Yes, and the distractions are even promoted! Phones, gadgets, mindless media, fidget spinners (the apotheosis of pointless distractions) etc etc. I think it no accident that destructive drugs (including most so-called medicines) are easier to find than, say, psychedelics. Not that I would give them to a kid, but the culture that bans them is the same culture that bans the legitimacy of natural altered states. Long topic - highly condensed! :-)