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Another factor may be that many people that teens look up to today talk openly about mental health problems, to the point that now it seems almost trendy to str
by xwdv 5y ago
Another factor may be that many people that teens look up to today talk openly about mental health problems, to the point that now it seems almost trendy to struggle with mental health. Perhaps this encourages teens to let their mental health deteriorate for attention, which is the social currency of today’s society. Remember they are not entirely rational beings.
- standardUser 5y agoOr if we want to be less mind-blowingly cynical about it, we could simply assume that the increased openness to discussing mental health is itself helping previously unnoticed mental health issues to come to light.