the three most common phrases in high school now: “i’m tired” “i want to d*e” (or smth along these lines) “i’m gonna fail” “i don’t even care at this point” and this sums up our mental state.
here's more: "I'm just going to skip school tomorrow, it doesn't matter at this point" "I'll do it later" "Hey what did you get?" "Hah I got a [insert number of points/letter grade]" "Oh no, I got one wrong" "I have a B my parents are gonna kill me" "I failed" (They got at 86, 90 or something higher than a C but not 100%) "Do we get extra credit?" (motivation to answer a question the teacher presents to the class that doesn't really need to be answered, but the teacher wants one anyway, and they have an A or B in the class) "I slept at 3, 4, or 5" or "I didn't sleep" usually followed by "I need Starbuck/coffee" "somebody kill me" (it's so common its basically a joke now unless they actually pull through with it) "Hah! Depression! What's that?" yep, we make jokes about killing ourselves, about our mental state, because honestly, all we can do is sit and laugh at it. There is absolutely nothing we can do to change it, we are stuck and we have no choice but to continue working or else we will fail.
@@mistmoon1292 Yes, there are two types of teens now: -I don't want to be here, but I'll do my best until something bad happens. -I hope I don't wake up tomorrow so this is done already.
I don't know how much this quote can apply to your lives, but it's great and really helps me sometimes. It goes, "Time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time." -Betrand Russell
That hit so hard. I couldn't put that feeling into words but my friends and I talk about being unproductive for things like sleeping and going outside. That is so messed up... I would love to have someone to blame it on but it's completely self-imposed.
She is so right. I think education and the job market especially is getting increasingly more competitive because of the notion that people have to be "well-rounded". Others assume that, because we have so much readily-available information, that we have to be smarter, but that's just not the case. This idea just pressures young people to 'be perfect', which increases anxiety. I fear for this generation, to be honest.
Imagine Gen Alpha... *OK I HAVE DECIDED TO BE THERE FOR EVERYONE YOUNGER THAN ME! THIS IS SERIOUS FOR MY GENERATION SO I WILL HELP THE PEOPLE WHO TAKE THE BLOW...* *WAIT...* *that's what caused my stress in the first place. Helping people.*
I get this so much I know so many fun facts and I would be so useful in the real world but I am seen as useless because I dont know math I will neve use again
College is overrated. Going straight into the workforce with vocational training is far more useful, cheaper, and more needed by society than a useless college degree that brings on tens of thousands of dollars in debt.
Jonathan Freeman I would love for this to go back into fashion. Just wish I can just be fine learning programming by myself, and have a good chance of getting into the workforce.
As a member of Gen Z I found it mildly funny that as she talked about teenagers having no time and feeling useless when they're not doing something because I realised that I was watching the video sped up to 1.25x during a study break so I wouldn't waste time.
I find my grades very interesting. It's kinda weird. Grades are letters on a piece of paper. Maybe there's a note from the teacher. However, I've noticed a pattern. Elementary school, I was curious about everything, from that weird, latex flat balloon on the ground to that crow that stole someone else's sandwich. And this shows. I was deeply invested in all my classes. I participated in discussions with my classmates. I got a straight A honor roll on a regular basis. But every so often there was a B. And in my household with a dad who is smart enough to manage a particle accelerator and a mom who grew up in poverty but now makes good money at a hospital, anything lower than an A was unacceptable. An A- was questionable at best. My first year in Middle school was about the same, but over the next 3 years, more Bs and even Cs became prominent. There was even a D. I was so devastated that I struggled to hide my report card, which my parents got in the mail, for fear of their wrath. High school definitely shows how much changed, almost exponentially. It didn't help that my sophomore year I fell off my bike and couldn't go to school because the resulting injury left my body very weak. That was the first time I ever failed a class. When I saw that F, I strapped the backbrace back on and punished myself by constricting myself until my stomach was in the general area of my thyroid. 12th grade, I had the first teacher ever who actively supported me and my mental wellbeing. He was always worried whenever I just looked a little sad. It wasn't just me that he fought to support. It was everyone in the school. Every student, every teacher, every janitor, every lunch lady. And not only was he a really awesome guy, he was the first teacher I had who made his class so much fun that I couldn't *not* pay attention to his lecture. His enthusiasm shined through, and his joy for history and teaching was absolutely contagious. That was the first A I had in a class in a long time.
I wish I had someone like that. I tell my friends that like I’m so tired or I don’t wanna be here and they agree but then some of them are just like aNd I oOp
History teachers are usually the nicest. I think it's because they have to muddle through all the BS humans have done in the past and they are able to see how they can prevent making the same mistakes, and that there are many sides to any given story. So they are more empathetic, and really, that is what makes a person kind. Empathy.
i still need to do a homework assignment due two weeks ago :/ and more thatre due tomorrow... i cant tell if its a lack of motivation or a lack of self will. and feeling gulty rn for not doing it
I remember when I got to my first year of college and I had a day off on Saturday for the first time since I was in sixth grade. It was only at this point that I realized I had no real hobbies or interests.
I feel as though a lot of the points she talked about is universal to every teen no matter what generation. But the thing I don't think they had to worry about was whether they would have a future. Whether or not the generation before them would care enough to help our future kids. That they didn't have to worry their world was slowly burning, oxygen depleting, less caring, animals that keep our ecosystems in balance dying, all because of ignorance. Not that we can run for office, so we use the only thing we have. Our voice. But they refuse to listen...
These are things of the future, they are imaginings. They could be backed by mathematical models and so what? you do what you think should do until it exhausts you if that pleases you, however, do not dwell on how the universe unfolds afterwards and if you can do not blind yourself from other beautiful things in life. Theyre waving at you and yet you choose to wallow in darkness
When I was a junior in high school I would pull an all nighter every week just to get all my work done. I was so beyond stressed and pressured and felt like I had to be doing everything all the time. When I got into my first semester of college I went off the deep end. For the first time I could chose whether or not to do my work, whether or not to care, how to prioritize my time, and I was grossly irresponsible because it just felt so good to not have that pressure on me and I took full advantage of that at the cost of my GPA. The life we are living isn’t preparing us for the real world or how to be responsible adults, it’s just acts like any other social media profile where others think the more impressive it looks the more put together we must be which is just so far from the truth. This is a problem that needs fixed.
I think the idea of teens having to be well rounded now a days is because everyone is uncertain about the future and no one knows how to jobs are going to be like, or how the economy will be like, or even if there will be much of a future to look forward to.
I am completely burned out and I have no feelings left. The next time I do something wrong or miss an opportunity, I’m gonna pull up a picture of the college board logo and let all of my sanity flow out while I loudly scream at it to sign the divorce papers.
It's even more true considering that one of the main influencers in her doing this talk was probably for college or getting jobs. She did a great job though!
Its very simple learn to say no. Sleep good, eat well and resting time. Doing nothing time is very important. Also constantly following every news from every corner of the world just isent healthy for your mental state. If you want to do everything you just simply cant and need to know that you are not missing out when you have a day walking in the forest and being outside is really important. Life comes and goes and you wil learn that in your life and you will appreciate all the beautiful small things in life.
A long time ago, I used to get really good grades. School seemed engaging. My freshman year was actually good for grades. Then C19 hit. My grades for freshman year stayed good of course, and then me and my fam moved to get away from the city. It was great, until I went back to school. We had a weird schedule sophomore year: 2 in person days, 3 quarantine days. My grades fell. I couldn't learn, my motivation vanished. It's still here. I've been trying to get things in time. But my heart is not in it. And that's the thing with me. I have to have my heart in it, or else it feels like nothing. It's junior year, and I'm going to be a senior next year. I have things I'm passionate about. I know the things I want to do. I've been fine, I've taken time for myself, maybe a little too much. But I'm staying positive. I'm indulging in what makes me happy. About a week ago I was chatting with another student. She had pretty good grades, and worked hard in the 4H program. She told me she can't wait to get it over with. She wants to pursue her passions. But she is stuck doing this to build her resume. In Freshman year, there was a girl who was pulling in A's all the time. No doubt she was also planning extra circular activities. My honest opinion? She won't be able to pursue her dream. (One more thing in the comments)
In Freshman year, I went into a college readiness class. It was the most tedious, time consuming, and overall dull class I've ever been in, at least for me. Yeah yeah, college's important, but it did nothing for me. All it really did was let me skip Geography and Health classes.
And i alsi compare myself to those 14 year old geniuses, 15 year old millionare celebrities and so many other children younger/the same age as me and who already knows what they want.
I felt that when she said forced rest days because whenever I get really sick and throwing up all I could think about is going to school and my future and my mom literally has to force me to stay home.
I don't get how parents can put that much pressure on their kids to have good grades, my parents are happy for me when u get A:s but my siblings don't get those grades, and they don't get mad at them. All that really matters is that you try your best. But I still relate to feeling like using free time to do something that's "just" fun, is wasting time.
I hope everyone takes this quarantine to reflect the (now permanent) change in our lifestyle. Get your 8 hours of sleep. Maybe eat a grape today instead of chips. Play video games. Read a book. Ride a skateboard. Just. Slow. Down. Work on your health, physical, emotional, mental. Become a *better* person out of these strange times. Understand what makes you feel good, and do it. You don’t need to learn a new language or discover a math problem. Get past everyone else’s expectations, and you’ll soon find your own. With that brain restart, you’ll be able to take control of your own happiness when the world opens up. Stay healthy and keep existing y’all
I just had a break down in front of my mom last night and I kept giving so many obvious hints about it like I always put myself down, and criticize myself about everything I do I also have a problem in communicating with other people I use reading, anime, drawing, painting as an escape from the harsh reality that is life I said that it is very easy to talk to people who doesnt know what you look like for the fear of being judged, but she still doesnt understand and cant take the hint. She asked me why dont talk to my friends and its because Im afraid I might be annoying to them, I always have this feeling that everyone is silently judging me, I tried cutting myself with a cutter not once but thrice, but not on my wrist as I fear that would be noticable so I did it on my fingers. I pretend to be okay, I use dark humor as a coping mechanism. I silently cried myself to sleep so many times. And even planned how I would kill myself. I say to myself that I'm not good enough I need to be smarter I need to care more about my looks but motivation isn't there. I felt myself want to go through abuse, not have a good home life, wanting to have a mental illness from DID to another. I guess I'm not okay and Im only 13.
We need to have some free time on our schedules.. I want some time to be "the crazy me" not literally but vibing with myself and enjoying myself while not worrying about the things that might happen in the future would be on my bucket list.. Parents always worrying about what will happen in future if I can't get good marks on one test! One piece of paper can't decide my future!! I'm not going to remember how much I scored in high school or college a few years from now... What's the use then?? I'm 15 and when I make plans bout my future and tell them to my parents.. they're like, you won't be able to do so many things that look so much fun. You'll have responsibilities, and opportunities that can't be put on hold to have some fun or make memories! So I wonder, if I can't have fun today just for a future where I can never have fun.. I don't want a future like that! If I need to work hard for a boring life with no adventure then I better have the adventures now and work hard later.. Cause When I die, I want to see a life that was worth living..
