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YOUNG ADULTS ARE MORE STRESSED THAN ANY OTHER GROUP… BUT WHY? Like
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By: Corinne Lyons, Columnist/ Rep orter February 11, 2013
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There are a wide variety of reasons that the millennial generation is more stressed than any other group in America. But luckily, there are a lot of ways to combat stress.
A recent study released revealed that today’s young adults, those ages 1833 — the Millennial generation — experience more stress than the average American. There are a wide variety of reasons for stress and a lot of ways to combat stress. Victoria Joyner, 22, says she stresses mostly about bills and health situations. While she says stress doesn’t affect her physically beyond a headache, it does impact her mentally.
“I get depressed when I’m stressed and scared,” she said. “Or if I can’t control an outcome of certain situations.” Joyner, a customer service agent for Delta airlines, added that she believes she isn’t much different than the average young adult. Stress can impact the body in a variety of ways. For example, Doctor V. Gardner, who is a doctor at The Henry Ford Healthcare System, says stress can sometimes cause physical symptoms that range from stomach aches and headaches to hives and panic attacks. He adds cognitive problems, such as memory issues and concentration, can also result from stress. According to Dr. Gardner, the side effects from stress can interfere with the daytoday functions. Consequently, if stress is interfering with day today function and is expressed through physical complaints, then there might be a need to peruse intervention. He suggests contacting a primary care physician. That physician might then refer you to a physcotherapist, which he says is the first intervention that is recommended. He believes that psychotropic medication can also be recommended as a supplement to psychotherapy.
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Studies have found that the amount of issues that young people have to deal with in today’s time is much higher than normal.
But customer service agent Joyner says that her stress levels aren’t high enough to seek medical attention. Instead, she likes to roller skate or shop. “Anything to take my mind off [the things that are stressing me out],” she said.
But the question of why young adults are more stressed that the average American still lingers. Joyner, who recently relocated to Richmond, Virginia because of her job, thinks it is “because that’s the time of you’re life that you are trying to settle and get your self together.” Ryan Jackson, 24, believes young adults experience more stress than any other group because they have exposed to more things than a older person. He works as a Cash Lead at Comerica Park. “I stress out about not making it in life and not achieving my goals in life, he said.” Being judged on my work ethic and character are also stressors.”
Thistlethwaite, says in her blog that it’s much more serious.
But Susan Brooks, who is the blogger of
“[They] have had their future stolen. They are literally not making a future, putting off marriage and having children, for example, because they cannot afford it; the future of their children, too, is being taken.”
Thistlethwaite, Brooks blames their stolen future on the banking crisis that helped create the most recent Depression in America.
In her blog on
She finds it ironic that the housing market is impacting young adults when they didn’t own homes at the time. Additionally, jobs for many recent college graduates are hard to come by, especially in their fields. She wrote, “They write about being ‘crippled by college debt and graduated into a struggling economy…[with] little chance to find gainful employment in their chosen fields.’ They ‘take temporary jobs they are overqualified for.” Whatever the causes of stress in young adults, Dr. Gardner says coping skills is important in stress management: “We all have stressors, positive or negative, but it’s about coping with them.”
What are your thoughts on this issue? Do you think that millennials are more stressed out than any other group? Do you think society needs to provide better opportunities for millennials to have a better futures? Share your thoughts with us.
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