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Originally Posted by troutman
Have young people ever been as depressed and anxious as they are now?
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Hard to say, since before around the 90s it was culturally taboo to talk about depression and anxiety.
But if they are in fact more depressed and anxious than the generation that went through the Depression and fought in WW2, then it’s unlikely material deprivation is the root of their unhappiness. Other factors could be at play, such as the steep decline in face-to-face socialization, and spending several hours a day engaged with social media platforms that are fuelled by comparison and anxiety.