Young adults are struggling with their mental health

Re:Young adults are struggling with their mental health by thebigman433 on Saturday December 31, 2022 @01:11AM (#34194117)

I teach outdoor ed for a program where kids come for a week at a time, so I get to see thousands of kids per semester. I would very much agree with this statement. Overall, Ive experienced that today's youth is largely very empathetic and kind, much moreso than I was as a kid, but anxiety absolutely plagues them.

A very notable exception to this is the rich/well off kids Ive been with. They very much do not show the same empathy as even the middle class type kids (or upper middle class) that I work with. There is definitely a massive divide there.

The location of the school also has a significant impact on this too.

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Re:Young adults are struggling with their mental health by granshaw on Saturday December 31, 2022 @01:28AM (#34194194)

But I bet the wealthy kids have far less anxiety too?

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Re:Young adults are struggling with their mental health by dopeboy on Saturday December 31, 2022 @05:40AM (#34195255)

I’d wager more. Heightened expectations and the resources to meet them = a lot of studying, extracurricular activities, etc.

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Re:Young adults are struggling with their mental health by thebigman433 on Monday January 02, 2023 @01:38PM (#34221771)

This is mostly a mixed bag. Less kids with obvious outwards anxiety, but quite a few that share things that definitely lead you to believe they will have anxiety if they dont already.

I would say generally the big differentiator is that the kids who are meaner/less empathetic are the ones with less anxiety, regardless of wealth status.

Overall though, anxiety is definitely just a massive problem among youth.

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