Britain on the Couch articles
Consuming Misery
05/2000, The Ecologist
Modern consumer society isn't just wrecking the planet - it is also wrecking our minds. Across the world, the richer a nation gets, the more unhappy its people become. Clinical psychologist Oliver James asks why.
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Curse of Comparison
10/1997, Prospect
Why are so many people unhappy, when we live in a period of unprecedented affluence? An obsessive preoccupation with comparing ourselves to others is to blame. We have unrealistic expectations, which leave us permanently dissatisfied, prone to depression and aggression
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