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Gen-Z has much, much higher rates of diagnosed anxiety, autism, and ADHD.

https://www.aecf.org/blog/generation-z-and-mental-health

https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2020/05/14/on-the-...

This is a "slow day at the news" filler thing, that's just how they be.

Obviously there are questions as to higher rates of diagnosis vs. actual high rates of mental illness. Back in my day we had a lot of anxiety, and drank a lot, to deal with it. Lord knows the Greatest Generation types were often straight up hammered at work.

This is a "slow day at the news" filler thing, that's just how they be.

Doesn't mean we have to accept it, or distribute it.

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And that's the key here, we don't have the stereotype of people with bottles of whiskey in their desk drawers anymore. Kids just get picked on for dealing with their shit better than their parents.

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