just my thoughts on it!Www@Answer-Health@Com

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yeah well cliques and narcissists are all alike!.

all I want to ask is!.!.

What planet do you live on!? cuz people are like this everywhere!. They worry about what others think like it's a 'proper way of life' in an ocd kind of fashion!.!.

There is a lot of pressure being put on all generations - including the younger generations!. If you aren't being affected then we should all move to where you live cuz I see people like this every where!.!.!.and I agree it is lunacy!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

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what you're talking about isn't so much self absorption as it is fear and anxiety over what our world and society has become!.

the majority of things like this come from the media!. the media portrays what they think the society should be like, how they should act, and what everyone should do!. if you grow up around this!.!.!.like watching tv 24/7 as a child, listening to little things people say!.!.!.it all gets into your head!.!.!.usually subconsciously!.!.!.and that's when you find people thinking like that!. young people (a lot of teenagers) especially will always find something to complain or worry about!.

i completely understand you tho!. as a child i was taught to be independent and rely on myself and my own thoughts!.!.!.not to worry about what people think about it!. express myself without worry!. not everyone who acts like that are really not that self absorbed!.!.!.!.don't judge them or blame them for being that way!.!.!.i blame the parents!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

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Hollywood has become everyones guidelines to living!. we have become so obsessed with starlets and what their doing and we want to look/be exactly like them!. most people would if they could!. also the media, it's everywhere!. it's impossible to avoid!. they're telling you your'e fat, you need to take this or exercise with this!. they tell you this is how you should dress!. the list goes on forever!. it's nerve wrecking and tiring!. the media sells sex, movies, commercials, tv shows do too, even cartoons now and it's a really scary trend that can only get worse!. i just hope people's minds are strong enough to not get sucked in to all these things!. the media encourages us to do all the wrong things and you wonder why the future gen!. is so messed up!. and everybody's running around trying to have the best newset latest!. vanity is a killer!. being vain is almost like an addiction to the point where you won't step outside without makeup and you get nervous and anxious and alittle scared when you're forced to!. and you're wondering what people that look at you are thinking!. thinking that they must think you're an ugly freak that should crawl back inside her house!. i feel like the media has the power to turn this around and to change people's attitudes towards themselves, but i know they won't do it; they like making money off people's low self esteem!. i don't know when exactly people got so self absorbed, but i do know that the media played a huge part!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

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