Yup - nothing I haven't said in the thousands of articles I have written through the years. I lived 11 years in America.

I think there is one fundamental difference in American culture that there is not in other cultures. Americans are socialised from day one that they can have anything they want, if only they will work hard and believe. The country is full of nonsensical beliefs like the law of attraction. When it comes into conflict with reality, people eventually collapse.

Nobody should have to be taught stress management.