Proud Gen Z here. I face a LOT of these too, and every day I'm even MORE GRATEFUL that I was raised by a mother whose entire degree and job is dealing with adults and older teens' poor mental health - she gets a lot of stuff that my dad and other people her age do not understand
Older generations thought they are going to make the wolrd a better place by making us, in law words, children, do the work. You need to do that to do that and from that to this, and this to that and on & on. Then if someone like me is failing life, i am just too lazy, no nothing serious, only that i am lazy. I've had it hard in school with math since 1st grade, and it has gotten much harder in everything since 5th grade, been trying to get atleast the smallest grade to get up in class, since 6th grade, and every year i get told that i need to try to look higher up, it's not that simple folks
I hate cancel culture but sometimes if a celebrity does multiple horrible, bad things then yeah sometimes I say they shouldn't be allowed on the platform anymore. I specifically say this for Trisha Paytas.
Literally most of the jokes we make are about wanting to die. But honestly? Most of us actually want to *live.* Gen Z isn't allowed to *be kids,* and it's so incredibly overwhelming.
I see that this current generation coming up is pushed to grow up faster than the rest, either we will fail and crash or look like we are we flying high with our achievements. It would be a shame to see the future crash do to too much pressure.
@@cl3videos946 There is a key difference today, though; we know that kids shouldn't grow up so fast, and yet our society still demands that it happens. Most people used to think a little war would be good for the youth of Europe, even those too young to vote. Now the youth are more willing to commit to quarantines and accept poorer living standards to take jobs that have an impact or produce change. The young are already in service. They just aren't being butchered fast enough to tell.
@@andrewlaporte5477 Well written statement. Though I question the validity of these bold statements. Such as the fact that "most people used to think a little war would be good for the youth of Europe", and that "the youth [today] are more willing to commit to quarantines and accept poorer living standards to take jobs that impact change". How do you even quantify data to be able to come to such conclusions?
CL3 Videos Both generations face problems, and in today’s society i feel problems differ from the problems then. Both of those generations grew up fast, but all us as a generation ask is not to be compared; we can make a positive impact if you let us.
Exactly. I burned myself out in middle school and now high school is proving to mean more stress, my parents are pressuring me to be involved (but still say "you need to have time to just be a kid!!" and my own pressure is working against me to the point where I took an AP class freshman year just for the extra GPA boost, and have ended up dropping it because it caused a depressive episode worse than I've ever had. This is why we need to be kids
It gets worse when you consider how many members of gen Z already come from broken or single parent homes, add the insane expectations to an already unstable base and you’ve got a dreadful combo. The fear of doing poorly/letting your family down, the concern that you may be responsible for the state of your home life (especially given how hard a single parent normally works to give the child a life), any homework to be done, the stress of trying to hide bad grades from your family, having no good escape from the stress caused by either location, any form of news talking about the next thing that will “end the world” every other week, so on and so forth. Eventually it’s easier to question if it’s better to just give up, lay down and wait for death to come.
(Sorry, this is a long one...) Imagine piling any past traumatic events on top of that. I actually know from experience that the combination of a broken home, high expectations from a parent, and past traumatic events can be disastrous. I have so much difficulty communicating, feel isolated all the time, and stressed about even getting an A- in a class. I have recently been diagnosed with severe social anxiety and moderate depression, which despite me trying to address these problems with my mother, she brushed them all away and simply told me I'm not depressed and don't have anxiety. This is the same woman who told me at the beginning of cross country that if I didn't open up more then nobody would want to talk to me. The problems quite a bit of gen z face don't come from only one source, but so many that surround us. Parents expectations, school expectations and standards, media, and many more. Yet nobody seems to truly recognize these problems and directly address them. (I mean, it's pretty bad when your therapist basically tells you your only hope for a happy life at home is looking forward to getting the heck out of the family house because of how much stress your family is putting onto you despite the high stress they constantly acknowledge you have from school.)
Wolftamer Wolfcorp I was hoping someone would comment this. I can’t take any “mental health days” because staying away from school (my source of respite from home) takes an even bigger toll on my mental health. The one good thing my mother has done is restrict me from the possibilities offered to Gen Z. Her actions and intentions are horrid (one of her many ways of punishing me is by intentionally stopping me from chasing my passions and forcing me out of opportunities that can change my life, sometimes even threatening to take me out of school so that I can prioritize her control over me over my education... her words, not mine) but all that it has taught me is how much I need to appreciate every single opportunity offered to me. My mom gives me extra motivation to wake up, use my time wisely, and stop stressing about everything, because I live with someone who will always hinder me from achieving what I want in life... and that just motivates me to chase my dreams even more. I’d rather be swamped with possibilities than shut down from all of them. Being successful by pursuing my dreams is spiting the person who raised me and told me that I will be nothing without her when I get older, so that’s what I will do.
My mom is a single parent, but she is also the best she can be. She has chronic backpain that she has felt for 30 YEARS. And somehow she isn't angry always. Alcohol helps her pain, but she isn't an alcoholic. And she's trying to get a father figure in my life. She is the best.
As a gen z, i was watching this like wow she’s totally right i one hundred percent agree with everything. the other part of me was like damn, giving a ted talk is such a good thing to have on your college resume. im 15, just a sophomore btw
I'm so sorry you all feel this way! I promise you don't have to do something that's perceived to be amazing. Personally, I think being a great listener is what's ultimately important, because then you couldn't learn!
I know right. And seeing her telling how packed her schedule is, I felt I am doing nothing at all. It's not enough! And then I realized that that's what she is dreading.
Crypsalis Marshmellow completely. I feel like I have some kind of responsibility to go down a career path that will help others, but I don’t know what I even want to do. I feel like it would be selfish to choose something that isn’t helping our worlds current state but I don’t think that’s a healthy way to look at it.
@@suki_yue_6366 Same. I want to help the world's current state, but my interests and passions are so far from that. Maybe it's plausible to do both at the same time, to try and help the earth with the grounding of the passion job we want, yknow? I think- overall, it would probably be better for our mental health to do what we enjoy rather than what we think other people will enjoy. Of course, helping the planet doesn't always mean we need to have a job that directly helps it, I've seen tons of volunteer organizations for helping out in a hands-on manner and such, even if it's not directly in the mix of sciences or politics. I hope you find what you enjoy, though! I've heard that it's like trial and error when it comes to jobs- like, how are we supposed to know what job we want to set out for when we've never worked in the field before? This education system really needs to educate itself up to modern common sense, tbh.
@@cryppi1510 What you just mentioned was so relatable... I've also been trying to do the same thing with combining interests + helping the earth. I think that's the way to do it honestly, where I am (a mining town -.-) there's literally almost nothing to help the environment going on anyway... you may have to find your own path. Getting really specific about what I wanted to do for the planet then writing down my passions and seeing how both things could combine helped me narrow it down a lot
Whichever job you choose will benefit our society and economy it doesn’t matter if it seems very different! You can do a job you love and help the environment and society!
Mood. My experience isn't exactly the same but it's kinda related. I don't know what will my job be or even if I'll get to college (as my parents want) but I reallywanna work with something that helps people around me. If it's doesn't help, I don't want it. But when people tell me I'm insignificant and nothing I do will ever matter it's really difficult to keep on going lmao
Add on: people telling us we are fine or we are faking. Not allowing us to talk to someone about our mental health or anything. Sometimes even being made fun of for how we feel. Being dissmissed can make everything even worse.
My doctor told me it was normal for a teen and I shouldn’t worry about it. But I know it isn’t supposed to be normal. Also I don’t want to show my feeling because I’m scared that people will think that I’m faking it and hate me.
minimininamu not even one of my friends or family have the same level of interest in the things I love. I play guitar but nobody cares because they don’t play or listen to it.
The video and all this coments make my cry after 3years when i was emotion less btw im 14. Every time i think about my self being part of LGBTQ+ every time i think i figure out who im my mother tell my thats not you and again i try to think who i really am and my anxiety makeing me fell bad about every thing and every decison i do in my life...
Bro, I relate to that. First semester of my junior year (currently in second semester) I stayed up until 2 am doing homework for ONE CLASS. It was not ok. Meanwhile other people in that class apparently are able to get a full 8 hours at least.
We said to our math teacher that we are stressed and tired. She replied:"You stressed,ahahah you dont even know what that is like, you ll find out when you get a job."
god i hate hearing that from my teachers and adults i come across. i can't even say i'm stressed because "im a teen and i don't understand what that means.."
We need to take mental "health days" or "breaks" yet whenever we take breaks we feel like we are wasting time and then that leads to guilt and regret over not being "productive" and then your mind attacks you on how you're a lazy failure... (I could go on but that'll take up too much time) It's a never ending battle
Idk if this is just for where I’m at you’re not allowed to have a mental breakdown cause there will be people (yes including kids are age) saying stuff like “oh stop faking” or “your just wanting attention” or even “much people have it worse then you” so you really have to just numb yourself so you can get through all of this and it doesn’t help with the older generation just expecting so much from us when we’re just kids. Honestly I’m 12 and I’m already having midlife crisis and making plans for what I’ll do in the future. All the older generations don’t know the amount of stress gen z have to go through and they just stuck it onto “being edgy teens” I’m sorry this has been a mess haha
I can definitely relate to that, although I was pressured into beginning to think about my future by the age of 8. I cried over a B on my report card. I'm currently a high school junior taking much higher level classes, but I still get a lot of pressure to look into college RIGHT now, and to keep all my grades up. Last year I took a lot of advanced classes; AP computer science principles, honors chemistry, honors english, etc. One of my favorite teachers (he teaches Physics for me currently) even acknowledged that as a 15-16 year old I was already living the life of a college student. That isn't necessarily a good thing though, since I was getting such a small amount of sleep, going to school, participating in practice, doing all my homework, and heading straight to bed. That was my life my sophomore year.
Trust that if you work on accepting that life is unpredictable and that you don't have to know everything right now, it will get better. I felt exactly the same way as you do at 12, and I'm sorry you're feeling it, because I know how draining it is. Know the work you're putting in to feel okay is working, albeit slowly. I have struggled with chronic anxiety my entire life and the ways it manifests change. Yet, I'm learning new ways to cope even now. You are heard. You aren't alone. And it really is okay to not know what you're doing next (I know the schools will say otherwise infinitely, that doesn't make them right).
