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American millennials on track to die faster than Gen X, thanks to mental health
- itronitron 7y agoI think the mental health/depression aspect is also due to so many success stories focusing on the achievements of young people (entrepreneurs, etc.) Back in the day only olds achieved any news worthy success so there was a lot less FOMO.
- rvz 7y agoAnd us old folk didn't have social media, only newspapers. So just imagine the youth of today with their smart gadgets and they're constantly comparing themselves to everyone on social media. I thought that these wars would have significantly impacted those part of Gen X and before, since the uncertainty of war was physically and mentally exhausting for a civilian solider due to traumatic illnesses like PTSD. Fast forward today, now we have so called 'problems' such as 'anxiety' over clapping, not getting the perfect photo for that 'selfie' or reacting to 'trolls' on social media which sound far more ridiculous to be depressed or anxious about when compared to the events 75 years ago. What on earth would the veterans think of what they are seeing today?
- Miner49er 7y agook boomer Millennials aren't killing themselves over clapping or selfies.
- dang 7y agoPlease keep generational flamewar off HN and please don't be a jerk in comments here. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- EliRivers 7y agoThey'd ask you how the fuck you managed such a bad job of raising the next generation and how the fuck you managed to make them worse off than yourself rather than better. They'd be disgusted by your incompetence and your attitude. You don't like the generations following yourself? Look in the mirror for someone to point the finger at.
- tuesdayrain 7y agoNot like it's personally his fault. I don't really like the average millennial either. I'm a millennial raised by an immigrant middle class single parent and somehow I managed to avoid virtually all of the problems associated with my generation.
- dang 7y agoIt's not acceptable to post like this to HN. You've unfortunately broken the site guidelines like this repeatedly over the years. I was under the impression that you'd corrected this, and it looks like you're mostly using the site as intended, but it's important not to backslide. Would you please review https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and stick to the rules when posting here?
- dang 7y agoPlease don't cross into generational flamewar on HN. It's tedious and never ends well.
- dang 7y agoPretty sure that last bit is not true. A nice counterexample: https://twitter.com/JFrankensteiner/status/1191926950450880513 https://twitter.com/JFrankensteiner/status/11919269504508805....
- ianleeclark 7y agoThere's something deeply disturbed with a culture that produces two successive generations who's #1 "joke" is suicide. If we're good at one thing, it's anhedonic depression.
- badrabbit 7y agoIn a more connected world, we became more isolated. Having IRL people you can confide in and be yourself with helps a lot. Even if it doesn't help, good friends will tell you when to get help and encourage your recovery. It's just not the same internet-only.
- proc0 7y agoAt least I'm on track on something.