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🚨 What’s the Point? The Powerlessness of Gen Z 🚨

Feb 18, 2025
13:45

🔎 Why does Gen Z feel powerless?A generation raised with endless information, limitless technology, and boundless opportunities should feel unstoppable. Instead, Gen Z is struggling with a crippling sense of powerlessness, fear of failure, and declining self-efficacy.Why?This video breaks down the real reasons behind Gen Z’s mindset, comparing them to the entrepreneurial, risk-taking Millennials before them and exploring how parenting styles, therapy trends, and societal shifts have led to a generation that doubts its own ability to create change.🚀 What’s happening to Gen Z?🔹 The lowest self-efficacy scores in recorded history🔹 A culture that prioritizes “emotional validation” over real coping skills🔹 Fear of failure leading to avoidance of risks, setbacks, and growth🔹 Over-medicalization of normal emotions like anxiety & depression🔹 Therapeutic trends that encourage rumination over resilience🔹 Mislabeling of trauma—has society gone too far?🔹 The disappearance of resilience—why past generations handled adversity better🔹 The future of Gen Z: Can they reclaim their power?This video isn’t about blaming Gen Z—it’s about understanding the problem and offering real solutions.📌 Key Moments & Timestamps:✅ 0:03 - The Question That Defines Gen Z: "What’s the Point?"✅ 0:43 - Powerlessness vs. Pessimism: What's Driving Gen Z's Mindset?✅ 1:42 - Millennials vs. Gen Z: How Their Mindsets Differ✅ 3:12 - The Fear of Failure: Why Gen Z Plays It Safe✅ 5:00 - The Pitfalls of Emotional Processing Without Coping Skills✅ 7:15 - Mental Health & Therapy: Are Some Approaches Backfiring?✅ 9:31 - The Unexpected Upside of Anxiety & Depression✅ 10:58 - The Resilience of Past Generations & What Gen Z Can Learn✅ 12:07 - Trauma vs. Adversity: Where to Draw the Line✅ 13:15 - A Call to Action: How to Build Resilience in Gen Z🔗 Support the Channel:✅ Help us keep the content going! Support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/NeuroNoodle✅ Subscribe for More Deep Dives into Psychology & Society!✅ Like & Share to Spread Awareness!📢 Join the Conversation!Does Gen Z really have it worse, or is society failing them? Let’s talk in the comments! 👇#GenZ #MentalHealth #Resilience #Powerlessness #Anxiety #Depression #Therapy #Mindset #SelfEfficacy #EmotionalWellness #Trauma #FearOfFailure #Parenting #Education #Psychology

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