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The great rewiring: is social media really behind an epidemic of teenage mental illness? The evidence is equivocal on whether screen time is to blame for rising levels of teen depression and anxiety. (www.nature.com)
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[–] 14 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Teenagers were always mentally ill, we just make more efforts to report such nowadays.

The education system is not a place of mental wellness, and the transition to adulthood is innately disturbing.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    Not sure if you are talking about your country or generalising all over the world. What you said is not true where I'm from, if the latter.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago

    We're (American's specifically, but I see echoes in westernized European countries) propagandized into thinking angst is the natural state of teenagers rather than the natural state of teenagers within this specific system. I think teens can just more clearly see the brutal society they're about to be forced into and don't have the cognitive dissonance of benefiting from that brutal society yet.

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