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The Crisis of Generation Z

1 points by mellosouls 4y ago

Zenst 4y ago
Given https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide_in_the_United_States#Age_and_sex https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide_in_the_United_States#A... Does somewhat go against this article singling out Gen Z's, though equally mindful of media focus upon targeting that age range, as do many fields of marketing that the extent seems to be that Gen Z is being labeled by the media as the generation always in crisis. Now as for self-harm, without further data - isn't that the prevail more of that age range, no matter the Generational label! Self-harm being a cry for help and equally with the medical systems globally focusing upon pushing medication over spending time and effort to offer solid therapy that is more than a token 1 hour session a week or so, then I'd be more inclined to focus upon how the approach to tackling well-being in society needs an overall and refocus upon aspects like quality of sleep and diet, as well as proper therapy that is not time limited to a token hour once in a while. I would love a health system that properly dealt with this and a system in which such people could spend a week or two in a comfortable setting in which there diet/sleep is monitored and more hand-on therapy and engagement would IMHO show better results short/middle and long-term. Whilst such an approach would be initially more expensive on the surface, it would prove cheaper overall of the life of the patient's needs and demands. Also less quick reaching for medication solutions when other aspects never really touched upon is sadly a crux of society driven by a system that in the end feeds profit into drug manufacturers and could even postulate that such companies would be focused upon pushing that approach over a more rounded and fairer solution. After all we have seen fossil fuel companies push climate denial agenda's from the start as that hurts business and only when it becomes profitable in some way have they pushed thru any form of alternatives. Certainly an issue that impacts all ages and one that sadly today is still not dealt with or addressed.
anovikov 4y ago
One thing i never understood is how could teens and young people in general be impacted by expensiveness of healthcare or gig economy? They don't need any or much healthcare, it's boomers' problem (and boomers have a lot of money and this is why healthcare is expensive). Gig economy allows people without experience make money by just investing their time, and youngsters who still live with their parents don't need stability - so as mind-numbing as gig economy is, it's a benefit for them. It's maybe a problem for millennials who are unable to get out of it for something better in their 30s, but not for the young.
nonrandomstring 4y ago
Either this article is rhetorically clever or I'm reading too much into the tactic. It's an interesting simulation of enquiry theatrically performed for the reader to address the disingenuous and rhetorical question "Why are our children killing themselves ?", before admitting this is basically common sense. The amusing pivot, where it pretends to fail to notice it's answering it's own question comes here: > A lot of people believe we will, at some point, with enough data, be able to answer this question definitively. We won’t. This leaves us in a Rorschachian space. That space, between academic posturing and the bleedin' obvious, is illustrated by difference between medicalised psychiatry and psychotherapy (which people often confuse). The former measures the patients head, EEG, blood pressure, eye movement, and heart rate. It does CAT scans, analyses blood, and subjects the patient to a battery of tests. When "enough data" has been collected, an authoritative pronouncement can be made. The latter just asks the patient "What do you think is wrong?" So I ask, where in all this "science" is the broad and sustained longitudinal study in which we ask 300 million children "How do you feel?" And who would have the courage to publish the results of that?

1 points by mellosouls 4y ago

Given https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide_in_the_United_States#Age_and_sex https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide_in_the_United_States#A... Does somewhat go against this article singling out Gen Z's, though equally mindful of media focus upon targeting that age range, as do many fields of marketing that the extent seems to be that Gen Z is being labeled by the media as the generation always in crisis. Now as for self-harm, without further data - isn't that the prevail more of that age range, no matter the Generational label! Self-harm being a cry for help and equally with the medical systems globally focusing upon pushing medication over spending time and effort to offer solid therapy that is more than a token 1 hour session a week or so, then I'd be more inclined to focus upon how the approach to tackling well-being in society needs an overall and refocus upon aspects like quality of sleep and diet, as well as proper therapy that is not time limited to a token hour once in a while. I would love a health system that properly dealt with this and a system in which such people could spend a week or two in a comfortable setting in which there diet/sleep is monitored and more hand-on therapy and engagement would IMHO show better results short/middle and long-term. Whilst such an approach would be initially more expensive on the surface, it would prove cheaper overall of the life of the patient's needs and demands. Also less quick reaching for medication solutions when other aspects never really touched upon is sadly a crux of society driven by a system that in the end feeds profit into drug manufacturers and could even postulate that such companies would be focused upon pushing that approach over a more rounded and fairer solution. After all we have seen fossil fuel companies push climate denial agenda's from the start as that hurts business and only when it becomes profitable in some way have they pushed thru any form of alternatives. Certainly an issue that impacts all ages and one that sadly today is still not dealt with or addressed.

anovikov 4y ago

One thing i never understood is how could teens and young people in general be impacted by expensiveness of healthcare or gig economy? They don't need any or much healthcare, it's boomers' problem (and boomers have a lot of money and this is why healthcare is expensive). Gig economy allows people without experience make money by just investing their time, and youngsters who still live with their parents don't need stability - so as mind-numbing as gig economy is, it's a benefit for them. It's maybe a problem for millennials who are unable to get out of it for something better in their 30s, but not for the young.

nonrandomstring 4y ago

Either this article is rhetorically clever or I'm reading too much into the tactic. It's an interesting simulation of enquiry theatrically performed for the reader to address the disingenuous and rhetorical question "Why are our children killing themselves ?", before admitting this is basically common sense. The amusing pivot, where it pretends to fail to notice it's answering it's own question comes here: > A lot of people believe we will, at some point, with enough data, be able to answer this question definitively. We won’t. This leaves us in a Rorschachian space. That space, between academic posturing and the bleedin' obvious, is illustrated by difference between medicalised psychiatry and psychotherapy (which people often confuse). The former measures the patients head, EEG, blood pressure, eye movement, and heart rate. It does CAT scans, analyses blood, and subjects the patient to a battery of tests. When "enough data" has been collected, an authoritative pronouncement can be made. The latter just asks the patient "What do you think is wrong?" So I ask, where in all this "science" is the broad and sustained longitudinal study in which we ask 300 million children "How do you feel?" And who would have the courage to publish the results of that?