As a mental health professional that gets to interact with people hailing from different generations daily, I see certain patterns --- a sense of lost potiential alongside the paradoxical nostalgia of "Good ole days" in both Boomers and Gen-X , which contrasts heavily with Gen-Z and Gen-Alpha's disdain for all that preceded them, as they hold on their sense of self-importance assuming their voices will shift the world's future (It has to, right? It's that or abyss). Millennials however are frozen at best --- torn between the world they thought they knew vs the one they are beginning to see -- holding their breath as everything falls away -- with all other generations look towards them to "Fix" it all. So I often ask if millennials being apolitical is their way of coping with the fallen veil and crumpled dreams. It wasn't so long ago that we had convictions of self-importance too. We also thought we could create the change we dreamt up! It's scary how fast that changed. One thing's for certain though --- this world and our existence, both are political and the only way to exist fully is to acknowledge it out loud and have your presense known. The tug-of-war between human spirit and all the structures meant to subdue it will never end but we can certainly make them as uncomfortable as they are making us 🤷🏻♀️ For starters, at least!
As a mental health professional that gets to interact with people hailing from different generations daily, I see certain patterns --- a sense of lost potiential alongside the paradoxical nostalgia of "Good ole days" in both Boomers and Gen-X , which contrasts heavily with Gen-Z and Gen-Alpha's disdain for all that preceded them, as they hold on their sense of self-importance assuming their voices will shift the world's future (It has to, right? It's that or abyss). Millennials however are frozen at best --- torn between the world they thought they knew vs the one they are beginning to see -- holding their breath as everything falls away -- with all other generations look towards them to "Fix" it all. So I often ask if millennials being apolitical is their way of coping with the fallen veil and crumpled dreams. It wasn't so long ago that we had convictions of self-importance too. We also thought we could create the change we dreamt up! It's scary how fast that changed. One thing's for certain though --- this world and our existence, both are political and the only way to exist fully is to acknowledge it out loud and have your presense known. The tug-of-war between human spirit and all the structures meant to subdue it will never end but we can certainly make them as uncomfortable as they are making us 🤷🏻♀️ For starters, at least!
Keep up the good work