This video is about us BC (British Columbia) to lightning 2m, a project exploring the effects of our urban environments on our mental health. The project is funded by the BC government.
It seems that a lot of our mental health is tied to the city we live in. We’ve all heard the warning about the “urban stress” and the “urban anxiety” and the “urban depression.” The fact is that urban environments can be stressful. People who live in cities think that they are safe, but for many people, they are not. They have to live in these cities, and often, they are forced to live in them.
There are many studies that have shown that individuals with low levels of self-awareness are more likely to suffer from mental health problems. In fact, people who are able to recognize themselves and are aware of their own mental and physical health are almost 100% of the population. I’d go so far as to say that most people who are under the illusion that they are not suffering should have high self-awareness. This is especially true when it comes to the physical aspects of their wellness.
Our own research has found that when individuals with lower levels of self-awareness are confronted with the fact they have an illness (or even death), they tend to have a very positive experience. This is in contrast to people who are unaware of their own health, who are more likely to experience negative experiences. This has been verified in a study where people who were treated for depression were compared to people who were not treated for depression.
People with lower self-awareness had fewer negative reactions to the illness they have. They saw the illness as less threatening, and they expressed more positive emotions. The opposite was true for people who were not self-aware. They were more likely to feel shame and self-hatred, and expressed less positive emotions.
So negative experiences are very likely to trigger negative reactions from people. We know this because studies on the subject showed that people who had negative experiences had more negative reactions to subsequent experiences. We also know that people who experience negative experiences tend to be more self-aware, and we know this because studies have shown that those who are more aware of their experiences are more likely to be able to change their negative experiences into positive ones.
What we don’t know is which negative experiences actually make people more aware of their own negative experiences, and which negative experiences make people more self-aware. In the case of lightning, the theory is pretty straight-forward. If you’re a person who was in a car accident for a reason that involved a lot of your body parts moving at the same time, you’re probably not going to be that self-aware about that for very long.
So if you were a person who was in a car accident with your entire body moving at the same time, would you be more aware of that? Probably not.
This is one of the main things that makes me think about whether or not we should paint our new construction homes.
The first and foremost reason is self-awareness. If there is a reason that you were in a car accident, and everything you were doing while in the car, was all happening at the same time, you are probably not going to be that self-aware about that.
