Joanne Fisher
Jo@Jedigirl actually, it is normal to be in competition all the time, we have since the dawn of time over food, etc. stressed 24/7? we have less stress now than we did when we had to fight for our food. work for most of our waking hours of the day? Until modern times, people worked most of their day to grow crops, build fences, etc. What's not normal is the lack of these things which we enjoy in modern times.
Julianoë@Justanotherjo @Jedigirl i'm pretty there is absolutely nothing other than misconception and modern days bias that back the fact that people were more stressed out in ancient times. We tend to think (and were raised to think) that modernity brought only benefit, good and betterment for the human condition. But assuming that can blind us to see how things could be different.
@Justanotherjo @Jedigirl if we take only one example: the number of misconceptions and urban legends about medieval europe there is is outstanding. The average joe would think that people died at 35-40 years old, that they were all dirty, illiterate and constantly sick or working themselves to death. As far as we know in the current state of knowledge about this period, almost every single point is wrong.