and career-peak , participation medals and Uber Eats - these number among the countless luxuries which Gen Z enjoys (and which Gen Z is so often reminded about enjoying). or signup to continue reading Why, then, with all the bounty of 21 century life, are we so sad? Young people today have "the poorest mental health of any age group; two decades ago, young people had the lowest incidence of CMDs [common mental disorders] across the age spectrum," a found. We're the most depressed and worried generation ever, our mental health a "crisis", says social psychologist Jonathan Haidt.
And, according to my grandfather, who claims more expertise than Haidt and the Resolution Foundation, all we do is "mope, cry, and whimper." So, what gives? The theories are many and popular, but none of them satisfactory. While climate change and the certainly are stressing us out, we're not the only generation to grow up during difficult times.
Sure, we might be more coddled than other cohorts, but our bubble-wrap upbringing falls short of explaining the totality and urgency of our mental health crisis. And while we might report our mental health more than previous generations, this still doesn't account for the scale and seriousness of what we're feeling. , as a member of the digital (and depressed) generation, I believe it comes down to a prescient truth articulated by theorist Neil Postman in 1990: "technology giveth and technology taketh away.
" While Postman died before social media came into bei.
