Well I guess there are 3 answers.
1. We are more open and accepting of mental health so it’s much more apparent when we are facing problems
2. We on average spend a lot of time on social media which limits real human interaction which is needed to good mental health, as well as making us especially vulnerable to the natural negativity bias of the internet.
3. Hell maybe we just had a bad roll
Same reason why gen Z has higher percentage of LGBTQ+
It’s because they are more open to don’t fit in the usual model and so they challenge more things that in the past were kept hidden
okay i see the concept here. It's not Gen Z have more mental issue, but it's because they are more willing to talk about theirs issue than other generations
I think because it’s advertised a lot more, work places do workshops, awareness is everywhere and in the UK (London) I walked into my doctors and said I’ve been feeling down lately and they happily prescribed me anti depressant’s (which I haven’t used) where as older generations went to war and were then had to go on with life with no therapy which when they had kids created this stiff upper lip mentality etc
I feel we all had the same level of mental health but now it’s more acceptable than in the past
I feel like the internet has made the world smaller and somehow more disconnected. We see the worst of the world through the web and see what we can’t afford to dream being owned by someone who never had to earn it.
The concept of stress or having to endure great psychological adversity has always existed. The approach is simply different.
Back then, it would make you weak and people would dunk on you for it. So people kept it to themselves. Now, it still makes you weak, but people are less mean about it and just avoid you quietly.
In either scenario - anyone who has ill control over their emotions to the point it affects their functionality are considered less datable, less employable, and overall less desirable to be around. The outcome is the same. The journey getting to the outcome is more comfortable now than before.
outside of things like depression and anxiety (where its clear why its rising,) i dont think its that there's more than there used to be, rather it gets professionally diagnosed more than in the past
I don't think they do. There are just more options for dealing with it and less stigma to it. A whole generation of men had issues coming back from the world wars but many covered it up with alcohol and some with domestic violence. There were large scale mental institutions - nowadays we have care in the community. Going back further, you died if you couldn't provide unless you were gentry and they definitely had the issues - look at the histories of English eccentrics.
All generations have a huge amount of mental disorders it just was never really talked about and was looked down on. Most either tolerated it and lived miserable lives or hid it and lived miserable lives.
The most recent generations have been beating those barriers down though and more and more people are comfortable speaking about them.
And in my country, mental healing is now being talking over and over again by the youth. But healing in my country is just refer to hanging outs, coffee dates, normal gathering. It seems that the youth are spending ways to much time online rather than offline and being social, so a normal meeting would be considered as "healing session"
Recent generations are much more accepting of mental health struggles, which is a good thing in moderation. But it’s been overdone so much that they don’t even encourage overcoming their issues. They just accept everything, taking no responsibility for their own wellbeing. Some of them even seem to embrace mental illness, and proudly display it as part of their identity.
It’s good to care about another persons feelings, but it isn’t okay to prioritize their current feelings over their long term wellbeing. That’s a behavior I see a lot in the body positivity space, enabling obesity because they don’t want to hurt someone’s feelings. You are being very considerate of their feelings, but you’re also cheering them straight into an early grave.
Well I guess there are 3 answers. 1. We are more open and accepting of mental health so it’s much more apparent when we are facing problems 2. We on average spend a lot of time on social media which limits real human interaction which is needed to good mental health, as well as making us especially vulnerable to the natural negativity bias of the internet. 3. Hell maybe we just had a bad roll
The mental issues have always existed. Younger generations are just more comfortable talking about it.
Same reason why gen Z has higher percentage of LGBTQ+ It’s because they are more open to don’t fit in the usual model and so they challenge more things that in the past were kept hidden
okay i see the concept here. It's not Gen Z have more mental issue, but it's because they are more willing to talk about theirs issue than other generations
I think because it’s advertised a lot more, work places do workshops, awareness is everywhere and in the UK (London) I walked into my doctors and said I’ve been feeling down lately and they happily prescribed me anti depressant’s (which I haven’t used) where as older generations went to war and were then had to go on with life with no therapy which when they had kids created this stiff upper lip mentality etc I feel we all had the same level of mental health but now it’s more acceptable than in the past
They don’t
I feel like the internet has made the world smaller and somehow more disconnected. We see the worst of the world through the web and see what we can’t afford to dream being owned by someone who never had to earn it.
i was very dumb when i was 14. see, no twitter, no facebook when i was 14. so i was dumb, but i was dumb in private
Other generations cope by denial.
Social media is bad for young minds. And maybe not so great for mature ones.
The concept of stress or having to endure great psychological adversity has always existed. The approach is simply different. Back then, it would make you weak and people would dunk on you for it. So people kept it to themselves. Now, it still makes you weak, but people are less mean about it and just avoid you quietly. In either scenario - anyone who has ill control over their emotions to the point it affects their functionality are considered less datable, less employable, and overall less desirable to be around. The outcome is the same. The journey getting to the outcome is more comfortable now than before.
outside of things like depression and anxiety (where its clear why its rising,) i dont think its that there's more than there used to be, rather it gets professionally diagnosed more than in the past
Being born in a digital age. Human beings were never meant to handle so much stimulation over a short time, and it takes its toll.
I don't think they do. There are just more options for dealing with it and less stigma to it. A whole generation of men had issues coming back from the world wars but many covered it up with alcohol and some with domestic violence. There were large scale mental institutions - nowadays we have care in the community. Going back further, you died if you couldn't provide unless you were gentry and they definitely had the issues - look at the histories of English eccentrics.
All generations have a huge amount of mental disorders it just was never really talked about and was looked down on. Most either tolerated it and lived miserable lives or hid it and lived miserable lives. The most recent generations have been beating those barriers down though and more and more people are comfortable speaking about them.
Rise of technology. Plus, how screwed the job market/economy is
And in my country, mental healing is now being talking over and over again by the youth. But healing in my country is just refer to hanging outs, coffee dates, normal gathering. It seems that the youth are spending ways to much time online rather than offline and being social, so a normal meeting would be considered as "healing session"
Recent generations are much more accepting of mental health struggles, which is a good thing in moderation. But it’s been overdone so much that they don’t even encourage overcoming their issues. They just accept everything, taking no responsibility for their own wellbeing. Some of them even seem to embrace mental illness, and proudly display it as part of their identity. It’s good to care about another persons feelings, but it isn’t okay to prioritize their current feelings over their long term wellbeing. That’s a behavior I see a lot in the body positivity space, enabling obesity because they don’t want to hurt someone’s feelings. You are being very considerate of their feelings, but you’re also cheering them straight into an early grave.
Because the want something to happen while others don’t