How Excessive Consumerism Harms Our Mental Health
The twenty-first century is, inarguably, the era of abundance. An abundance of consumer goods, accessible information, and digital products, which we largely owe to globalization. While the plentifulness of technologies, diverse foods, clothing, and beauty products may have made our lives more enjoyable, free, and with greater access to opportunities, ‘excessive’ consumerism does have its downfalls: a correlation of the rise of consumerism and the decline of mental health has