Yes, we have a culture in the United States, that is very materialistic and values buying expensive gifts for self and others, for example for Christmas. I am proud of the fact that I try to buy gifts that are reasonable in cost, ranging from $16.00 to $35.00, I remember in my family, during Christmas grow that we often got new socks, mittens, or some minor item for Christmas. And then my mother would take us to the January sales for a new dress or skirt and blouse, or shirt and pants, for my brothers.
I believe our medical and mental medical health care systems (Psychiatrists) emphasize medication as the answer to our problems. It is true that we have therapists and counselors to hear people's anxieties, suicidal thoughts, grief, and depression which I value very much. However, it becomes costly for some people to see a therapist regularly, if they have a wage at the bottom of the wage scale. The people at the lower wage scale, often feel less valued in our society, because of the popular view in the movies, and on social media-the belief that rich people have better lives, and have more happiness than the rest of us. I use to serve the military during my counseling career, and the majority of them were in their twenties, and thirties. They were struggling to gain a foothold in their military jobs; plus dealing with a young marriages or young families. In was no wonder they felt pulled a thousand different directions. Neuoscientists say our human brains do not fully mature until age 26. The young people in the military have to learn coping skills to cope with the long hours on Navy ships, the Navy women are trying to cope with sexual harassment, and sometimes Navy men are trying to cope with sexual harassment. Plus both Navy men and women are away from their families for about 10 to 12 days and nights, when they are on their ships. This is not a helpful culture for supporting young people and young families. So I did a lot of couple's counseling with them as a Counselor. The Navy supervisors of these young people in the Navy would think nothing of asking their people to fill 10 to 12 hour shifts when they worked on these ships. So these Navy people would come off the ships completely exhausted and go to their families. They would usually get 10 to 12 days off which helped. So what I am saying is the military didn't value their young people enough to make sure they had shorter shifts- an 8 hour work day on those ships.. Granted during war time, I can imagine 8 hour shifts would go out the window. So yes, in our culture, any people do not feel valued in the lower class job sectors. This leads to more Mental Health and Medical Health issues in our culture.
Sorry I made an error early in my paragraph when I was speaking about what my mother and father did was encouraged us to buy less expensive gifts to each other for Christmas. I started to use the word "Grow". What I meant to say "In Growing up in my family we were encouraged to buy less expensive gifts for each other. And also they gave us money to buy these gifts.
Yes, more mental and medical health issues and less time and money to get professional help or even adequate rest. And for members of the military, there are added stressors when their service ends and they can’t find work and/or get healthcare when they need it most.
Thank you! Yes it is true. Definitely, some people have less time and money to get professional help. Rest is also very important to anyone's mental state. Yes, I am sure anyone serving in the military has a difficult period of transition when they get out of the military because they have to find work, and healthcare for mental and physical needs.
Yes, we have a culture in the United States, that is very materialistic and values buying expensive gifts for self and others, for example for Christmas. I am proud of the fact that I try to buy gifts that are reasonable in cost, ranging from $16.00 to $35.00, I remember in my family, during Christmas grow that we often got new socks, mittens, or some minor item for Christmas. And then my mother would take us to the January sales for a new dress or skirt and blouse, or shirt and pants, for my brothers.
I believe our medical and mental medical health care systems (Psychiatrists) emphasize medication as the answer to our problems. It is true that we have therapists and counselors to hear people's anxieties, suicidal thoughts, grief, and depression which I value very much. However, it becomes costly for some people to see a therapist regularly, if they have a wage at the bottom of the wage scale. The people at the lower wage scale, often feel less valued in our society, because of the popular view in the movies, and on social media-the belief that rich people have better lives, and have more happiness than the rest of us. I use to serve the military during my counseling career, and the majority of them were in their twenties, and thirties. They were struggling to gain a foothold in their military jobs; plus dealing with a young marriages or young families. In was no wonder they felt pulled a thousand different directions. Neuoscientists say our human brains do not fully mature until age 26. The young people in the military have to learn coping skills to cope with the long hours on Navy ships, the Navy women are trying to cope with sexual harassment, and sometimes Navy men are trying to cope with sexual harassment. Plus both Navy men and women are away from their families for about 10 to 12 days and nights, when they are on their ships. This is not a helpful culture for supporting young people and young families. So I did a lot of couple's counseling with them as a Counselor. The Navy supervisors of these young people in the Navy would think nothing of asking their people to fill 10 to 12 hour shifts when they worked on these ships. So these Navy people would come off the ships completely exhausted and go to their families. They would usually get 10 to 12 days off which helped. So what I am saying is the military didn't value their young people enough to make sure they had shorter shifts- an 8 hour work day on those ships.. Granted during war time, I can imagine 8 hour shifts would go out the window. So yes, in our culture, any people do not feel valued in the lower class job sectors. This leads to more Mental Health and Medical Health issues in our culture.
Sorry I made an error early in my paragraph when I was speaking about what my mother and father did was encouraged us to buy less expensive gifts to each other for Christmas. I started to use the word "Grow". What I meant to say "In Growing up in my family we were encouraged to buy less expensive gifts for each other. And also they gave us money to buy these gifts.
Yes, more mental and medical health issues and less time and money to get professional help or even adequate rest. And for members of the military, there are added stressors when their service ends and they can’t find work and/or get healthcare when they need it most.
Thank you! Yes it is true. Definitely, some people have less time and money to get professional help. Rest is also very important to anyone's mental state. Yes, I am sure anyone serving in the military has a difficult period of transition when they get out of the military because they have to find work, and healthcare for mental and physical needs.