My internal narrative is that newer generations are working to keep their emotional well being alive - to access human empathy and build up the idea of emotiona

My internal narrative is that newer generations are working to keep their emotional well being alive - to access human empathy and build up the idea of emotional boundaries in response to a world which pretends they shouldn’t exist - especially with older generations who were encouraged to shut it off and not talk about anything, or to feel free to express just about any emotion at any time regardless of whether it’s abusive or gaslighting. Not to mention that reprocessing trauma is much, much more effective than giving someone a pill who presents with depression. To me while it’s still very messy, it’s so much simpler and more free to live among people who are respectful of emotional boundaries - you begin to trust people to say something if there’s a problem, and so you have freedom to explore and experiment and take risks. The opposite where you’re free to do whatever by disregarding everyone else is functionally railroading people, dehumanizing them in the name of the power of the individual.