I try to explain this stuff to my parents, but they’re just like “well we had to do all that stuff and are fine, so why are you guys so hopeless about the future, that’s not being very grateful about the world we’re giving you”
Wtf is there to be grateful about, it’s literally on fire. And the parts that aren’t are getting destroyed by other means. They made a pigsty, left it to us and then said “be grateful”. Ffs.
Agree with you both, and no, they never did what we did. Their pressure was nowhere near ours. Sure, they had to survive and still go to school but back then’s pressure isn’t the same as today’s. They didn’t have all these mental health issues. Hate it when they say that.
@@88xxx they have mental health issues back then (maybe) but they are told to be ignore their problems bcoz it's nothing compared to their parents but they aren't aware of it. that's why some of them can't wait to force their child to go through what they went through
When I was in sophomore year there was this girl who had to get a surgery, I don’t remember the kind, but it was a dangerous one, the girl couldn’t move for like half the partial, but the teachers didn’t care, especially one teacher, she basically stated it was her fault that she couldn’t attend the exams
I feel like I'm required to go to college, but I don't want to. I want to get a chance to be myself and go on adventures, not force myself into education when I've just escaped high school.
Please follow what YOU want to do instead of following the 'success' other people have outlined for you. I've seen so many people at uni who hated it and never wanted to go and it makes me sad that people feel pushed into it. I know it's hard to not do what people expect of you, but if you're having doubts then there's a good chance university won't be an environment you thrive in. And the best part about uni is that you can go at any age - there was someone on my course who was in her 60s! It waits for you. There's no reason you can't go on your adventures first before deciding to go back into education
I wanna go to a college which has a lot of extracurriculars and different courses and stuff so that I can explore. I will get admission with Computer science as the choice. But I am pretty sure (unless the professors are really good) that I'll change my major. I can't say I want to take arts cause 1: I'm not sure if I do and 2: Parents won't necessarily allow.
I’m 14 years old. I’ve had two anxiety attacks in the past three days. I’ve been cutting for months. I’ve never been diagnosed with a mental illness. I feel like I should die. SO MY MENTAL HEALTH IS T H R I V I N G Edit: so it’s 5 months later, I’m currently in therapy. I was diagnosed by a psychiatrist with major depression and anxiety, which explains a lot. My anxiety levels have gone down a lot since school has been let out due to corona. I haven’t been cutting NEARLY as much. I’m doing better. I’m seeing a therapist once a week. update #2: yall im happy more days than not. Haven’t self harmed in over a year Update #3 hey. I’m noticing this comment is still getting replies so I figured I’d pop in and say a few words. I have been happy for more than a year. I have my moments, but I no longer have crashes that result in the use of horrible coping mechanisms. I try to make the best of my life and live as happily as I can. I believe that if something makes me happy, it should remain in my life. And if it doesn’t make me happy, then it has no use taking up my time. Thanks to everyone for sending beautiful messages. I love you all and I hope you are all living happily as well. ❤️❤️❤️
Both of you, PLEASE search for help. I had an awful year too but I got help and now it's slightly better. I'm still dealing with depression and social anxiety but I have hope, sometimes. I believe EVERYBODY should have the opportunity to search for help. Clearly both of you should do something to get better. I know it's hard but it's still possible to become happier. I wouldn't promiss you anything but I think sometimes anything is better than the current situation. PS: My English might be sort of strange because I'm not a native speaker but I still wanted to say something
@Simon is dead excuse me but I think you're wrong. I get therapy without medication and it still helps. Even IF you take medication, why is it that big of a deal? I mean, if you have a chemical imbalance in your body, why would you choose to suffer over taking some medication? I really hope you will change your mind on that topic because I think you don't quite understand how mental illnesses work. You don't CHOOSE to be ill, you just are. Why is it legitimate to take medication for something like asthma but something like depression is somehow different? Why? You wouldn't tell a person with asthma to 'just breath' so why would you tell a depressed person to 'just be happy'? I really want to understand why you disagree with me, so please explain. Maybe I just don't get what you truly mean or at least I hope so.
just a random user Exactly. Certain people are prone to depression and anxiety simply by genetics. That doesn't make these feelings less valid, and it certainly doesn't change the emotional issue, but it makes it less of an uphill battle. Chemical imbalances in the brain are a serious problem, that, frankly, aren't given enough attention. So often, people are told to "toughen up," even if it is physically impossible simply because of genetics, vitamins, and hormone imbalance. It's no different than any other physical condition. That asthma analogy was incredibly accurate- you are born with a condition, so why would you rather suffer through it when there is help so obviously in front of you? Medicine is not something that makes you less of a person, it helps you. Why wouldn't you take that opportunity?
My father told me to get a job, school was just a waste of time when I wanted to get a decent paying job that I enjoyed doing. Now we don't talk to each other because he didn't take my feelings and what I wanted into consideration. Make it what you will but I know what I want to do and I know who I want to be and I want to be happy and successful. Not spending years in a low paying job just for my father to say, "Here, let me buy you lunch, you've earned it". I'm sorry but that attitude doesn't deserve my time. And I don't care if old people call us lazy or too emotional, that stuff don't matter to me. Focus on what you want to do in life, no matter what anyone tells you. Prove them wrong. :)
I don't think that older generations fully realize that we physically can't live in any semblance of comfort without at least a college education and the pressure and requirements to get into a University are just going up and up with you needing more and more and more to get in, leaving literally no time to work because applications don't care about your minimum wage Burger King Job, they care about the 87 hours you spent working on this science thing or the spelling of that word.
@@rowanf133 That's so true. Whenever I had an interview, almost always the reason why I didn't get the job was because someone was more qualified and had more education. I get how you have to work your way up but I was working at Kmart for almost 3 years and I was always asking to do more but it was going nowhere. So I quit to study full-time in Community Services because I love helping people. This is the reality of the new generation. There will always be someone better qualified than you.
@@exphurtfan always has been. victim mentality. go find a job you like and make sure you can get it. temper your expectations. of course there's gonna be harder jobs to get. always has been, the higher paying ones more people are going to apply, all the way back in 50s even... I think this generation needs to swallow the fact pill because facts don't care about your feelings...that's the fact and this generation needs to change its lofty expectations
At the moment, i don't enjoy anything even videogames. I'm always pressured to be a diplomat and im pressured to have straight As all the time, my parents always blame me whenever i play my games, they blame me for wasting my time and the fact that i have to go to collage. I am liturally so unhappy of myself, this the first time i have opened up on what i feel. I have been feeling this sick feeling of being worried about every thing since i was 10 years old, its to the point where i would rather be somewhere like Iraq and be a soldier than a being a student, i would rather face the Vietcong in Vietnam than being a student.
I'm 15 i have depression and anxiety i go to therapy. It's not that easy to just be happy it's not easy to choose a career or college because there are so many options we can be whatever we want to be. But what is it that i want to be? How can i dream about a future when there's a possibility that we won't survive 15 years from now. How can i make my voice heard when every time i talk i get attacked ignored or be littled
All those negative things you just mentioned are how the world works. No one will tell you that because they think giving kids false hope is the way to go, but it's not. You folks are smart enough to deal with the fact that the world is a really messed up place and to get anything significant from it your only option is constant work and self improvement, just try to find some meaning in that.
Since i was like 7 my parents were telling me that I should find a sport that i love. Ive never been an athletic person but im not a complete couch potato either. When I didn’t do extra circular sports my father said “you know your aunt got a scholarship just for playing volleyball” and “your cousin won a gold and silver metal in running! She is only a month older than you” I never felt that i was good enough. Although i was higher than average in the academic side of school I would never be an good athlete without dropping everything i loved.
I dropped out from one college, had a breakdown 2yrs later and had to redo the exam coz I was absent. I was on meds and therapy for about 6 months. Doing much better now but can't say the pressure has lifted completely. From India.
the worst part about the united states education system is that after so many speeches like this, the system hasn't had major change in over 100 years.
I find that school takes away from being human. As adults, you don't have to bring work home and have a life go live. As students, we even get summer homework and over the summer we feel like we have to work. We spend 8-9 hours at school and the other three are spent doing after school activities and homework we feel that if we don't do, we won't get into college and we won't succeed in life. Over this quarantine, I've been much happier, and have been doing the things I've wanted to do with myself like caring for my body. School, feels more like a prison than anything else.
Quarantine has been such a blessing for me. I mean, yeah, obviously it sucks that we even have to quarantine, but ya know what I mean. I've been able to focus so much on self improvement and its kinda nuts.
Did you just not see what us millennials went through. Unless you're going for STEM, pick a trade and pay those bastards in the educational industrial complex nothing.
Tbh I freaking love quarantine . I'm always so stressed at school . I'm an afternoon class student I get home at 8:30 and I finish my homework and etc chores at 3 or 4 am . I know a lot of people hate quarantine and all but you can't deny the fact that your getting a break you'll never get ever again .
No wasting time B. Everyday on the bus to school I'd listen to climate change pod casts and eco/envo documentaries just to have time to actually study what im passonate about durring my day. How are we suposed to change the world when our days are all caught up with useless tasks with almost no substance.
Honestly, I've heard people say it's going to be our responsibility to fix pretty much all the problems the previous generations caused but they spend years teaching us things that are literally useless in about everyone's life and don't even try to get us ready for the problems they expect us to fix
The steps of being gen z: 1) be perfect 2) talk to your parents 3) your parents react poorly when you talk to them so you stop talking to them 4) make a mistake 5) the mistake is made into something bigger than it really is by the people around you 6) continue to be perfect 7) now all of your mistakes are everything 8) depression/anxiety 9) "you're doing it for attention", "there's no reason for you to be like this" 10) suddenly the opposite of perfect 11) repeat
GEN Z: Remember how you felt as a teen when you’re a parent. Don’t let your kids grow up sad like us! We realise how important it is and make sure your children know it too!
As a Millennial I'm just binging these to see the differences I went through. I do feel bad for a lot of these kids, social media has ruined so much for children and teenagers.
