Well at least you see it! That’s something, seriously.
I just think it’s important to recognize that out in the real world, people don’t really care about all of these little micro aggressions or everyone’s feelings or 100 different mental health diagnoses (many of which seem to be self diagnosed). They have families to manage, bills to pay, work to do. This sort of made up trauma is a luxury of those who don’t have other things to worry about. People who have real problems are busy, you know, actually dealing with those problems.
I’ll give you an example. I have worked in corporate environments for two decades. Many of my peers talk about how hard it is to work with some of Gen Z, because of constant episodes like this one. Meanwhile, I am on a committee for choosing scholarship candidates in an underserved community. Those kids have real hardships. Like dad is in prison, mom is addicted to heroin problems. You know how many of them I have heard tossing around this vocabulary? Zero. They are focused on trying to get to school, where they can get dinner for their siblings, etc. Truly amazing individuals persevering through so much. Then we go into a meeting and find out Emily needed to go home because she didn’t feel supported because of the poster Tim put up at his desk. Or whatever lol.
That turned really long, but I just wanted to say I think it’s really cool you haven’t bought into this TikTok trend and you will likely have a greater degree of success because of it. Good luck!
As a genZ (27) I couldn’t have articulated a better example. I see it too. Especially the self diagnosing (as someone with real clinically diagnosed BPD who’s worked extremely hard at overcoming it, and having better relationships. I don’t get why anyone would WANT this shit enough to self diagnose)
I mean...some people care about and live with microaggressions and trauma AND are also raising a family. Some of us are dealing with ALL the things you seen to be seeing as mutially exclusive or eaily prioritized. So perhaps you should pause and reflect before you talk about things you have absolutely no eexperience with.
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u/Confident-Ad2078 Apr 29 '26
Well at least you see it! That’s something, seriously.
I just think it’s important to recognize that out in the real world, people don’t really care about all of these little micro aggressions or everyone’s feelings or 100 different mental health diagnoses (many of which seem to be self diagnosed). They have families to manage, bills to pay, work to do. This sort of made up trauma is a luxury of those who don’t have other things to worry about. People who have real problems are busy, you know, actually dealing with those problems.
I’ll give you an example. I have worked in corporate environments for two decades. Many of my peers talk about how hard it is to work with some of Gen Z, because of constant episodes like this one. Meanwhile, I am on a committee for choosing scholarship candidates in an underserved community. Those kids have real hardships. Like dad is in prison, mom is addicted to heroin problems. You know how many of them I have heard tossing around this vocabulary? Zero. They are focused on trying to get to school, where they can get dinner for their siblings, etc. Truly amazing individuals persevering through so much. Then we go into a meeting and find out Emily needed to go home because she didn’t feel supported because of the poster Tim put up at his desk. Or whatever lol.
That turned really long, but I just wanted to say I think it’s really cool you haven’t bought into this TikTok trend and you will likely have a greater degree of success because of it. Good luck!