The Millennial Generation: Did We Invent Anxiety?
If you looked at me, you would probably think I had a pretty good life. I do not have to work to pay for food and bills because my parents give me a set allowance per month, my student loan, pitiful at it is, pays for my rent for almost a whole year, and I am studying a subject I am passionate about at a university where I feel comfortable. But, of course, if everything was as perfectly fine as it sounds, I wouldn’t be writing this article.
I, and a record number of other people my age, suffer from anxiety. This generation, ‘millennials’, hold a number of records, a prominent one being not being able to afford housing despite working 40-hour weeks because of minimum wage and rising house prices. We are told we are the trophy generation, asking for prizes just for existing, always angry ...