@@justapotato9919 Its not your school. Its YOU GUYS AREN'T GOING TO BED ON TIME!! DO YOUR HOMEWORK. GO TO BED!!! Too much homework? Potato? You guys live in a world where homework has got to be the EASIEST of all time. You dont have to go to the library and check out books..... THEN READ THE BOOKS.... to find out what you want. You can word search a topic and BAM!! There is your answer. You guys have it the EASIEST and you dont know it. That's the problem. YOU DONT KNOW WHAT YOU HAVE..... CAUSE YOU DONT KNOW A WORLD WITHOUT IT. -------------------------------------------------- LET ME PUT THIS IN PERSPECTIVE A BIT. You have to read this!!!! -------------------------------------------------- I used to install water meters in Maryland making $19 an hour. We would complain about installing the meters in the ground and blah blah blah. About once a week would get a Bad Meter Pit and we would Cry moan tears and sad face. The guys from the New York company found out we were making 19 an hour and they came down to Maryland to work with us for the spring and summer. One day we got a bad meter pit. We were all moaning about it. The NY guys were with us and they were silently shaking their heads and laughing. So we asked them. Whats so funny? And why do yall come ALL THE WAY DOWN HERE to work when you are doing the same thing in NY. They said to us...... --------------------------------------- "We come down here because you guys make DOUBLE the money down here than we do up there. Plus on top of that?? You see this pit you guys are moaning about? ALLLLL OF OUR METER PITS ARE LIKE THIS. EVERY LAST ONE OF THEM! You guys pits in Maryland are freakin BEAUTIFUL!!! Nice and clean. No mud. No water in them. Nothing galvanized. Lids pop off easy! All the meters are lined up on the same street! AND WITH DOUBLE THE PAY?? YOU GUYS HAVE IT EASY!!! YOU HAVE NO IDEA!! ---------------------------------------- See.. WE were like GEN Z. NOT REALIZING HOW GOOD AND EASY WE HAD IT........... CAUSE WE NEVER NEW A SINGLE DAY WITH ALL BAD METER PITS! And the NY guys were like GEN X. ALL THEY KNEW was Bad Pits. To them there was no such thing as a "bad pit" because THAT was NORMAL to them! POTATO!!! IF WE ZAPPED YOU BACK IN TIME TO 1980?? OMG YOU GUYS WOULD SELF DESTRUCT!!!! THE HIGHLIGHT OF YOUR LIFE WOULD BE CABLE TV! A MICROWAVE!! TWO HOUSE PHONES, let alone one in your POCKET!! AND A MUSIC VIDEO THAT CAME ON AT 8pm on Friday Night!! This is why your generation gets so much heat from older generations cause you are just like we were with the water meters. Complaining about 1 bad meter pit. YOU GUYS HAVE IT SOOOOOOOOOOOO EASY AND YOU HAVE NOOOOOO IDEA how good you actually have it. NO IDEA!!! OMG!!
Before covid-19 I went to college immediately after HS everyday for more classes and was still expected to keep straight A's. I don't need 4 sciences and I didn't need to be forced into college at 15. I have no life and I have panic attacks 1-2 times a week due to stress. I never asked for this.
I wish I could drop out of high school so bad. I went to the ER because my pulse was 160 and it turned out I had a panic attack/anxiety. I read 60-70 books a year to calm down yet I’m forced to go to school for 6-8 hours and my parents want me to have straight A’s. It took an ambulance ride to the ER for them to realize how bad my stress level was.
Sry to hear that, but that is what happen when Human evolution suddenly stops or go backwards instead forward. No balance... That is killing you, and will kill most of you sadly... So sad what is hapenning... speaking in general... Btw, you think reading that ammount of books will lower your stress... Omg.... No... It will just make it worse X2... How dont you guys do not get that...That is shallow thinking my friend.. very shallow.. so sad...
It's not capitalism, it's the way the world has always been. The only difference is that nowadays children are lied to and told they can do and achieve whatever they want, which is nonsense.
So we should implement a Comunist Government were your Government will see ALL your movements, everyone will be equal, a doctor will get paid the same amount of money as a janitor, a good guy who make a living out of working hard everyday will be living in the same place as a Poor guy, or maybe a middle class poor. Is it really fair the Comunism?
Hey there capitalist commenters. I’d just like to point out that the original comment only stated that extreme capitalism is harmful. Disliking capitalism does not default to communism.
This hits home hard. We are groomed to expect that we are disposable; and to keep ahead we must exist in the constant state of panicked achievement. Speaking to any of the older generations about expectations of life, the bar is so low in comparison the younger generation.
Yeah, I know older folk are trying their best to give us advice.. but (especially baby boomers) lived in a flourishing post-war economy. College was affordable with little to no debt, and technology wasn't mandatory everywhere. :( we have nobody to rely on except ourselves.
Dear any parents reading this: dont say things like "look who's finally out of their room" or "welcome back to society" when we come out of our rooms after a long time in there. It only makes us want to go back in.
As a 28 year old, it comes and goes, and the comes and goings make it less painful and more enlightening. Mine hit hard at 19-24. Life as they say is a tear and a smile
I remember during my gcses setting rest days into my time table. I showed my time table to my private tutor thinking she would set the days I saw her to when I was already studying her subject. Instead she set them to my rest day. this lead to me taking even more rest days and really struggling to have a time table. This was about 15 years ago. It saddens me that instead of getting better, adults are even more naive to the point of rest.
I am always pulled every which way, with Early College, perfect grades, friendships, family, sports, and so much more. It’s so stressful and as soon as I have a moment to myself, all I hear is how lazy I am to be online all the time and not working. I’ve come to become stressed when I’m NOT doing something. She’s absolutely brilliant and the way she presented everything, perfect. She is what our generation needs! Awesome job to Emily, sending her good vibes. 😆🥖
It's crazy how our generation has to do things like "mental health days" as teens that overwhelmed mid-twenty somethings are portrayed doing. We aren't children anymore, or aren't allowed to be. Adults are pushing and pushing us forward but all we end up doing is running up against the glass wall of age restrictions and their own aging values that no longer align with that they are telling us. It's so two-faced it's exhausting.
I'm a millennial, and I don't think I actually have any useful advice to Gen Z's. But I'd like to say that, had I grown up in this day's age of technology and social media, I'm not sure how I'd survive :( Hang in there, dear young ones. It's true that what doesn't kill you will only make you stronger. Remember to be kind to others, and equally important is be kind to YOURSELF. You will never be able to please everyone, so I guess my advice to everyone is: As long as you're not hurting anyone, do whatever it is that makes you happy. Stay strong! :D
I understand where you're coming from. I've been trying lately to apply myself in the things that I enjoy, and hope that those things will make me feel good. Looking into your own interests and hopes can really give you a brighter and more diverse outlook on life.
the three most common phrases in high school now:
“i’m tired”
“i want to d*e” (or smth along these lines)
“i’m gonna fail”
“i don’t even care at this point”
and this sums up our mental state.
here's more:
"I'm just going to skip school tomorrow, it doesn't matter at this point"
"I'll do it later"
"Hey what did you get?"
"Hah I got a [insert number of points/letter grade]"
"Oh no, I got one wrong"
"I have a B my parents are gonna kill me"
"I failed" (They got at 86, 90 or something higher than a C but not 100%)
"Do we get extra credit?" (motivation to answer a question the teacher presents to the class that doesn't really need to be answered, but the teacher wants one anyway, and they have an A or B in the class)
"I slept at 3, 4, or 5" or "I didn't sleep" usually followed by "I need Starbuck/coffee"
"somebody kill me" (it's so common its basically a joke now unless they actually pull through with it)
"Hah! Depression! What's that?"
yep, we make jokes about killing ourselves, about our mental state, because honestly, all we can do is sit and laugh at it. There is absolutely nothing we can do to change it, we are stuck and we have no choice but to continue working or else we will fail.
@@mistmoon1292 Yes, there are two types of teens now:
-I don't want to be here, but I'll do my best until something bad happens.
-I hope I don't wake up tomorrow so this is done already.
Normal teen for decades.
*God what's wrong with this world*
And then it's followed by same or mood or me
When she said that line about how any free time has an underlying feeling of wasting time... that hit hard.
True, true. That's why I wish I had free time, but hate it as well.
My life in a nutshell nowadays...
I don't know how much this quote can apply to your lives, but it's great and really helps me sometimes. It goes,
"Time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time."
-Betrand Russell
That hit so hard. I couldn't put that feeling into words but my friends and I talk about being unproductive for things like sleeping and going outside. That is so messed up... I would love to have someone to blame it on but it's completely self-imposed.
Pablo Tako Thank you 🙂
She is so right. I think education and the job market especially is getting increasingly more competitive because of the notion that people have to be "well-rounded".
Others assume that, because we have so much readily-available information, that we have to be smarter, but that's just not the case. This idea just pressures young people to 'be perfect', which increases anxiety.
I fear for this generation, to be honest.
Imagine Gen Alpha...
*OK I HAVE DECIDED TO BE THERE FOR EVERYONE YOUNGER THAN ME! THIS IS SERIOUS FOR MY GENERATION SO I WILL HELP THE PEOPLE WHO TAKE THE BLOW...*
*WAIT...*
*that's what caused my stress in the first place. Helping people.*
I get this so much I know so many fun facts and I would be so useful in the real world but I am seen as useless because I dont know math I will neve use again
College is overrated. Going straight into the workforce with vocational training is far more useful, cheaper, and more needed by society than a useless college degree that brings on tens of thousands of dollars in debt.
Jonathan Freeman I would love for this to go back into fashion. Just wish I can just be fine learning programming by myself, and have a good chance of getting into the workforce.
As a member of Gen Z. You should
As a member of Gen Z I found it mildly funny that as she talked about teenagers having no time and feeling useless when they're not doing something because I realised that I was watching the video sped up to 1.25x during a study break so I wouldn't waste time.
Big pepe energy
Imogen Crawford i couldn’t say it better
That is very relatable to what I go through.
Pfff... I watch everything at 1.5-2x the speed and still don't get anything done [sobs quietly]
I do that too.
Jokes on you.
I cannot have my mental wellness harmed if I have none in the first place.
["outstandig move"]
Lmao, what's mental wellness?
Mental wellness? We don't know her
What's mental awareness? Where can I buy it? How much does it cost? Expensive or cheap? How long does it take for it to arrive?
Truest statement yet
My pressure is to get straight A’s . Just because I can get an A in Religious studies doesn’t mean I need to
this.
Saffron Sinclair where I write essays about religion (mostly Christianity) and learn about what theists believe about animal abuse, god etc.
Ø Parkrr my dad did that already
eternal fire13 do they shove religion down your throat?
@@bullymaguire1
Probably. I live in Istanbul and it's same here, tho I can just ignore it and request not to answer any questions.
I find my grades very interesting. It's kinda weird. Grades are letters on a piece of paper. Maybe there's a note from the teacher. However, I've noticed a pattern. Elementary school, I was curious about everything, from that weird, latex flat balloon on the ground to that crow that stole someone else's sandwich. And this shows. I was deeply invested in all my classes. I participated in discussions with my classmates. I got a straight A honor roll on a regular basis. But every so often there was a B. And in my household with a dad who is smart enough to manage a particle accelerator and a mom who grew up in poverty but now makes good money at a hospital, anything lower than an A was unacceptable. An A- was questionable at best. My first year in Middle school was about the same, but over the next 3 years, more Bs and even Cs became prominent. There was even a D. I was so devastated that I struggled to hide my report card, which my parents got in the mail, for fear of their wrath. High school definitely shows how much changed, almost exponentially. It didn't help that my sophomore year I fell off my bike and couldn't go to school because the resulting injury left my body very weak. That was the first time I ever failed a class. When I saw that F, I strapped the backbrace back on and punished myself by constricting myself until my stomach was in the general area of my thyroid. 12th grade, I had the first teacher ever who actively supported me and my mental wellbeing. He was always worried whenever I just looked a little sad. It wasn't just me that he fought to support. It was everyone in the school. Every student, every teacher, every janitor, every lunch lady. And not only was he a really awesome guy, he was the first teacher I had who made his class so much fun that I couldn't *not* pay attention to his lecture. His enthusiasm shined through, and his joy for history and teaching was absolutely contagious. That was the first A I had in a class in a long time.
