IS GEN-Z TOO SENSETIVE OR ARE MILLENNIALS TOO CONSERVATIVE IN ADDRESSING MENTAL HEALTH?
There is a quote you must have heard :-
When I was a child, my heart never agreed with the idea of criminals roaming around freely on street. As I grew older, I still can’t find a definitive answer to that. But what I understand now is- how complex its ramifications are and how difficult it is to find the perfect solution.
The same complexity applies to mental health. We may or may not fully comprehend it. There might be a possibility that 9 out of 10 people are faking it or simply too lazy to handle their emotions. However, even if there is just one person facing it for real, we must extend kindness and understanding towards them.
I need to confess something before writing further- In the past, when I was happy, I used to believe that people from this generation were unfairly privileged and overly sensitive. I thought they hadn’t faced real problems in life and were creating chaos to fill their emptiness. My perspective shifted when I began experiencing anxiety attacks myself.
Suddenly, I could go from feeling happy to being upset “like a still river that has just seen the sun set, leaving everything dark behind.”
Sometimes, I find myself crying myself to sleep. Other times, I spend hours scrolling through Instagram without even realizing what I am looking at. I couldn’t talk about it for two reasons.
- I feel ashamed to admit to myself that I’m being weak.
- I thought people my age wouldn’t get it; instead, they might criticize me for overthinking. Having been on the other side, I get how lonely it feels when you think people will judge you for being depressed, making you feel even more lonely.
I still don’t know what’s better.
Should I avoid admitting to depression to take away its power?
Or
Should I talk about it at the risk of being looked down as #filmy?
I’m not confident enough to decide, but I think it’s something we should be kind enough to discuss. We should be kind towards people who tell us they are going through something like that. We should be be understanding towards people who appear all happy from outside but seem off beat than their usual self.
We should be sagacious enough to understand that there will be things we havn’t faced yet or things which we don’t approve of, but that doesn’t mean they arn’t real for someone else!
What are your thoughts on it? How do you deal with being someone who is fighting mental health or someone who is in contact with such people?
P.S. (Perhaps Gen Z needs Millennials to kickstart the fight with some tough love and Millennials need Gen Z to talk about things for a better relationship with people around them).
