You don't think we have youth clubs and other social clubs?? š There are plenty of options for those who enjoy them lol. Maybe not take the whole "everyone are just home alone" that literallyš¤£
Can't forget that for 80-90% of the year it's cold, and for half of it it's really dark too. It does things to the body and brain which isn't good. More likely to get (more severe) auto immune illnesses among other things, and doesn't exactly help fight depression
Funny how extroverted people and cultures always believe they are the "right" way and everyone else must just be wrong, not narrow minded at all lol.
i agree with you, but i think it makes sense - introversion is 'passive' and extroversion is 'active', so they will always be pushing their views on us.
In Denmark, if three people share the same hobby, theyāll start a club. Weāve got a club for the Danish handshake (none of that hugging), clubs for hobbyhorses, football, badminton, handball, paddle ā you name it. And we also have a strong tradition of hosting cultural events in our many libraries.
Suicide rates are actually not that high comparably. Amd Finland topped the worldās happiness ranking. And people have almost too many activities these days in Scandinavian/Nordic countries, especially kids.
Iām convinced that the only reason Finland is topping the happiness rankings are because they answer the question āAre you happy?ā with āSure, it could always be worse!ā.
Yeah, they have a laconic and relaxed view resulting in viewer highs and lows.
If you dive deeper in those happiness rankings other, poorer countries residents often rank higher in āhaving had happy moments in the last two weeksā, while Finland is much higher in ābeing relatively content and happy with own achievements and way of lifeā
Nordic countries have all of those things. Itās so easy so be outside on the beach and socialize when you have summer round the year. Try being social when itās minus 30, pitch black and a snow storm outside.
Thatās why Nordic countries excel in music and gaming instead, the cold forces people to be inside and have creative hobbies instead. A lot of the time depression/suicide is higher in well of societies, because when your basic needs are all met you have more time to question your happiness. People who are too busy trying to put food on the table arenāt mulling over small problems. Of course couple that with periods of complete darkness and no vitamin D. That creates different cultures..
āI donāt get why people are enclosed in their homeā is the most idiotic, American āIāve never been to any country outside my ownā perspective Iāve ever heard
The downvotes are there because the commenter is clearly talking out their ass but confidently gives advise like it makes sense and thinks that they know better.
Socializing is a big part of life in the Mediterranean countries and the guy probably knows from his own experience that most of motivation and happiness in his life come from it. He is just giving the most sincere and benign advice that anybody who understands or experienced the Mediterranean way of life would give, myself included.
I have the experience of living in Croatia and in Germany. Socializing saves liters of alcohol and kilograms of antidepressants in one's life.
Today, socializing doesn't have to be limited to good weather. The state could encourage it by building well lit, warm places where people meet. Communal living rooms could have to be mandatory in every floor or street. Not that I have answers but one could think about it. I do believe there are bars, but especially in Nordic countries they are often too expensive and too alcoholic.
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u/opinionate_rooster Slovenia 2d ago
Finland: "Hold my beer." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Housing_First