Woke people more likely to suffer from depression and mental illness

Which came first, the chicken or the egg?

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A new study out of Finland set about creating a psychological assessment to identify those with woke beliefs. The study also found that those who hold such beliefs are more likely to report being anxious or depressed. Here's how the study's author, Oskari Lahtinen, described her own research.

Apparently the study asked seven questions of people. They referred to this as the Critical Social Justice Attitude Scale. The more favorable to the views of these questions, the more woke you were. Apparently in Finland, three in five women (60%) agreed with the statements, while only one in seven men did (14%).

• “If white people have on average a higher level of income than black people, it is because of racism.”

• “University reading lists should include fewer white or European authors.”

• “Microaggressions should be challenged often and actively.”

• “Trans* women who compete with women in sports are not helping women’s rights.” (reverse scored)

• “We don’t need to talk more about the color of people’s skin.”

• “A white person cannot understand how a black person feels equally well as another black person.”

• “A member of a privileged group can adopt features or cultural elements of a less privileged group.” (reverse scored)

Lahtinen found a correlation between higher agreement with critical social justice attitudes and increased reports of anxiety and depression. Agreement with the statement “If white people have on average a higher income than black people, it is because of racism” exhibited the largest positive correlation with anxiety and depression, and the largest negative correlation with happiness.

However, these associations were more strongly correlated with participants’ political orientation than with critical social justice attitudes per se. Specifically, being on the political left was more predictive of lower mental well-being than high critical social justice scores alone. This suggests that the link between critical social justice attitudes and mental health is complex and may be mediated by broader political and ideological beliefs.

For some time we have realized that several things are true when it comes to conservatives and liberals. Conservatives are generally happier, more attractive, and see themselves as in control of their own lives. Liberals are generally angrier, less attractive, and see themselves as being treated unfairly by the systemic issues that surround them. Now in the traditional sense, a conservative is supposed to be someone who is "resistant" to change, whereas as a liberal (or progressive) is more apt to embrace change. Of course wouldn't that make sense that a happy successful person would want to remain as is, while an unhappy unsuccessful person would want change?

But at the end of the day the question remains... do liberals really suffer from depression and anxiety because of their liberalism or do people with depression and anxiety just tend to be liberal.