Anxiety, and why our generation feels it a little too much

We’re the generation of everyday Instagram and 40 mins long YouTube videos, playing one thing on loop. We feel the abundance and we’re scared of it. We have been provided with almost everything we need. Now that we don’t have to chase to survive anymore, what do we chase after? Now that the basic physical needs have been curated for, we can think of other needs. The needs of the mind. Some of the biggest worries of this generation are; future, finances and fulfilment.
Even with the predictions and preparation of technology has become tremendously uncertain and unreliable. Change has become rapid. Even with nature, the natural disasters that come unannounced and frequently. The pace of things has become so fast that by the time we think about future we are already in it. It is not because physically the construct of time has changed it because things are developing so fast demolishing so fast that we feel that time is running.

Change in terms of economy has also become fast, money rises and drops in such less time. As we are not to build home for ourselves to live in, as we don’t struggle as hard as our parents did to make a living, the value of money has decreased in this generation. This generation has also witnessed capitalism and its growth. Even though the emotional struggle and value for money is less, the monetary and materialistic value of money has been on a constant high. The thing about materialism and capitalism is that these are manmade constructs, that these we think are to be attained, and we base our fulfilment over it. Whereas simple things such helping someone, caring, love, are a part of man’s nature, it is definitely not easy, but with these things it doesn’t feel like it is something to be achieved, it is something that just comes with mankind. This generation has seen the meaning of fulfilment also change. Fulfilment also has become more of the mind than the body. One more thing to think about is that this generation is considerably more educated than the previous one. Not only by schools and parents but also by the media. The media has given this generation a whole lot more to compare with a whole lot more to empathize with, a whole lot more to feel about. And with all of this a whole lot more to be aware about. There is chance that previous generations also felt this much anxiety but just was not able to identify it. We as a more educated generation are able to identify needs and problems of the mind and hence, they me seem more visible to us.

Anxiety and other issues of the mind have existed from the beginning of time, now more apparent with the evolution of society as whole due to which catering for the needs of the mind has become more vital for this generation making the issue to seem bigger. But if it is taken care of in the right way and, mindfully there is no need to make it bigger than it is. If these issues are being resolved rather than just being talked about it might not be such big of an issue in itself. Anxiety like other issues of the mind, lately being called the mental health issues, are not only being acknowledged but solutions and treatment for these are also being worked upon throughout the years.

If we move ahead from only worrying about it, if we take proper measure to counter it these issues too are solvable. Some of these measures that are available today in broader terms of mental health wellbeing are, counselling, therapy, medication and so much more that can help you solve this problem of anxiety, solve other mental issues that might seem bigger than yourself. These measures break down the issues and look at them in detail in order to resolve it. Once these issues start to be worked upon, we realize that they are not as stiff as we imagine them to be that they can also be simplified and solved.

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Arya Kulkarni

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