I think this is really it. Suicide rates have shot up 31% for boys and have over doubled for girls. I'd be willing to bet that a lot of that has to do with girl

I think this is really it. Suicide rates have shot up 31% for boys and have over doubled for girls. I'd be willing to bet that a lot of that has to do with girls, who have always been subjected to unrealistic societal standards for attractiveness and an over-emphasis on how they compare to other women in appearance and social standing, now suddenly finding themselves in a situation where they are feeling pressured to compete on a global scale for these things over platforms like Instagram and subjected to feeling like they are constantly coming up short. I've heard a lot of anecdotes regarding the extreme escalation of efforts by girls to come off as more attractive/popular on social media in recent years. Their lives are now inundated with metrics by which they feel they have to compare themselves to others. That would make anyone anxious and depressed.