India a Cancer Capital + increasing cases of Diabetes, High BP and Mental Health disorders

Work/Life/Play/Sleep whatever. Noticing a massive improvement in sleep quality after getting all black sun blocking curtains. Especially considering the stress from work that is making me die on the inside, getting some sleep is a respite.

Read in the newspaper today that another actor(not that well known) passed away due to a heart attack. Incidentally 4-5 people in my non immediate circles between ages of 30 to 50 passed away due to sudden heart attacks. What is going on? Are heart attacks actually increasing?

I hate how the Spotify app works now. Without premium you cannot listen to songs in your playlist in the order you want, you can't play the previous song, you cannot move the duration bar either. However, I recently realised that if you listen to Spotify in a web browser, you get all the above perks without premium, and if you have a good as blocker, even the ads don't disturb you. Did you know this? What are some other hacks that people generally don't know?

Very sad to see this. And scary given how fit he seems.

Place is a shithole. I made a mistake of going there for studies after getting an admit at schools in the US. Man that place sucks. Everyone is soft as hell and there are no good jobs. Grad schools are a joke and the cities are more like a town with one main road. Canada is literally the gully cricket league of life while US is World Cup. I have very little respect for people who end up in Canada, grow a pair of balls and move out to the US or India. Just imagine I am so furious even today that I am typing this at 4am.

- Student suicides in India growing at 4% annually, double the national average - Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh account for one-third of student suicides - Male student suicides decreased 6%, female suicides increased 7% from 2021 to 2022 - Report suggests underreporting due to stigma and lack of robust data collection - Experts call for enhanced counseling and focus on student well-being over competition Source: [ndtv](https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/indias-student-suicide-rate-surpasses-population-growth-rate-report-6440018)

Not actually very conclusive scientifically, but I feel this makes a lot of sense. Mental health deterioration and social media usage seem to be increasingly linked. - In Australia, spikes in psychological distress (a general indicator of mental ill-health) are driven by "millennials" and "Gen-Zs". - The most recent Australian data shows that 40 per cent of 16 to 24-year-olds (Gen Z) experienced a mental disorder in the preceding 12 months, an increase from 26 per cent in 2007. - In 2013, 97 per cent of Australian adolescents were already using social media (on any device). A 2017 study found teens averaged more than three hours of social media use a day across at least four different social media platforms. - When looking at these two trends side-by-side, it might appear we have found our solution to youth mental health: restrict screen time. https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/markets/stocks/news/etmarkets-emerging-investment-opportunities-2024/articleshow/108590758.cms

I’m seeking therapy for quite some time now, but it ain’t helping me much (read: at all). I understand that it may sometimes takes many attempts to find the right therapist. Parallels, I want to do everything I could do for my mental health. Any suggestions what could work? Any mental health course recommendations, if that worked out for you?

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/09/20/4-in-5-employees-in-asia-at-risk-developing-mental-health-issues-study.html

Had a regular yearly check up 2 weeks back and found that I'm diabetic. Both my parents are diabetic and I assumed I'll be as well at some point in my life as an inheritance from them but never thought this early. I did not tell this to anyone, not even my wife. Took me 2 weeks to get hold of myself and let the feeling sink in. Started making changes to my life style since yesterday and started working out as well. Today is Day-2.