Is life actually that much harder in America compared to other countries? I’ve watched a YouTuber who moved from Germany to America and he said Americans are working way much more and have less free time. Is that true?

What is all that unnecessary attack for? Have you even ever been to Germany? My therapy got paid with normal insurance. Just gave the therapist the card to scan and that was it. I had 2 appointments every week for years. That was at least my experience as a now 21 year old German (I had therapy from when I was 16 until I was 20).

So you would say America is better in this regard?

Holy hell, is this real? Do they actually say “ASAP” in the letter? That feels threatening

Damn really?

But judging by what comes across the ocean via the internet… A lot of Americans seem to talk about their anxiety, depression and how it affects them…

I got a similar impression because I listen to the rapper Juice Wrld and he basically constantly talks about the deepest mental health issues in his music.

And from what I’ve heard from other people and the news, we (Germans) don’t have enough therapists or doctors. It takes quite some time to get an appointment, even if you badly need one. So I’d say we don’t have a lot of them.

Would you say it’s more about not having enough therapists in Germany or having too many people who seek them. Cause when it comes to the amount of therapists there always have been some in the areas I lived even in small towns. The problem for me was always to get an appointment cause they already had lots of patients and requests for new patients and were overwhelmed by that.

I just posted it in different communities cause Lemmy is quite small and I wasn’t sure what the right place to post is where I could get answers. I’m deleting the posts that didn’t get answers

Yea probably this lifetime paradise/heaven-like experience might not exist. Hopefully after death though. It just basically always felt like that where I’m from doesn’t feel like the right place and that I might feel truly home somewhere else.

Thanks for the answer. I always had a fantasy about going to California. I imagine the place to be beautiful with all the palm trees, beaches with warm/open-minded people and I bet they have great resorts too. But I also heard about the dark site that it might not be as many would imagine it in terms of the people and that there’s also a big problem with poverty, injustice and homelessness.

Nice insight and great advice, thanks!

Thx for the advice