Is materialism Consuming us?

By materialism we refer to the process of acquiring materialistic wealth at the cost of our mental peace. A materialistic person has the tendency of gathering money and other materialistic items of our lives. A person tries to earn more and save more in order to attain happiness. But it is not always the case that one becomes happier after saving good amount of money. The wealth also brings along with it stress and tensions. 

Materialism brings stress

A materialistic person work hard in order to earn more money, and it brings stress and tension along with it. The materialistic person tries to seek happiness in materialistic things and become obsessive by nature. He or she tries to accumulate more items than other person in order to seek happiness. In certain acute cases the person suffers from depression and stress due to their materialistic nature.

Materialism affects the health of the person

A materialistic person tries to work hard and earn more money; this affects his or her overall health. The materialistic person suffers from hypertension and stress. This can lead to the person becoming ill physically as well as mentally. A materialistic person work over time and fails to get time to relax and enjoy. The overwork makes the body of the person stiff and uneasy. The reason is that one needs time to relax and rest down in order to remain healthy and fit.

Makes the person frustrated

Materialism makes the individual tense and frustrated. The reason is that the materialistic person tries to own more costly items and in case he or she fails to do so, he or she becomes frustrated and restless. The materialistic person becomes mentally ill and always looks up for materialistic things to gain happiness thus become frustrated.

Leads to breakup in relations

It has been observed that the materialism leads to breakup in relations. As the person is not able to devote his or her time towards his or her partner chances of breakup also increases.  The chances of divorce and break up also gets doubled up due to the materialistic life style of a person. The family life of the person having materialistic attitude towards life also gets disturbed.

Materialism makes the person inhuman

The materialistic person slowly becomes cruel and hard by nature and becomes inhuman. The reason behind it is that he becomes so much used to materialistic way of life that he forgets about the basic human feelings of love, affection and compassion.

Materialism increases the crime rate

A materialistic person becomes so much obsessed with his or her work that he becomes cruel and criminal. The thinking of a materialistic person remains focused on acquiring more materialistic items. When he or she fails to get those things he tries to acquire them forcibly even through wrong means. This leads to increase in the crime rate like thefts, robberies and sometime even to serious crimes like murder.