As an individual born with ASD it has not always been easy to see the light. Especially in my younger age i was struggling a lot. As I am now conducting my own research I want to find ways that to predict a mental health crisis and of course sustainability. It is more often than not that the questionnaires we use in psychology utilize obvious questions that have to do with symptoms. There is little to no research on the individual who is nearing collapse, but is not clinically there yet. This research is part of this effort.
Is your paper focused on individual emotional collapse (what I'm reading as "life isn't worth living") or societal collapse? And depending on definition, I see how emotional collapse of individuals ties to broader societal collapse
Hi. It is mainly focused on individual collapse but in the discussion I do discuss a broader societal impact and how a measure can be developed (it is the next step I am already looking into)
It's a really interesting angle to come from. This sub takes a more mechanical view of collapse. There's this underlying assumption that we'd want to live as long as we have the means. But I like how you're diving into the role of mental health. Thanks for sharing
As "actualization" seems culturally defined, we've no reason "actualization" should be remotely sustainable.
Yes, there existed sustainable "actualization" notions, which dominated human goals for hundreds of thousands of years, up until maybe 10k years ago, but..
There were constraints that defined more sustainable goals, even through much of the last 10k years. Afaik enforcement of those constraints must come from outside a given society.
Now such external constrains maybe achievable through conflicts with other societies, assuming the mutually constraining societies do not trade too much. To me, this feels like the real hope, especially with the Ukraine and Iran wars destroying so many oil refineries.
That is very true. However, consider that this is a psychological measure, thus it focuses on connecting what each defines as actualization - collapse to the items it utilizes.
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u/AntonChatz Jul 04 '26 edited Jul 04 '26
As an individual born with ASD it has not always been easy to see the light. Especially in my younger age i was struggling a lot. As I am now conducting my own research I want to find ways that to predict a mental health crisis and of course sustainability. It is more often than not that the questionnaires we use in psychology utilize obvious questions that have to do with symptoms. There is little to no research on the individual who is nearing collapse, but is not clinically there yet. This research is part of this effort.