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Why is Gen Z so Depressed and Anxious? - Freya India

TRIGGERnometry

The Mental Health Crisis and the Anxiety of Young People

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In the early 2000s, there was a backlash to photo retouching in magazines. I think corporations had to come up with an answer and their answer is to continue profiting off of female insecurities but now wrap it up in feminist packaging. There's just so many different messages that I think are just lying to girls, ultimately. So editing your face has become empowerment, self-expression. It's become a way to express how confident you are, which doesn't make any sense. And then other things like obesity being healthy and things like social media companies saying they want to connect to you. You know, we're told if you feel insecure, you can get Botox.

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