I wish I had someone like that. I tell my friends that like I’m so tired or I don’t wanna be here and they agree but then some of them are just like aNd I oOp
History teachers are usually the nicest. I think it's because they have to muddle through all the BS humans have done in the past and they are able to see how they can prevent making the same mistakes, and that there are many sides to any given story. So they are more empathetic, and really, that is what makes a person kind. Empathy.
Rikki Slonce Wow, that’s very insightful. And it’s true, now that I look back at my own teachers.
@@sophiaredwood5825 Thanks.
Holy cow..... I’m so sorry that happened to you. It’s definitely a struggle for us Gen Z people
I'm watching this while feeling bad because I'm not doing my online homework.
Oceanseeker I feel that ouch
i still need to do a homework assignment due two weeks ago :/ and more thatre due tomorrow... i cant tell if its a lack of motivation or a lack of self will. and feeling gulty rn for not doing it
I have two overdue projects but I've given up on trying because it's the end of the school year
literally me rn
I’m here in summer vacation feeling bad because I’m not using my vacations to work.
its awesome how aware and confident she is at 15
I remember when I got to my first year of college and I had a day off on Saturday for the first time since I was in sixth grade. It was only at this point that I realized I had no real hobbies or interests.
I had a similar feeling. Except I was petrified to even walk out my college building when class ended at 12:00pm
Parents after watching this:
*I'm gonna pretend I didn't see that*
I hope not
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Parents and teachers aren't the issue. It's society.
😭😭 imma show this to my mother let’s watch and see her reaction
I feel as though a lot of the points she talked about is universal to every teen no matter what generation. But the thing I don't think they had to worry about was whether they would have a future. Whether or not the generation before them would care enough to help our future kids. That they didn't have to worry their world was slowly burning, oxygen depleting, less caring, animals that keep our ecosystems in balance dying, all because of ignorance. Not that we can run for office, so we use the only thing we have. Our voice. But they refuse to listen...
These are things of the future, they are imaginings. They could be backed by mathematical models and so what? you do what you think should do until it exhausts you if that pleases you, however, do not dwell on how the universe unfolds afterwards and if you can do not blind yourself from other beautiful things in life. Theyre waving at you and yet you choose to wallow in darkness
As a Gen-Z with anxiety and depression... I 100% agree with what she is saying
“You can’t tell kids to study when they have answers of life in a single device”-My therapist
Your therapist is a freaking genius
Gotta love how school gives us breaks, with work to fill in the gaps when you want to do something for yourself!
This is why my favorite song is “Vienna” by Billy Joel
This is such a great Ted Talk more people should watch this.
When I was a junior in high school I would pull an all nighter every week just to get all my work done. I was so beyond stressed and pressured and felt like I had to be doing everything all the time. When I got into my first semester of college I went off the deep end. For the first time I could chose whether or not to do my work, whether or not to care, how to prioritize my time, and I was grossly irresponsible because it just felt so good to not have that pressure on me and I took full advantage of that at the cost of my GPA. The life we are living isn’t preparing us for the real world or how to be responsible adults, it’s just acts like any other social media profile where others think the more impressive it looks the more put together we must be which is just so far from the truth. This is a problem that needs fixed.
SHE IS AN AMAZING SPEAKER HOLY DUCKS. And what she’s saying is so true
She's soooooo pretty and smart!!! And such a good speaker!!
I think the idea of teens having to be well rounded now a days is because everyone is uncertain about the future and no one knows how to jobs are going to be like, or how the economy will be like, or even if there will be much of a future to look forward to.
I am completely burned out and I have no feelings left. The next time I do something wrong or miss an opportunity, I’m gonna pull up a picture of the college board logo and let all of my sanity flow out while I loudly scream at it to sign the divorce papers.
As a GenZer with Asian immigrant parents, this hit very hard.
It's even more true considering that one of the main influencers in her doing this talk was probably for college or getting jobs. She did a great job though!
This video did not really set in until I realized its 4am and I haven't slept in 2 days because I have been busy finishing homework projects
Absolutely wonderful
Its very simple learn to say no. Sleep good, eat well and resting time. Doing nothing time is very important. Also constantly following every news from every corner of the world just isent healthy for your mental state. If you want to do everything you just simply cant and need to know that you are not missing out when you have a day walking in the forest and being outside is really important. Life comes and goes and you wil learn that in your life and you will appreciate all the beautiful small things in life.
A long time ago, I used to get really good grades. School seemed engaging. My freshman year was actually good for grades. Then C19 hit. My grades for freshman year stayed good of course, and then me and my fam moved to get away from the city. It was great, until I went back to school. We had a weird schedule sophomore year: 2 in person days, 3 quarantine days. My grades fell. I couldn't learn, my motivation vanished. It's still here. I've been trying to get things in time. But my heart is not in it. And that's the thing with me. I have to have my heart in it, or else it feels like nothing. It's junior year, and I'm going to be a senior next year. I have things I'm passionate about. I know the things I want to do. I've been fine, I've taken time for myself, maybe a little too much. But I'm staying positive. I'm indulging in what makes me happy.
About a week ago I was chatting with another student. She had pretty good grades, and worked hard in the 4H program. She told me she can't wait to get it over with. She wants to pursue her passions. But she is stuck doing this to build her resume. In Freshman year, there was a girl who was pulling in A's all the time. No doubt she was also planning extra circular activities. My honest opinion? She won't be able to pursue her dream. (One more thing in the comments)
In Freshman year, I went into a college readiness class. It was the most tedious, time consuming, and overall dull class I've ever been in, at least for me. Yeah yeah, college's important, but it did nothing for me. All it really did was let me skip Geography and Health classes.
And i alsi compare myself to those 14 year old geniuses, 15 year old millionare celebrities and so many other children younger/the same age as me and who already knows what they want.
I felt that when she said forced rest days because whenever I get really sick and throwing up all I could think about is going to school and my future and my mom literally has to force me to stay home.
She is so right. I’m out here planing all of my classes from freshman year on to have the highest gpa possible to get into UNC.
I don't get how parents can put that much pressure on their kids to have good grades, my parents are happy for me when u get A:s but my siblings don't get those grades, and they don't get mad at them. All that really matters is that you try your best. But I still relate to feeling like using free time to do something that's "just" fun, is wasting time.
Invest in yourself - youre going to go far young lady.
I hope everyone takes this quarantine to reflect the (now permanent) change in our lifestyle. Get your 8 hours of sleep. Maybe eat a grape today instead of chips. Play video games. Read a book. Ride a skateboard. Just. Slow. Down. Work on your health, physical, emotional, mental. Become a *better* person out of these strange times. Understand what makes you feel good, and do it. You don’t need to learn a new language or discover a math problem. Get past everyone else’s expectations, and you’ll soon find your own. With that brain restart, you’ll be able to take control of your own happiness when the world opens up. Stay healthy and keep existing y’all
I just had a break down in front of my mom last night and I kept giving so many obvious hints about it like I always put myself down, and criticize myself about everything I do I also have a problem in communicating with other people I use reading, anime, drawing, painting as an escape from the harsh reality that is life I said that it is very easy to talk to people who doesnt know what you look like for the fear of being judged, but she still doesnt understand and cant take the hint. She asked me why dont talk to my friends and its because Im afraid I might be annoying to them, I always have this feeling that everyone is silently judging me, I tried cutting myself with a cutter not once but thrice, but not on my wrist as I fear that would be noticable so I did it on my fingers. I pretend to be okay, I use dark humor as a coping mechanism. I silently cried myself to sleep so many times. And even planned how I would kill myself. I say to myself that I'm not good enough I need to be smarter I need to care more about my looks but motivation isn't there. I felt myself want to go through abuse, not have a good home life, wanting to have a mental illness from DID to another. I guess I'm not okay and Im only 13.
We need to have some free time on our schedules..
I want some time to be "the crazy me" not literally but vibing with myself and enjoying myself while not worrying about the things that might happen in the future would be on my bucket list.. Parents always worrying about what will happen in future if I can't get good marks on one test! One piece of paper can't decide my future!! I'm not going to remember how much I scored in high school or college a few years from now... What's the use then?? I'm 15 and when I make plans bout my future and tell them to my parents.. they're like, you won't be able to do so many things that look so much fun. You'll have responsibilities, and opportunities that can't be put on hold to have some fun or make memories! So I wonder, if I can't have fun today just for a future where I can never have fun.. I don't want a future like that! If I need to work hard for a boring life with no adventure then I better have the adventures now and work hard later..
Cause
When I die, I want to see a life that was worth living..
I work really hard in school and try to exceed at a lot of extracurricular activities in part so I can feel superior to my peers...
When you read all the comments about people’s experiences and realize how messed up you actually are: 👁👄👁
Proud Gen Z here. I face a LOT of these too, and every day I'm even MORE GRATEFUL that I was raised by a mother whose entire degree and job is dealing with adults and older teens' poor mental health - she gets a lot of stuff that my dad and other people her age do not understand
For some Gen Zs, there is no need to conquer the world, but you can try to just get along with it.
As a member of gen z I agree totally
Older generations thought they are going to make the wolrd a better place by making us, in law words, children, do the work.
You need to do that to do that and from that to this, and this to that and on & on.
Then if someone like me is failing life, i am just too lazy, no nothing serious, only that i am lazy.
I've had it hard in school with math since 1st grade, and it has gotten much harder in everything since 5th grade, been trying to get atleast the smallest grade to get up in class, since 6th grade, and every year i get told that i need to try to look higher up, it's not that simple folks
life is tough.
I'm watching this while feeling bad that I'm not animating right now. Jokes on me though, you can't feel bad when you can't feel anything
I hate cancel culture but sometimes if a celebrity does multiple horrible, bad things then yeah sometimes I say they shouldn't be allowed on the platform anymore. I specifically say this for Trisha Paytas.
I’ve just been binging a whole bunch of Gen z related ted talks.
