Doctors warn us that stress is literally an epidemic in this country, and Dr. Fred Adler in particular just told me that April is National Stress Awareness Month. The consumer rat race in our society is a chief factor, according to Dr. Peter Whybrow (American Mania: When More Is Not Enough) and many other experts. Among young people for example, anxiety is five times more common now than it was during the Great Depression (Fast Company magazine)! Relentless commercial pressure for ever more accumulation of clothes, technology, shoes, gadgets, and ad infinitum has taken its sickly toll on our bodies, minds and spirits.
So when Postconsumers.com asks “Got Stress?” on its new homepage featuring this sparkling articles section, we’re doing more than just kidding around (as much as we enjoy that too). Our psychological approach to finding the satisfaction of enough for today – whether a little or a lot – offers the tools that reduce stress at its core. Helping to move society beyond addictive consumerism finally addresses a root cause of the stress epidemic itself. So celebrate National Stress Awareness Month! And forget about clothes all month! (just kidding)
