It all points to the experience of young adulthood in 2023 as being marked by stress and despondency.
Is life in the 2020s really worse than its ever been?
Psychologistscoined the term quarterlife crisis in 2001.
And thats likely been true much earlier than the 90s, before data existed to support the assertion.
We used to call it the existential crisis, Dr. Neal-Barnett says.
Are hopelessness and stress really on the rise?
professor of psychology at Kent State University and the author ofSoothe Your Nerves: The Black Woman’s Guide to Understanding and Overcoming Anxiety, Panic, and Fears
This is a very clear trend that mental health is substantially worse among younger Americans, Dr. Rosmarin says.
Dr. Rosmarin has noticed a downward trend in young patients generalability to tolerate struggle and negative emotion.
That does not appear to be what happened with our young adult group.
It’s not, I survived.
I can do anything.
It’s I can make no sense or meaning out of this world.
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We’re also seeingdating go down significantlyfor young adults.
What happens when you continually see evidence that you don’t matter or that you are invisible?
professor of psychology at Kent State University and the author ofSoothe Your Nerves: The Black Woman’s Guide to Understanding and Overcoming Anxiety, Panic, and Fears
Should simply withstanding really be the goal, though?
And Im supposed to do it for the rest of my life?
Who on earth created this system and why do I have to be part of it?!
The post demonstrates a phenomenon experts agree on: Young people are saying the quiet parts out loud.
Peopleparticularlylower income,LGBTQ+, andpeople of colorare suffering.
However, some practitioners worry that young people may be overly focused on their negative emotionsto their own detriment.
Many young people find out about or self-diagnose their problems based on bite-size videos they see on social media.
Someone can watch a TikTok and self-diagnose themselves in 30 seconds, Dr. Cook says.
It may also minimize the experience of people suffering from more severe generalized anxiety disorders, she says.
When we feel anxious, we have a choice, Dr. Rosmarin says.
We can sort of go into this negative place of something’s wrong with me, the world sucks.
This is not how it’s supposed to be.
My brain is broken, I’m finished.
Sometimes my emotions get the better of me.
I’m going to be compassionate to them and I’m going to be compassionate to myself.
You will feel anxious sometimes, and that’s okay, Dr. Cook says.
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