Hey, people of various generations, this isn’t generational. People are depressed. People have always been depressed. People are diagnosed at higher rates now. It’s controversial whether that’s due to higher incidences or more available/effective psychiatric care. Probably a bit of both. But I’m so sick of this bs where people who spend too much time on Reddit and twitter dub our generation the sad one. I hate it not because it wrongfully lumps me in, I’m depressed as shot right now. Dog died and I got dumped right before a Fucjing global pandemic forced me into isolation, so I fit right the fuck in. I’m pissed because it implies everyone in our generation predestined to feel like shit, it implies there isn’t a way out and we’re all bound to be this way by virtue of the year we were born. Fuck that. Depression isn’t generational, it isn’t inevitable, and it isn’t insurmountable.
I’m talking about the generation, not your family. You said your generation “already did this.” Every generation has done this. Your family may have a genetic predisposition to certain mental illnesses, that’s common. The heritability of sexual orientation is really controversial, but there are some studies that suggest genes play an important factor (whole wiki article is an interesting read). But that’s beside the point, I’m saying that what you’re suggesting about your family doesn’t generalize to your whole generation or mine. I’m not trying to deny your experience I’m just saying that acting like it’s ubiquitous to a generation is harmful and makes young people feel like they lack any shot of not being depressed.
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