Is Gen Z Touting Mental Illness To Be Trendy Or Are They Just The Most Unhealthy Generation Yet?
TikTok, increased mental health issues, and adolescent suicides are just a few things people associate with Gen Z. Some may blame young people’s problems on iPads and YouTube, but the issue goes deeper than that. Given all the crazy and traumatizing events of the last two decades, it’s no wonder there are negative results.
Gen Z has been named the most depressed generation, with the highest rates of suicide and diagnosed anxiety of any generation yet. I’m an early-born Gen Zer, and my generation is complicated, to say the least, but it has also gone through a gauntlet that wasn’t of its own making. Gen Z has lived through a debilitating time period, and disaster and negativity always seem to distract the minds of youth from nurturing positivity, lifestyle balance, and closeness with loved ones.