Why can't we accept that mental illnesses are a natural reaction of the human body to the hell that is modern life?

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Again, it's not because modern life doesn't fit with us or is difficult, it's because it's too easy.

If you live a precarious existence you simply don't have the option of being crazy, lethargic or breaking down. That would get you killed.

The same difference in the rates of mental illness exists between the rich and poor within the west. If the issue was the state of society then the poor would have the worst of it but they actually have better mental health than the wealthy.