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Not an old person. But so to put into perspective:
My maternal grandmother was born in war-torn China after the japanese imperilists wrecked our country. Food was not even a guarantee... farming sucked...
My parents were born during the cultural revolution... the way they described stuff... all they had to eat was 番薯 (sweet potatoes?)... they say my generation had it better off...
I remember rations were said to be a common thing...
By my era, I had stable access to food. I remember being so picky and they scold me for me... "back in my day... all we had to eat was..."
I wanted more things to play with... its responded with... "back in my day... all we had to play with is..." (don't remember the answer but they played with like rocks or sticks or strings or stuff like that)
Literally... all the food would've been a luxury in their era...
So like... in a way... westerners having access to food is already not bad...
I mean y'all are not being invaded by imperial japanese...
y'all not being bombed by russians in Ukraine....
y'all not being bombed by israel in Gaza
so...
(I'm not saying you should accept status quo, just trying to think positively by looking into how bad it could get...)
-From an American Citizen originally born in China in 2002
Edit: I also wanna mention the problem with people who grow up under these conditions... they had to deal with so much "real issues" that the whole topic of mental health is never a thing to them... "just get over it" as my parents say...
UGH WTF...
So yea... the west have mental health acceptance... so consider yourselves lucky...