Author Topic: Why Are Young Americans So Miserable? (Read 309 times)

rangerrebew · « **on:** April 07, 2019, 12:48:25 pm »

Why Are Young Americans So Miserable?
Posted By Charles Fain Lehman On April 6, 2019 @ 5:00 am In Issues | No Comments

Survey after survey shows young Americans are increasingly unhappy, depressed, and even suicidal. They are America's future, and their outlook makes that future look grim. What's the matter with kids today?

Recent years have seen a rise in Americans 12 to 25 saying they are unhappy. Since 2012, the proportion of 8th and 10th graders who tell the Monitoring the Future survey that they felt unhappy has crept up from 13 percent to 18 percent. In roughly the same time, the proportion of 18- to 25-year-olds who say they are unhappy has risen from 11 to 17 percent, according to the General Social Survey.

These small increases underrepresent the growing group of young people for whom life has grown unbearable. Among both high schoolers and young adults, incidences of depression, anxiety, and hopelessnessâ€”culminating in major depressive episodesâ€”have risen substantially. A recent survey from the Pew Research Center found that 70 percent of teenagers think anxiety and depression are major problems among their peers, easily outpacing bullying or drug addiction.

URL to article: https://freebeacon.com/issues/why-are-young-americans-so-miserable/

sneakypete · « **Reply #1 on:** April 07, 2019, 01:53:29 pm »

They see the world they are growing up to live in.

goatprairie · « **Reply #2 on:** April 07, 2019, 10:38:13 pm »

Disregarding the idea that many of these surveys are bullsh*t, if there is a growing number of teens who are becoming depressed, maybe we can put a lot of blame on Chicken Littles like AOC who claim the world is going to end in twelve years.

Right_in_Virginia · « **Reply #3 on:** April 07, 2019, 10:42:40 pm »

Drop the phone, get some exercise in the fresh air and build relationships with three dimensional living, talking humans.

InHeavenThereIsNoBeer · « **Reply #4 on:** April 07, 2019, 10:50:11 pm »

Sounds like about the age where they start to figure out for themselves that they're not special and failure really is a potential outcome. Maybe those participation trophies weren't such a great idea?