Sounds plausible to me. People need things to look forward to — not just for themselves, but also for the wider circumstances that surround them — in order to b

Sounds plausible to me. People need things to look forward to — not just for themselves, but also for the wider circumstances that surround them — in order to be able to get out of bed in the morning and feel good about living. This seems like it’d apply to teenagers even more than adults, between the combination of emotions running hot and having so many years ahead of them. It’s easy to see how someone might become depressed if they believe that their next 60-80 years are going to be some degree of awful.