• alvvayson@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    I think this is a major part of it.

    Which is why high levels of wealth and power actually lead to bad mental health of the rich and powerful.

    They get detached from normal life and start looking for thrills in the wrong places. It’s kind of a similar effect as what middle class people know as lifestyle adaptation or the hedonic treadmill.

    Once the normal things that provide pleasure are easy to obtain, people start looking for pleasure in places that still provide mystery, adventure and a challenge.

    These people desperately need therapy to learn how to be content with normal things, but instead they follow their flawed monkey brains into a trap.