WOW, A GEN Z PERSON LOOKING FOR RELATABILITY, JUST LIKE ME
Same here
me too :))
So am I
x2
Oh wait this is English
Me too
Millenials: We're all going to die😓
GenZ: We're all going to die 😃👍😎
fkn good one mate
MOOD.
True
Look, if I die I die I don't have to pay college tuition
🤣🤣🤣
She is so right. This whole quarantine breaks, I been searching thing to do during my summer to help my resume.
Do what you love and put that on your resume
Omg same
Literally most of the jokes we make are about wanting to die. But honestly? Most of us actually want to *live.* Gen Z isn't allowed to *be kids,* and it's so incredibly overwhelming.
“He will be laughing still. At the end”
We want to live, but we're just surviving. Dragging our bodies throughout the schoolday, limp and lifeless.
"dont pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a difficult one"
hard times create better people, hang in there.
I feel like we don’t want to die, but it feels more and more like the only/ easiest way out.
I don’t want to die but I don’t want to live either
I see that this current generation coming up is pushed to grow up faster than the rest, either we will fail and crash or look like we are we flying high with our achievements. It would be a shame to see the future crash do to too much pressure.
And then they say we are growing up too fast and we should stay as kids
No, the generation that had to grow up the fastest are the 18-22 year olds that had to fight world wars.
@@cl3videos946 There is a key difference today, though; we know that kids shouldn't grow up so fast, and yet our society still demands that it happens. Most people used to think a little war would be good for the youth of Europe, even those too young to vote. Now the youth are more willing to commit to quarantines and accept poorer living standards to take jobs that have an impact or produce change. The young are already in service. They just aren't being butchered fast enough to tell.
@@andrewlaporte5477 Well written statement. Though I question the validity of these bold statements. Such as the fact that "most people used to think a little war would be good for the youth of Europe", and that "the youth [today] are more willing to commit to quarantines and accept poorer living standards to take jobs that impact change". How do you even quantify data to be able to come to such conclusions?
CL3 Videos Both generations face problems, and in today’s society i feel problems differ from the problems then. Both of those generations grew up fast, but all us as a generation ask is not to be compared; we can make a positive impact if you let us.
We are children. Let us be children.
BuT baCk iN My dAY
@ Mr.Bloxy aaaaaaaaaahhhh nuuuu not againnnn
It depends. I'm on the edge of Gen Z at 24.
Exactly. I burned myself out in middle school and now high school is proving to mean more stress, my parents are pressuring me to be involved (but still say "you need to have time to just be a kid!!" and my own pressure is working against me to the point where I took an AP class freshman year just for the extra GPA boost, and have ended up dropping it because it caused a depressive episode worse than I've ever had. This is why we need to be kids
We have been hearing "grow up" all the time by people that failed their life and they want to navigate our it is so ahh
It gets worse when you consider how many members of gen Z already come from broken or single parent homes, add the insane expectations to an already unstable base and you’ve got a dreadful combo. The fear of doing poorly/letting your family down, the concern that you may be responsible for the state of your home life (especially given how hard a single parent normally works to give the child a life), any homework to be done, the stress of trying to hide bad grades from your family, having no good escape from the stress caused by either location, any form of news talking about the next thing that will “end the world” every other week, so on and so forth. Eventually it’s easier to question if it’s better to just give up, lay down and wait for death to come.
thank you for pointing this out
(Sorry, this is a long one...)
Imagine piling any past traumatic events on top of that. I actually know from experience that the combination of a broken home, high expectations from a parent, and past traumatic events can be disastrous. I have so much difficulty communicating, feel isolated all the time, and stressed about even getting an A- in a class. I have recently been diagnosed with severe social anxiety and moderate depression, which despite me trying to address these problems with my mother, she brushed them all away and simply told me I'm not depressed and don't have anxiety. This is the same woman who told me at the beginning of cross country that if I didn't open up more then nobody would want to talk to me. The problems quite a bit of gen z face don't come from only one source, but so many that surround us. Parents expectations, school expectations and standards, media, and many more. Yet nobody seems to truly recognize these problems and directly address them. (I mean, it's pretty bad when your therapist basically tells you your only hope for a happy life at home is looking forward to getting the heck out of the family house because of how much stress your family is putting onto you despite the high stress they constantly acknowledge you have from school.)
Wolftamer Wolfcorp I was hoping someone would comment this. I can’t take any “mental health days” because staying away from school (my source of respite from home) takes an even bigger toll on my mental health.
The one good thing my mother has done is restrict me from the possibilities offered to Gen Z. Her actions and intentions are horrid (one of her many ways of punishing me is by intentionally stopping me from chasing my passions and forcing me out of opportunities that can change my life, sometimes even threatening to take me out of school so that I can prioritize her control over me over my education... her words, not mine) but all that it has taught me is how much I need to appreciate every single opportunity offered to me. My mom gives me extra motivation to wake up, use my time wisely, and stop stressing about everything, because I live with someone who will always hinder me from achieving what I want in life... and that just motivates me to chase my dreams even more. I’d rather be swamped with possibilities than shut down from all of them. Being successful by pursuing my dreams is spiting the person who raised me and told me that I will be nothing without her when I get older, so that’s what I will do.
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My mom is a single parent, but she is also the best she can be. She has chronic backpain that she has felt for 30 YEARS. And somehow she isn't angry always. Alcohol helps her pain, but she isn't an alcoholic. And she's trying to get a father figure in my life. She is the best.
As a gen z, i was watching this like wow she’s totally right i one hundred percent agree with everything. the other part of me was like damn, giving a ted talk is such a good thing to have on your college resume. im 15, just a sophomore btw
Lol same
I know. I'm the same age as this girl, and I'm just like "how am I supposed to compete with that?" Girl just did a whole TedTalk.
@@blep9529 Same. It makes everything even harder knowing they are people like this in the world
I'm so sorry you all feel this way! I promise you don't have to do something that's perceived to be amazing. Personally, I think being a great listener is what's ultimately important, because then you couldn't learn!
I know right. And seeing her telling how packed her schedule is, I felt I am doing nothing at all. It's not enough! And then I realized that that's what she is dreading.
Does anyone else feel like they're torn between doing a job that they enjoy, and doing a job that will help repair the environment or people?
Crypsalis Marshmellow completely. I feel like I have some kind of responsibility to go down a career path that will help others, but I don’t know what I even want to do. I feel like it would be selfish to choose something that isn’t helping our worlds current state but I don’t think that’s a healthy way to look at it.
@@suki_yue_6366 Same. I want to help the world's current state, but my interests and passions are so far from that. Maybe it's plausible to do both at the same time, to try and help the earth with the grounding of the passion job we want, yknow? I think- overall, it would probably be better for our mental health to do what we enjoy rather than what we think other people will enjoy. Of course, helping the planet doesn't always mean we need to have a job that directly helps it, I've seen tons of volunteer organizations for helping out in a hands-on manner and such, even if it's not directly in the mix of sciences or politics.
I hope you find what you enjoy, though! I've heard that it's like trial and error when it comes to jobs- like, how are we supposed to know what job we want to set out for when we've never worked in the field before? This education system really needs to educate itself up to modern common sense, tbh.
@@cryppi1510 What you just mentioned was so relatable... I've also been trying to do the same thing with combining interests + helping the earth. I think that's the way to do it honestly, where I am (a mining town -.-) there's literally almost nothing to help the environment going on anyway... you may have to find your own path. Getting really specific about what I wanted to do for the planet then writing down my passions and seeing how both things could combine helped me narrow it down a lot
Whichever job you choose will benefit our society and economy it doesn’t matter if it seems very different! You can do a job you love and help the environment and society!
Mood. My experience isn't exactly the same but it's kinda related. I don't know what will my job be or even if I'll get to college (as my parents want) but I reallywanna work with something that helps people around me. If it's doesn't help, I don't want it. But when people tell me I'm insignificant and nothing I do will ever matter it's really difficult to keep on going lmao
“Wanting to do everything but nothing seems worth it anymore.”
Wait what?
@Miles Hayter please explain.
Relatable
Add on: people telling us we are fine or we are faking. Not allowing us to talk to someone about our mental health or anything. Sometimes even being made fun of for how we feel. Being dissmissed can make everything even worse.
It is the worst feeling
see also: sharing something you’re proud of with someone else, only to be met with disinterest or disapproval :’))
My doctor told me it was normal for a teen and I shouldn’t worry about it. But I know it isn’t supposed to be normal. Also I don’t want to show my feeling because I’m scared that people will think that I’m faking it and hate me.
minimininamu not even one of my friends or family have the same level of interest in the things I love. I play guitar but nobody cares because they don’t play or listen to it.
The video and all this coments make my cry after 3years when i was emotion less btw im 14. Every time i think about my self being part of LGBTQ+ every time i think i figure out who im my mother tell my thats not you and again i try to think who i really am and my anxiety makeing me fell bad about every thing and every decison i do in my life...
Oh god my 3 hour average sleeping schedule in my 2nd semester of freshman year. I don't know how I didn't drop dead.
Yes there are kids who sleep 6 hours a day normally. You're not alone.
Bro, I relate to that. First semester of my junior year (currently in second semester) I stayed up until 2 am doing homework for ONE CLASS. It was not ok. Meanwhile other people in that class apparently are able to get a full 8 hours at least.
Wtf? Was the freshman year of high-school or post-secondary?
Gavin S Highschool
@@Squidicus23 O sh*. Damn that's nuts! I'd be an absolute zombie. What happened?
We said to our math teacher that we are stressed and tired. She replied:"You stressed,ahahah you dont even know what that is like, you ll find out when you get a job."
Oof...
Little did she know, we already had a job, a full time one, and unlike her job, we don't get paid.
Eeh I get this but I hear everyone say this ( mom, dad, grandma, older siblings(we aren’t to far apart) I just choose to ignore it.
god i hate hearing that from my teachers and adults i come across. i can't even say i'm stressed because "im a teen and i don't understand what that means.."
Are they trying to make us more pessimistic towards our future?
We need to take mental "health days" or "breaks" yet whenever we take breaks we feel like we are wasting time and then that leads to guilt and regret over not being "productive" and then your mind attacks you on how you're a lazy failure... (I could go on but that'll take up too much time)
It's a never ending battle
Idk if this is just for where I’m at you’re not allowed to have a mental breakdown cause there will be people (yes including kids are age) saying stuff like “oh stop faking” or “your just wanting attention” or even “much people have it worse then you” so you really have to just numb yourself so you can get through all of this and it doesn’t help with the older generation just expecting so much from us when we’re just kids. Honestly I’m 12 and I’m already having midlife crisis and making plans for what I’ll do in the future. All the older generations don’t know the amount of stress gen z have to go through and they just stuck it onto “being edgy teens” I’m sorry this has been a mess haha
It's like that with me too.
