1 In Every 3 High School Girls Contemplated Suicide In 2021, Revealing A Mental Health Crisis That Started Long Before Covid Pandemic
By now, we all are aware of the ever-increasing rates of mental illness in our country, but new research from the CDC indicates that teens and young women are suffering at incredibly high rates. As much as we want to blame the coronavirus pandemic, data shows that this issue started long before.
If you take a look around how teenage girls act and dress today, the sight is very different from what we saw just 20 years ago. They're all addicted to their phones, they wear the same makeup and outfits as 30-year-olds, and they're desperate to be older than they actually are. Put simply, these girls have lost their childhood in a way. While these are simply things that we observe in our day-to-day interactions, recent research confirms that there is something sinister happening amongst teen girls. Mental health illnesses and even suicidal ideations are more common than ever, and these issues can't be pinned to the coronavirus pandemic (even though that certainly didn't help).