Democratic Life Quality Perception, World Assumptions and Values – Meral Sert Ağır – Gece Akademi

Every stage of life contains different developmental difficulties and adjustment problems; Whether they are mental and physiological problems of childhood, problematic behaviors or physiological health problems of adolescence, the problems related to adulthood, or even problems about natural disasters, every problem can produce different outcomes in individuals’ lives within their own dynamics. The problems that individuals may face and the intensity and solutions of these problems vary depending on the characteristics of the society they live in. One of the best examples of this is that similar natural events have different effects in different regions. However, while people can, to a certain degree, more easily cope with problems related to natural events, they cannot find it as easy to overcome events they experience through the members of their society, and even if they do, these can change their thoughts, beliefs, attitudes, and values about the world, life, others, and themselves. Moreover, considering that we live in a society of information, it is not always necessary to experience negative or traumatic experiences directly to have changes in behavior, but witnessing or being aware of such experiences of others can be enough. On the other hand, those who cause these negative and traumatic experiences are also members of the same society; Hence, when justifying such actions of the perpetrators, we may even consider that the perpetrators may be the victims, and vice versa. Therefore, through a forward-looking interpretation, it is possible to say that human beings are both the perpetrators and the victims.