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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Younger people tend to have more mental issues as they have no legitimate hardships in life of older prior generations (talking Silent Gen, Greatest Gen, earlier).

When life is easy, people become neurotic and invent their own "hardships" so they can feel special and point fingers.

Hard times creates tough people
Tough people create easy times
Easy times creates wimpy people.
Wimpy people create hard times.

Rinse Repeat. 
A trend as old as history.[/quote]

My mother is end of Greatest generation, but more boomer. She had a pretty charmed life especially since she was the golden child and as a result she can cope with NOTHING. Minor inconveniences set her off and this was long before she started aging rapidly. My dad was firmly in the Silent Generation faced real adversity with immigrant parents who came here with nothing, the Great Depression, antisemitism, a parent died young and much more. He would cope by going into denial (not healthy) and escapism (normal for his generation and helpful), but the difference is he didn't develop a raging sense of entitlement because he knew the world will throw garbage at you and you have to deal. I think Generation X (my generation) and Generation Z (my kids) have faced A LOT of adversity and all the therapy talk and normalizing of getting help has been good. We identify mental health needs before they turn into major problems and healthy strategies have been drilled into us. [/quote]

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