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6. The first question floored me. 'What is causing the coping skills to fall apart?' expert wonders
Mon Nov 9, 2015, 09:33 AM
Nov 2015

I know the answer to that one! Everything about this society is based on the Protestant work ethic. I read their mantra once and basically, the answer to dealing with the loss of a loved one or property is to bury yourself in your work. So, what happens when you turn fifty, lose your job and have no relationship with your family members? They have NO coping skills, outside of the work that defined them.

No surprise here. I feel like dropping a cold bucket of water on our society. We are being defeated by our own worst social mores.

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