People just think it's all show and drama all the time.
you are not having midlife crisis lol
Nikola Pantelic Lol I’m really bad at wording things
I can definitely relate to that, although I was pressured into beginning to think about my future by the age of 8. I cried over a B on my report card. I'm currently a high school junior taking much higher level classes, but I still get a lot of pressure to look into college RIGHT now, and to keep all my grades up. Last year I took a lot of advanced classes; AP computer science principles, honors chemistry, honors english, etc. One of my favorite teachers (he teaches Physics for me currently) even acknowledged that as a 15-16 year old I was already living the life of a college student. That isn't necessarily a good thing though, since I was getting such a small amount of sleep, going to school, participating in practice, doing all my homework, and heading straight to bed. That was my life my sophomore year.
Trust that if you work on accepting that life is unpredictable and that you don't have to know everything right now, it will get better. I felt exactly the same way as you do at 12, and I'm sorry you're feeling it, because I know how draining it is. Know the work you're putting in to feel okay is working, albeit slowly. I have struggled with chronic anxiety my entire life and the ways it manifests change. Yet, I'm learning new ways to cope even now.
You are heard. You aren't alone. And it really is okay to not know what you're doing next (I know the schools will say otherwise infinitely, that doesn't make them right).
I try to explain this stuff to my parents, but they’re just like “well we had to do all that stuff and are fine, so why are you guys so hopeless about the future, that’s not being very grateful about the world we’re giving you”
Wtf is there to be grateful about, it’s literally on fire. And the parts that aren’t are getting destroyed by other means. They made a pigsty, left it to us and then said “be grateful”. Ffs.
Agree with you both, and no, they never did what we did. Their pressure was nowhere near ours. Sure, they had to survive and still go to school but back then’s pressure isn’t the same as today’s. They didn’t have all these mental health issues. Hate it when they say that.
@@88xxx they have mental health issues back then (maybe) but they are told to be ignore their problems bcoz it's nothing compared to their parents but they aren't aware of it. that's why some of them can't wait to force their child to go through what they went through
I can't even call in sick my coach would kill me. unless we are puking we better be at athletics or practice.
Squidicus Pastry’s I feel you. My coach said “If you can stand, you have to come.” We are 12.
When I was in sophomore year there was this girl who had to get a surgery, I don’t remember the kind, but it was a dangerous one, the girl couldn’t move for like half the partial, but the teachers didn’t care, especially one teacher, she basically stated it was her fault that she couldn’t attend the exams
@@punkithecat remember when schools were supposed to help kids
my teacher told me I couldn't miss an exam unless a. critical surgery, b. death in my immideate family
I feel like I'm required to go to college, but I don't want to. I want to get a chance to be myself and go on adventures, not force myself into education when I've just escaped high school.
Please follow what YOU want to do instead of following the 'success' other people have outlined for you. I've seen so many people at uni who hated it and never wanted to go and it makes me sad that people feel pushed into it. I know it's hard to not do what people expect of you, but if you're having doubts then there's a good chance university won't be an environment you thrive in. And the best part about uni is that you can go at any age - there was someone on my course who was in her 60s! It waits for you. There's no reason you can't go on your adventures first before deciding to go back into education
Same... I would drop out in a heartbeat if it wasn't for employers generally requiring bachelor's degrees for even low-paying jobs.
Same bro i feel u
I wanna go to a college which has a lot of extracurriculars and different courses and stuff so that I can explore. I will get admission with Computer science as the choice. But I am pretty sure (unless the professors are really good) that I'll change my major. I can't say I want to take arts cause 1: I'm not sure if I do and 2: Parents won't necessarily allow.
Fellow gen z, I hate my life😁✌️
Create balance in your life and you will love it. It is a promise.
I know this was posted 4 months ago but same
Same
Big mood
Is there jazz at the soon to die party?
“you can be anything has turned into you have to be everything” i felt that
I’m 14 years old. I’ve had two anxiety attacks in the past three days. I’ve been cutting for months. I’ve never been diagnosed with a mental illness. I feel like I should die. SO MY MENTAL HEALTH IS T H R I V I N G
Edit: so it’s 5 months later, I’m currently in therapy. I was diagnosed by a psychiatrist with major depression and anxiety, which explains a lot. My anxiety levels have gone down a lot since school has been let out due to corona. I haven’t been cutting NEARLY as much. I’m doing better. I’m seeing a therapist once a week.
update #2: yall im happy more days than not. Haven’t self harmed in over a year
Update #3 hey. I’m noticing this comment is still getting replies so I figured I’d pop in and say a few words. I have been happy for more than a year. I have my moments, but I no longer have crashes that result in the use of horrible coping mechanisms. I try to make the best of my life and live as happily as I can. I believe that if something makes me happy, it should remain in my life. And if it doesn’t make me happy, then it has no use taking up my time.
Thanks to everyone for sending beautiful messages. I love you all and I hope you are all living happily as well. ❤️❤️❤️
Both of you, PLEASE search for help. I had an awful year too but I got help and now it's slightly better. I'm still dealing with depression and social anxiety but I have hope, sometimes. I believe EVERYBODY should have the opportunity to search for help. Clearly both of you should do something to get better. I know it's hard but it's still possible to become happier. I wouldn't promiss you anything but I think sometimes anything is better than the current situation.
PS: My English might be sort of strange because I'm not a native speaker but I still wanted to say something
@Simon is dead excuse me but I think you're wrong. I get therapy without medication and it still helps. Even IF you take medication, why is it that big of a deal? I mean, if you have a chemical imbalance in your body, why would you choose to suffer over taking some medication? I really hope you will change your mind on that topic because I think you don't quite understand how mental illnesses work. You don't CHOOSE to be ill, you just are. Why is it legitimate to take medication for something like asthma but something like depression is somehow different? Why? You wouldn't tell a person with asthma to 'just breath' so why would you tell a depressed person to 'just be happy'? I really want to understand why you disagree with me, so please explain. Maybe I just don't get what you truly mean or at least I hope so.
just a random user Exactly. Certain people are prone to depression and anxiety simply by genetics. That doesn't make these feelings less valid, and it certainly doesn't change the emotional issue, but it makes it less of an uphill battle. Chemical imbalances in the brain are a serious problem, that, frankly, aren't given enough attention. So often, people are told to "toughen up," even if it is physically impossible simply because of genetics, vitamins, and hormone imbalance. It's no different than any other physical condition. That asthma analogy was incredibly accurate- you are born with a condition, so why would you rather suffer through it when there is help so obviously in front of you? Medicine is not something that makes you less of a person, it helps you. Why wouldn't you take that opportunity?
Damn dawg. But I can't remember asking.
I can't do anything but hope you will get better and not worse.
God, as a gen z I wish I could be motivated enough to do so many things
I wish I could be motivated enough to just fix my sleeping schedule
"Wanting to do everything but feeling that nothing's worth it" that hit hard
" recover from life"
We are being pushed and stressed to chase something that might not be there when we work for it
Just to let you know... No one is pusging you, you are doing that to yourselfs....
@@hetjamesfield4473 fact. this self pity nonsense and blaming it on others. bloody hard to read some of the comments in here
My father told me to get a job, school was just a waste of time when I wanted to get a decent paying job that I enjoyed doing. Now we don't talk to each other because he didn't take my feelings and what I wanted into consideration. Make it what you will but I know what I want to do and I know who I want to be and I want to be happy and successful. Not spending years in a low paying job just for my father to say, "Here, let me buy you lunch, you've earned it". I'm sorry but that attitude doesn't deserve my time. And I don't care if old people call us lazy or too emotional, that stuff don't matter to me. Focus on what you want to do in life, no matter what anyone tells you. Prove them wrong. :)
I don't think that older generations fully realize that we physically can't live in any semblance of comfort without at least a college education and the pressure and requirements to get into a University are just going up and up with you needing more and more and more to get in, leaving literally no time to work because applications don't care about your minimum wage Burger King Job, they care about the 87 hours you spent working on this science thing or the spelling of that word.
@@rowanf133 That's so true. Whenever I had an interview, almost always the reason why I didn't get the job was because someone was more qualified and had more education. I get how you have to work your way up but I was working at Kmart for almost 3 years and I was always asking to do more but it was going nowhere. So I quit to study full-time in Community Services because I love helping people. This is the reality of the new generation. There will always be someone better qualified than you.
@@exphurtfan always has been. victim mentality. go find a job you like and make sure you can get it. temper your expectations. of course there's gonna be harder jobs to get. always has been, the higher paying ones more people are going to apply, all the way back in 50s even... I think this generation needs to swallow the fact pill because facts don't care about your feelings...that's the fact and this generation needs to change its lofty expectations
At the moment, i don't enjoy anything even videogames. I'm always pressured to be a diplomat and im pressured to have straight As all the time, my parents always blame me whenever i play my games, they blame me for wasting my time and the fact that i have to go to collage. I am liturally so unhappy of myself, this the first time i have opened up on what i feel. I have been feeling this sick feeling of being worried about every thing since i was 10 years old, its to the point where i would rather be somewhere like Iraq and be a soldier than a being a student, i would rather face the Vietcong in Vietnam than being a student.
I feel relatable but im sure that you dont want your life in Vietnam, the pressures exist in every countries so yeah 🙃
I'm 15 i have depression and anxiety i go to therapy. It's not that easy to just be happy it's not easy to choose a career or college because there are so many options we can be whatever we want to be. But what is it that i want to be? How can i dream about a future when there's a possibility that we won't survive 15 years from now. How can i make my voice heard when every time i talk i get attacked ignored or be littled
All those negative things you just mentioned are how the world works. No one will tell you that because they think giving kids false hope is the way to go, but it's not. You folks are smart enough to deal with the fact that the world is a really messed up place and to get anything significant from it your only option is constant work and self improvement, just try to find some meaning in that.
“Look at positive things” might as well be “you’re on the right track” because escapism is the best bet for us
The best Gen Z video. I am literally crying. It's so related.
Since i was like 7 my parents were telling me that I should find a sport that i love. Ive never been an athletic person but im not a complete couch potato either. When I didn’t do extra circular sports my father said “you know your aunt got a scholarship just for playing volleyball” and “your cousin won a gold and silver metal in running! She is only a month older than you” I never felt that i was good enough. Although i was higher than average in the academic side of school I would never be an good athlete without dropping everything i loved.
I dropped out from one college, had a breakdown 2yrs later and had to redo the exam coz I was absent. I was on meds and therapy for about 6 months.
Doing much better now but can't say the pressure has lifted completely.
From India.
the worst part about the united states education system is that after so many speeches like this, the system hasn't had major change in over 100 years.
