• frogfruit@slrpnk.net
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    9 months ago

    Millennials have higher rates of mental illness than previous generations. We are far from fine.

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      9 months ago

      There are multiple possible explanations for that. I don’t see any direct link between the kind of content we millenials consumed in our childhood and the apparent rise in the number of mental health cases. I’d be willing to bet that the time spent consuming said content plays a much bigger factor.

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      9 months ago

      I’d imagine an increasingly hostile world economy coupled with a then-looming but now beginning climate crisis might have a huge impact there.

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      9 months ago

      Hard to believe this isn’t simply due to improved detection, reporting and treatment options.