7.+Different+conditions


 * Is there stress in a developing country, or is stress a consequence of a welfare state? When I searched for information about the differences between stress in an industrialized country and in a developing country, I barely found any results. I asked myself the question; can you compare the worries a mother feels when she discovers that there is not enough food to feed her hungry children with, and the stress we feel when we realize that time is not enough for all the things we just have to do? **

 A developing country does not have the same conditions as a developed country has. In a welfare state we have enough money, job, technology and "free" time to stress. On our free time we are booked up on so many activities that there is no time to relax. The pressure to do well in school and in the activities we have makes it almost unavoidable to not feel stressed. In developing countries you maybe grow your own food and you probably do not have a car. The time you have you use on things that is most important for your life, things you have to do to survive and not because of the pleasure. Money is not enough for extra activities and maybe you do not even have the money to go to school.

Social security. In a welfare state we have good medical resources and health care, we have a functional legal system and reliable polices. Education can also be a way of feeling in control. A developing country does not have these things, at least not as developed. Still they do not stress, maybe because they have their families to rely on.

With the welfare comes the stress, because of all the possibilities and the things we are "supposed" to do. When you do not have so many options the life becomes basic and there is no room for stress.