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corporations . employers . oil prices . food prices . housing . local and federal taxes .
IT prices . health care . educational costs . interest rates . are squeezing everyone dry .
when the middle class is in trouble . so is the whole country .
As a member of the Council I am trying to help solve this issue as it has gotten bad. I believe a lot is because of access to social media and media in general, we need to evolve along side it and need more in counciling in schools younger and teach how to use and watch media correctly. And understand the filter.
First, consider to stop being a victim. That will go a LONG ways. Your generation has this notion of entitlement, even your parents and your friends will tell you that you 'deserve' to be happy, or whatever. No, you 'deserve' nothing - you get what you get for the effort and work you put in, just like everybody else.
Nothing much has changed in the last fifty years - but YOU are overwhelmed. This is all on YOU.
to say nothing much has changed is laughable.
your 61 and have reached security years ago most likely so your who she is talking about not understanding.
@Johnnyjay - It's a state of mind. Everybody gets to DECIDE for themselves. You can be a victim, or not - it's totally up to you.
i know. graduated in a recession. No jobs with my DEGREE hired me. I took a job i didn't want to have a job.. totally wish my mindset wasn't a victim mindset though.. id be balling now with some positive thinking! lol
""I'm not even guaranteed to get a job when I'm done my degree."
It's up to you - quit whining. My youngest got himself into a top university, got the loans, got a masters degree in 4 years, and recruited by a top tech giant making bank. All by himself. And his fiance at the time, now wife did the same, and also makes close to 6-figures. Powerhouse people. It's all up to what level of effort you want to put in. Your generation has been sold a bill of goods - the whole socialism everybody is the same and entitlement BS. That is what has not changed in the past 50 years - the opportunity is there if you're willing to work for it. But nobody today wants to start at the bottom - they think they should start at the top. It just doesn't work that way.
I feel sad that you have kick someone when they are down and that you have so much hate for millennial's. No , we get were aren't gonna be happy every second , but we deserve to have some peace in our life and feel content.
@ninjaturtle30 You feel sad? So, you're another victim?
Helping someone to see things more optimistically is 'kicking them while they're down'. Emkay. Yep, another victim. Your generation specializes in vicitim mentality. You fabricate things to be a victim about.
you sound like my soon to be ex husband with the fabricating bit and the calling everybody a victim. Welp, time to go find positive people to be around.
@ninjaturtle30 - Try getting real first. Life isn't all puppy dogs rainbows and pink unicorns. ;)
Yeah , but life is not supposed to be a shit show every day either. FYI , I am going to therapy to help me find my authentic self.
@ninjaturtle30 - Not sure what you're referring to, but if your life is a shit-show it's on you. Mine is great, and you're the one spouting off here. Go to therapy. Get fixed. Then come back. Consider reading more and posting less, you've already played your hand.
Did I say guaranteed a job? Did i say everyone gets equal share? you seem to have go to lines you think millennials think. If anything you prove my point.. guess what, I went to a good college too. I have the loans your son has that im paying off. I put in the effort.. and I didn't have people handing me a job like your son.. that shows That its all not about working hard. you need to get a break to.. do you know how many college grads can't find jobs? your whole argument is flawed, or at least not appropriate to the point I was making.
@Johnnyjay - Yep, always flawed. pfft. LOL
WRONG! People have ALWAYS had depression. None of these things that people complain about today is new. The same problems have been around from the beginning of time. The true reason is that this generation has a victim mentality, while people before would just shut up and get along with their life because they knew EVERYONE has problems and you have no right to complain.
It's not just you it's everyone but it depends on your mindset and how you choose to deal with it. Find ways to lift your mood and energy. Have fun & enjoy the opportunity you have to go to school. Appreciate life and that you have one. Don't feel entitled or sorry for yourself. No one owes you anything. You have to earn it. You have to endure this crap to get to your end goal. Don't give up
Has nothing to do with mindset. Mindset has no control over the outside forces beyond our control that limit our abilities.
