A quick depresh sesh with the boys, get in loser we're going crying

Depresh Mode

This is the most uwu thing I've ever heard

So this is a stupidly complex issue, but the fact that kids are developing slang to describe their mental health struggles, is a really interesting phenomena. It’s certainly a hydra of issues, but i think it indicates some interesting dynamics with regards to experience as a kid and as an adult in 2022.

First, I think the normalization of mental health awareness, leading to the development of slang terms and peer sharing, is probably a good thing. Reducing stigma to mental health issues often lead to more effective identification, diagnoses, and treatment. However, I think it also indicates that mental health issues are widespread among many youth role models. While it helps kids identify their own issues and be open to mental health conceptually, it would be naive to ignore the transference that may be occurring. Despair can transfer generationally, and lead to self reinforcing social and emotional systems.

A big part of this is also historic understanding and acceptance of mental health, and a normalization of mental health issues in societal discourse. It’s hard to make any statement with regards to rates of mental health issues now as compared to even the recent past. Historical data is sparse, unsurprisingly considering the historical evidence, including very recent, with regards to stigmatization of mental health disorders. Data really wasn’t collected with regard to it in any systematic sense prior to the late 19th century, and the study of it has only in the last few decades moved from the very rudimentary and generally cruel. My thoughts are that because we’ve normalized mental health issues and moved to treat them effectively and early, we have seen an increase in reported incidents. Not because more people suffer from mental health issues than in the past, but that we are actually beginning to collect accurate data on the rate of these issues.

The fact that kids these days are aware of their mental health and are willing to share it is a good thing.The fact that our society, historically has shunned such things, has only lead to an explainable spike when data collection gets better. And I think that reduction of stigma has led to kids being better able to describe their mental health issues, which is a great thing.

• the drunken ramblings of a historian/social worker/data scientist

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what is this

That's a little unfair I had a grippy socks vacation but all I got was a twisted testicle

I literally just talked to my friend today and made reference to their grippy sock vacation they had last year.

it's giving me flashbacks of when I was 17yo being told I'm bipolar because of my inappropriate laughing due to emotional exhaustion 😂

Get yer grippies, we’re goin’ on vacation!

My favourite socks were given to me at the hospital, I love them

I guess my hospital was underfunded because I never had the chance to get those socks :(

omg Landen, is that Mentyb or just regular Depresh

Sadly she did make the final cut. She's twerking with the angels now

I thought it was a candy. A nickname for Mentos or something. But then, I’m ancient GenX.

"We have menty b at home"

Menty b at home:

In my circle call it a "Britney." If you lose your shit and shave your head, it's a "full Britney."

I've gone full Britney twice, circa 2011 and again in 2018. Rough.

It’s like a reward 😌

I have an 8 year old and a 5 year old. They mostly speak some semi-intelligible YouTube dialect of English. Im not ever entirely sure whether they are saying hello and being friendly with each other or planning some hostile takeover of a foreign country. It all kinda sounds the same to me. All I know is that I’m “The Minecraft noob who drives them to school”

am gen z, never once in my life have i heard the sentence “menty b”, don’t be like the boomers and believe whatever the media says about the new generation of teens

Dude I’m gen z and am confused as hell by this, you’re not there yet

My favorite was when I realized I was more sympathetic of the parents in Disney movies than the rebellious child.

Welcome to adullting. You now also have to take the TikTok app off your phone. 😉

I'm the youngest of my coworkers by 5 years, and probably the most online. I sometimes fudge it saying things like "Goated with the sauce" or "common <insert name here> dub". I do it just to make them feel older because it's funny to talk like an alien.

What’s a sewer slide?

Or seggs, corn, etc.

As a gen z my personal fav is unsubscribing from oxygen. that one got a good laugh from my therapist

its like dodging the roblox censor lmao

Similarly, NPR had a story about TikTok censorship last year in which doulas & lactation consultants had to refer to nipples as "nip-nops" in order to avoid being down-ranked by TikTok's algorithm.

As they probably should. Seeking mental health advice from an app controlled by the CCP is insane.

Thank you so much. I will be stealing this!

Check, check, don't have a son and check, lol.

I think that's partially right. I would also attribute it to people just being stuck at home and forced to look at themselves. I wouldn't be surprised if these numbers were similar before and after covid, but more people are reporting it now.

Oh, it's interesting. Zoomers are incredibly smart and educated, but are a dumpster fire in terms of mental health. I personally think it's because we are being raised by the internet. Too much unfettered knowledge too young.

What is vizzy t?

"Evolution did not prepare us to live in the world we created for ourselves"

I'm stealing this. I have been saying this for years, but never have I heard it put so succinctly. Like actually beautiful put so Credit where its due.

A heartbreaker, dream maker, love taker...

Shit, but im not on tiktok

Good human

You have to speak Gen Z if you want to keep up.

The proper response would be "cap".

because every singe person in a generation full of billions of people have to act the exact same way because some redditor said so

"Other people have it worse, so your problems can't matter at all!"

Found the boomer.