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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]No other Generation had to deal with so much drama.

No other Generation had so many mental health issues. [/quote]

I mean, it's normal for young people to be very self-involved and also ignorant of history.

But imagine thinking that you have more mental health issues than the generation that lived through both the Great Depression and World War II, or the one raised by alcoholic veterans of WWI and the Great Depression, or the one raised by people raised by people who lived through the Great Depression and WWII, all of whom mostly had to do this without any mental healthcare available AT ALL, or even basic understanding of stuff like depression, alcoholism, childhood trauma, etc.

Gen Z is highly aware of mental health issues, which is good. But the idea that they HAVE more of them doesn't track. My parents used to hit us, with a belt, and if anyone suggested this was abusive or bad, the majority of society would say no, it was just good parenting. And you think you have MORE mental health issues than me? Child, please.[/quote]

It's not the fact that we have more mental health issues, its that we are addressing them more. Previous generations didn't talk about them or acknowledge them as much as we do. We are bringing light to something that isn't so light. We understand that your generations went under a lot more trauma, we aren't disregarding that. But as I said it's not about having more mental problems it's that we talk about them more and we are open to talking about it more. We are grateful that we are able to have the tools to help us get better but now you do so go get better. Thank you. 
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But you talk about them more because a) there has been a lot of progress in the field of mental health thanks to prior generations and b) the internet has made the ability to disseminate information more widespread than any other point in human history. The turn of the 21st century has been one of (probably the) largest time of human knowledge expansion and globalization of ideas thanks to social media/blogs.

As a millennial with Gen Z nieces and nephews, raising Gen Alpha kids, I have so much hope for these future generations. I was raised during a time of the AIDS crisis and don’t ask don’t tell. We were still learning all that “I don’t see color” nonsense that ignored systemic racism. We used words like “gay” and “ret@rded” as slang because it was normalized. We self medicated depression with substance use.

The fact that kids are now out/open at a younger age, more accepting of various gender identities, willing to talk about racial and other inequality issues, and open to mental health treatment, etc. gives me such hope. But don’t forget who is raising these younger generations and what we have overcome to help get you to this point.

And before millennials and gen x there were the civil rights protestors and feminists. Before that there were those fighting against nazis and before that those fighting against slavery. You are not the first heroes coming along, you are continuing the progress that was made before you.
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