What is missing today is the strong presence of COMMUNITY. People try to find counterfeit community in social media, internet surfing, porn sites, consumerism (Amazon) but after you click "like" or "complete this purchase" they don't give a crap about you. My COMMUNITY is my church and my community honestly cares about me and has my back. The hard things about life will always be there. But even though people think they can do it, don't try to go it alone.
Yes community is sooo important!
Failing economy. Rising inequality and housing costs. Lack of availability to resources. The gender divide between men and women (feminism). Constant nonsense in the media. Low entrepreneurship. Poor access to healthcare. Technology growing too rapidly to keep up. Social interactions becoming less and less due to technology and non stop working.
My honest opinion is that the parents are too busy providing for their children and don’t have the time to bond with their children. If it was up to me to help, I would make it a selective in school for young people to take so they can be educated how to deal with depression and anxiety.
I think its because of the stress. Think about how many years of schooling the regular person needs to make a decent wage. On the other hand people are getting depressed because of bullying, nowdays you can get bullied 24/7 because of things like facebook, etc.
welcome to adulthood. Guess what? It's not a problem for your generation. You're just not that special. It's a problem adults have been facing since before humans came down out of trees and walked upright. Everyone struggles and everyone learns to cope.
No idea, if you have a job then have your own place not rented, have a fix transport, savings, invest somewhere for extra, have a vacation, take care urself then get married. Simple life. Then get depressed n forget by hobbies, then slowly die as you r human.
economy is broken, so overpriced. democracy is broken, rigged election, voter suppression, russian hackers, outdated practices. social media is good and bad, more communication but too much pressure to show the good things. captialism, placing too much value on products rather than people
Russians? How?
America isn't a democracy, voter suppression only exists insofar as using undocumented immigrants as a way to rig an election against citizens, the Feds have searched for over a year, and there isn't a shred of evidence of Russian hackers or rigged elections, capitalism is the only truly fair economical system on the planet.
@Daechir hahaha. Capitalism is the only fair economic system. That's a good one. Considering capitalism is the cause of all this mess.
But you of course won't agree and never will see the truth so why do I even bother..
Add on top of it the fact that previous generations borrwed against the federal reserve to afford a life they couldn't have otherwise. Most of the national debt is to ourselves.
On a practical note, I take a magnesium two hours before bedtime to help me sleep.
My professional life is going well... but i was heartbroken last year and haven't been able to recover from it yet... my personal life is a shambles, i can't feel anything for anyone, i can't connect with anyone. I feel like I'll spend my life alone.
if this is really you
you are very hot
I agree lol
We are living far better than previous generations did or people in most of the world are. Hard work does not always equal success. In nature you may toil to build a fire only to have the rain destroy it. Human society can't be any different, because guarantees only exist in fairy tales.
No two things are guaranteed death and taxes
But I strongly agree with u we have big shoes to fill b
Form our parents which won't happen cuz now everyone is all about automatic gratification
I am 30 I suffer form depression and anxiety and I understand the pain
I'm sorry, are you asking a question, or ranting about political views and bitching about your life? You don't get everything you want. Life isn't fair. Few succeed, many survive, and some perish. Welcome to planet Earth. Now deal with your shit with your own two hands. No one is going to save you, and if you fail, it's because you simply are not good enough.
Wow. I hope you fail man. Piece of shit.
It's a mental world war now that equality is better than ever and some people take it to far are do not care enough
Races vs Races
Religion vs Religion
Gender vs Gender
Sexuality vs Sexuality
You can move each one of these and it is a problem in today's world
ex: Gender vs Religion
I don't see a reason to believe it is now more common than it was in the past.
Well, statistically speaking, it very much is.
@SirRexington Compared to what? To times when a lot of these things weren't recognized as such yet? When we didn't even know anything about them? That's a useless comparison.
We have no way of knowing if there are now more people with these disorders than in the past, and there's no reason to believe that.
Because so many older people are Trump supporters-----depresses me that they can be tricked by a clown in orange makeup.