The Teen Mental Illness Epidemic Began Around 2012

Re:The Teen Mental Illness Epidemic Began Around 2012 by sct202 on Wednesday February 08, 2023 @12:39PM (#34711652)

The always online I think is a big issue, because now if you're not invited to things or not popular it's very in your face with livestreams that your friends or schoolmates are all having fun together at that exact moment without you.

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Re:The Teen Mental Illness Epidemic Began Around 2012 by pipeline_peak on Wednesday February 08, 2023 @01:10PM (#34712155)

I think it's also that you and all your friends are invited to completely different livestreams. No one feels left out even though they physically are.

Like it or not, you're supposed to fit in with people around you. If you can't do that then there's something either wrong with you or them.

That inherent urge to fit in is being digitally compensated, and I don't think it's healthy to avoid being challenged by all these factors we take for granted, from something as simple as eye contact to behavioral consequences.

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Re:The Teen Mental Illness Epidemic Began Around 2012 by SketchySeaBeast on Wednesday February 08, 2023 @01:18PM (#34712281)

Interesting take. I guess your and my high school experiences were very different.

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Re:The Teen Mental Illness Epidemic Began Around 2012 by pipeline_peak on Wednesday February 08, 2023 @01:21PM (#34712335)

I was in hs from 2009 to 13 and it was a lonely, niche road filled with watching youtube rants lol.

This comes from my experience thinking I didn't need to fit in for a very long time.

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Re:The Teen Mental Illness Epidemic Began Around 2012 by SketchySeaBeast on Wednesday February 08, 2023 @01:27PM (#34712443)

I graduated in the time before YouTube. I read books alone and left my small town when I could. Sometimes the solution to a better life is changing the people around you and not settling.

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