ツatlas 170 years
I find that school takes away from being human. As adults, you don't have to bring work home and have a life go live. As students, we even get summer homework and over the summer we feel like we have to work. We spend 8-9 hours at school and the other three are spent doing after school activities and homework we feel that if we don't do, we won't get into college and we won't succeed in life. Over this quarantine, I've been much happier, and have been doing the things I've wanted to do with myself like caring for my body. School, feels more like a prison than anything else.
Quarantine has been such a blessing for me. I mean, yeah, obviously it sucks that we even have to quarantine, but ya know what I mean. I've been able to focus so much on self improvement and its kinda nuts.
@@gilded2342 agreed. It's absolutely wonderful for me too. Cause I'm finally able to discover more about myself.
Did you just not see what us millennials went through. Unless you're going for STEM, pick a trade and pay those bastards in the educational industrial complex nothing.
Tbh I freaking love quarantine . I'm always so stressed at school . I'm an afternoon class student I get home at 8:30 and I finish my homework and etc chores at 3 or 4 am . I know a lot of people hate quarantine and all but you can't deny the fact that your getting a break you'll never get ever again .
No wasting time B. Everyday on the bus to school I'd listen to climate change pod casts and eco/envo documentaries just to have time to actually study what im passonate about durring my day. How are we suposed to change the world when our days are all caught up with useless tasks with almost no substance.
Oh God I felt that
Honestly, I've heard people say it's going to be our responsibility to fix pretty much all the problems the previous generations caused but they spend years teaching us things that are literally useless in about everyone's life and don't even try to get us ready for the problems they expect us to fix
The steps of being gen z:
1) be perfect
2) talk to your parents
3) your parents react poorly when you talk to them so you stop talking to them
4) make a mistake
5) the mistake is made into something bigger than it really is by the people around you
6) continue to be perfect
7) now all of your mistakes are everything
8) depression/anxiety
9) "you're doing it for attention", "there's no reason for you to be like this"
10) suddenly the opposite of perfect
11) repeat
How it all began. And how it will end
GEN Z: Remember how you felt as a teen when you’re a parent. Don’t let your kids grow up sad like us! We realise how important it is and make sure your children know it too!
As a Millennial I'm just binging these to see the differences I went through. I do feel bad for a lot of these kids, social media has ruined so much for children and teenagers.
yes and that’s why i got rid of my social media and i’ve been doing so much better.
I personaly blame my anxienty and misery in my school poor handiling of sleep deprived students and too much homework
@@justapotato9919
Its not your school. Its YOU GUYS AREN'T GOING TO BED ON TIME!! DO YOUR HOMEWORK. GO TO BED!!!
Too much homework? Potato? You guys live in a world where homework has got to be the EASIEST of all time.
You dont have to go to the library and check out books..... THEN READ THE BOOKS.... to find out what you want. You can word search a topic and BAM!!
There is your answer. You guys have it the EASIEST and you dont know it. That's the problem. YOU DONT KNOW WHAT YOU HAVE..... CAUSE YOU DONT KNOW A WORLD WITHOUT IT.
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LET ME PUT THIS IN PERSPECTIVE A BIT. You have to read this!!!!
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I used to install water meters in Maryland making $19 an hour. We would complain about installing the meters in the ground and blah blah blah.
About once a week would get a Bad Meter Pit and we would Cry moan tears and sad face.
The guys from the New York company found out we were making 19 an hour and they came down to Maryland to work with us for the spring and summer.
One day we got a bad meter pit. We were all moaning about it. The NY guys were with us and they were silently shaking their heads and laughing.
So we asked them. Whats so funny? And why do yall come ALL THE WAY DOWN HERE to work when you are doing the same thing in NY. They said to us......
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"We come down here because you guys make DOUBLE the money down here than we do up there. Plus on top of that?? You see this pit you guys are moaning about? ALLLLL OF OUR METER PITS ARE LIKE THIS. EVERY LAST ONE OF THEM! You guys pits in Maryland are freakin BEAUTIFUL!!! Nice and clean. No mud.
No water in them. Nothing galvanized. Lids pop off easy! All the meters are lined up on the same street! AND WITH DOUBLE THE PAY??
YOU GUYS HAVE IT EASY!!! YOU HAVE NO IDEA!!
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See.. WE were like GEN Z. NOT REALIZING HOW GOOD AND EASY WE HAD IT........... CAUSE WE NEVER NEW A SINGLE DAY WITH ALL BAD METER PITS!
And the NY guys were like GEN X. ALL THEY KNEW was Bad Pits. To them there was no such thing as a "bad pit" because THAT was NORMAL to them!
POTATO!!! IF WE ZAPPED YOU BACK IN TIME TO 1980?? OMG YOU GUYS WOULD SELF DESTRUCT!!!! THE HIGHLIGHT OF YOUR LIFE WOULD BE CABLE TV!
A MICROWAVE!! TWO HOUSE PHONES, let alone one in your POCKET!! AND A MUSIC VIDEO THAT CAME ON AT 8pm on Friday Night!!
This is why your generation gets so much heat from older generations cause you are just like we were with the water meters. Complaining about 1 bad meter pit.
YOU GUYS HAVE IT SOOOOOOOOOOOO EASY AND YOU HAVE NOOOOOO IDEA how good you actually have it. NO IDEA!!! OMG!!
Before covid-19 I went to college immediately after HS everyday for more classes and was still expected to keep straight A's. I don't need 4 sciences and I didn't need to be forced into college at 15. I have no life and I have panic attacks 1-2 times a week due to stress. I never asked for this.
i hope your good my man
then work at your own pace and plan your life. never let others plan it. and do it your way
I wish I could drop out of high school so bad. I went to the ER because my pulse was 160 and it turned out I had a panic attack/anxiety. I read 60-70 books a year to calm down yet I’m forced to go to school for 6-8 hours and my parents want me to have straight A’s. It took an ambulance ride to the ER for them to realize how bad my stress level was.
Hope it gets better for you, just keep going !!!!
Cute bird btw
I understand what that's like. I'm in the exact same situation and I feel like my mom won't stop until I drop dead.
Sry to hear that, but that is what happen when Human evolution suddenly stops or go backwards instead forward. No balance... That is killing you, and will kill most of you sadly... So sad what is hapenning... speaking in general... Btw, you think reading that ammount of books will lower your stress... Omg.... No... It will just make it worse X2... How dont you guys do not get that...That is shallow thinking my friend.. very shallow.. so sad...
Stay strong!!! I hope you are feeling better :)
Ahh the effects of late capitalism on our generation
It's not capitalism, it's the way the world has always been. The only difference is that nowadays children are lied to and told they can do and achieve whatever they want, which is nonsense.
Heck off commie!
So we should implement a Comunist Government were your Government will see ALL your movements, everyone will be equal, a doctor will get paid the same amount of money as a janitor, a good guy who make a living out of working hard everyday will be living in the same place as a Poor guy, or maybe a middle class poor. Is it really fair the Comunism?
Hey there capitalist commenters. I’d just like to point out that the original comment only stated that extreme capitalism is harmful. Disliking capitalism does not default to communism.
@@spooky9715 Define extreme capitalism
I don't feel the need to be perfect. Call me lazy i guess?
No you just stopped caring or never cared at all?
@@amandaz.3068 I guess I really never cared.
That’s fine! You’re one of the luckier ones, but it doesn’t mean you’re lazy if you don’t have anxiety. As long as you try.
as long as you try your best youre good :)
I'm just afraid that the actions made today that are out of our control will doom our future and all this prep and stress will be for nothing.
Spoiler alert: they are.
But we do our best anyway.
This hits home hard. We are groomed to expect that we are disposable; and to keep ahead we must exist in the constant state of panicked achievement.
Speaking to any of the older generations about expectations of life, the bar is so low in comparison the younger generation.
Yeah, I know older folk are trying their best to give us advice.. but (especially baby boomers) lived in a flourishing post-war economy. College was affordable with little to no debt, and technology wasn't mandatory everywhere. :( we have nobody to rely on except ourselves.
special snowflakes
My pressure is to believe what my parents believe. (Also school, but I mean duh)
Katie never let them impose you what to believe in or how to think. I’m struggling with the same, stay strong.
Same. I've given up by now honestly
That one time I almost killed myself and didn’t go to school the next day because I was physically ill, then showed up the day after for my test.
I've done the same thing. And then I felt like I had to hide it and couldn't talk to anyone because "I'm fine" or at least supposed to be fine.
anyone else feeling the "you're not doing anything so you're useless" constantly during lockdown
Imagine going to school and the teacher asking what you did over the weekend and you're just like oh I went on Ted talk
Dear any parents reading this: dont say things like "look who's finally out of their room" or "welcome back to society" when we come out of our rooms after a long time in there. It only makes us want to go back in.
As a 22yo I can confirm this feeling doesn't go away
As a 29 year old, I can confirm it does
As a 28 year old, it comes and goes, and the comes and goings make it less painful and more enlightening. Mine hit hard at 19-24. Life as they say is a tear and a smile
"I want to be special and unique... just like everyone else"
I remember during my gcses setting rest days into my time table. I showed my time table to my private tutor thinking she would set the days I saw her to when I was already studying her subject. Instead she set them to my rest day. this lead to me taking even more rest days and really struggling to have a time table. This was about 15 years ago. It saddens me that instead of getting better, adults are even more naive to the point of rest.
I am always pulled every which way, with Early College, perfect grades, friendships, family, sports, and so much more. It’s so stressful and as soon as I have a moment to myself, all I hear is how lazy I am to be online all the time and not working. I’ve come to become stressed when I’m NOT doing something. She’s absolutely brilliant and the way she presented everything, perfect. She is what our generation needs! Awesome job to Emily, sending her good vibes. 😆🥖
It's crazy how our generation has to do things like "mental health days" as teens that overwhelmed mid-twenty somethings are portrayed doing. We aren't children anymore, or aren't allowed to be. Adults are pushing and pushing us forward but all we end up doing is running up against the glass wall of age restrictions and their own aging values that no longer align with that they are telling us. It's so two-faced it's exhausting.
The irony of it is she probably only did the ted talk for her college apps
I'm a millennial, and I don't think I actually have any useful advice to Gen Z's. But I'd like to say that, had I grown up in this day's age of technology and social media, I'm not sure how I'd survive :( Hang in there, dear young ones. It's true that what doesn't kill you will only make you stronger. Remember to be kind to others, and equally important is be kind to YOURSELF. You will never be able to please everyone, so I guess my advice to everyone is: As long as you're not hurting anyone, do whatever it is that makes you happy. Stay strong! :D
I gave up basically, I don’t have much empathy anymore and have difficulty identifying my emotions. I’m smart but I just don’t care.
I understand where you're coming from. I've been trying lately to apply myself in the things that I enjoy, and hope that those things will make me feel good. Looking into your own interests and hopes can really give you a brighter and more diverse outlook on life.
Fuzzy Fighter thank you