Some people are strong minded, some are extremely dependants and can't live without friends...I consider myself a strong since lonelyness is not a big business for me...but I believe I also understand this kind of people.
Yup, still on intense lockdown where I live, I can’t take it anymore. I can’t afford to travel or even do anything. My friends are all on different career paths than me. We don’t talk as much all I do is watch RU-vid and exercise. Atleast I still have my best friend, my mother
I am not sure for mine, but after a year of pandemic, my scores are rising a lot and most of them are 80s to 90s, and also before the pandemic, I still got a lot of 70s more than 80s and little 90s. Though in the first term I got a 50 on a subject in my report card, but it increases day by day when the pandemic goes, though I sometimes feeling depressed, but just trying to keep it
@@farrelpermadi5471 pandemic has its pros and cons, i feel sorry for those who started uni at fall. My first year was the best when it came to parties and programs. We need to keep ourselves together for a few months
@@MissJade805 I mean for me it's still hard becuase I don't have many friends and I'm always alone, and my family doesn't care about me since I'm a failure, but I don't want to end my life becuase it's too important, I have to persevere even if I have to do it all by myslef. I feel bad for those who did end their lives, becuase they could've been saved, but we always learn things the hard way and unexpectedly. Especially the families who lost to it and are grieving. For most people with suicide ideation, they don't feel or accept love no more, they just feel pure sadness and hopelessness. They just want their suffering to end becuase it's constant and they can't find a way out.
The coronavirus pandemic has caused huge stress in many people at all ages, but affected the younger people because they cannot find jobs and they cannot have a social life such as meeting their friends.
Only if they are deep enough to be constant and stop you taking care of yourself. Thats why the data plays out like that, stress itself doesnt instantly lower the immune system the way you say, and the word stress means many different things in the body.
I'm used to staying inside a lot so I'm not anxious about that, but what I am upset about is the amount of stress we're getting from school (I'm 16).....
Be careful. I've been in your situation and thought like you about being used to loneliness etc. but it's just happening beneath the surface. You can't get a "real mental health issue" without even noticing it.
@@user-xq4st9ie7r Even i who likes to be alone get lonely nowadays. I was so used to meeting people, in-between uni classes and at least once a week me and my friends went out to grab a beer or something and now we cant really meet and everything is online while im stuck in a flat. At least i have flatmates.
You have to set up your own "canaries in a mine" to be able to objectively judge you own mental health. For example, we know that exercise is good. So, set up a daily exercise routine. Set up a couple of more daily routines. Then, if you find yourself not doing these two or three routines that are good for you, it is an objective warning that all is not well. As far as stress from school or such, one of the most important life lesson is to learn to differentiate (triage) the demands that others place on you and not pay so much attention to the ones that are unimportant. Yes, there may be consequences for not meeting all expectations, but if you meet the ones that are important to you, you will be way ahead of the game. Finally, know this, you are not alone. Consider this post as my virtual reaching out to you. I stand with you buddy.
Gen z and millennial and older are all effected. Anxiety doesn't discriminate. I struggle with some anxiety and often talk about my issue with it. Were more open about it. I'm from Gen z try growing up in that time and not having anxiety stress uncertainty.
Those in developed countries can't imagine how fatal it's in poor countries like India wherein the pandemic has destroyed millions of jobs and lives. Multiply it with devastation due to incompetent PM.
Suicidal thoughts can lead to suicide. At that point, rent is not needed. So, please look at help when feeling down. My brother-in-law committed suicide. It's real.
I feel like the environment is capitalizing on loneliness and depression ... like, longing for community and people increases our usage of online media, so technically our mental health struggles benefits tech cooperations.
Covid-19 scared me, the lockdowns damaged me. There was never a justification for the lockdowns. It's our basic human right to decide, on an individual basis, if we risk ourselves and our lives. It's not anyone's place to force others to behave safely all because of their own selfish desire to feel safe.
I had a baby right in the beginning of the pandemic (March 2020), and it has been a very hard year. Thankfully it’s starting to feel like things are getting better, it has been very very hard to not be able to receive any family or friend support as a brand new mother.
It's been over a year now since I have found it difficult to think about the future. This pandemic has shed some light upon the type of society we live in. I have strong fears that people are growing apart from each other, living careless lives that impact in a negative way ones that are trying to make a difference. Each day I find fewer and fewer reasons to be part of the self-destructing race, that we have become. Positive examples are very hard to find, but still, I try not to lose the small amount of hope I have...
There is a mental health epidemic almost nobody is talking about. This is making a huge impact in quality of life and specially on workers productivity, that is going down the drain. Too much pressure and no work-life balance. This is as bad as the Covid pandemic.
The covid pandemic exposed vulnerabilties in so many of our systems, work life balances includedd. We need to figure out a way to make work much less oppressive, and more rewarding (like a farmer enjoying his harvest versus a factory worker doing the same thing over and over again.)
In addition; I've had some homicidal thoughts a few times too. It's crazy how much I see others as threats to my happiness. Ever since I've started going to church and having interactions with people, I found out that people can be surprisingly friendly. Update: Months after the pandemic ended, I feel so much more like my VERY long lost goofy hyper self than I did before the pandemic! The power of finally getting your meds right😂!
I was 19 and in college when it happened. I am now so different but in 2018, my dad got severely ill and passed away. At the same time i was suffering from the worst ed my emetophobia could of ever given me, moved away from my home, going through a heartbreak/boy problems, and was being physically abu*** the majority of those problems continued for 2 years and when the pandemic started I was alone in my room all day everyday with the traumas and thoughts of what happened to me. It made the anger, sadness, and fear worse. I feel like I no longer have a spark in life, and I want to quit my job, drop out of school, and end my dreams of wanting to be a pediatrician. I also gained a ton of weight. I, ironically, just want to be alone in my room and sleep all day. It’s not the same as it was.
I used to be so fit, i was a runner in track, i used to be so motivated, my space would always be clean and i was at the top of my class, i used to have a sleep schedule, and always was going out with friends and family. I turned 22 in February and i feel like all i am good for is sleeping in, not turning in my assignments, not going to class, going late to work, and being on my phone all damn day. I’m sorry if this came off as strong, but this comment section felt appropriate and like a safe space to show the anger and sadness i have. I hope one day things can get better, i have so much potential, i dont want to loose it.
Things that have held me up: I am catholic, and i love my religion and Jesus. I love Liam Payne and Louis Tomlinson, i feel like i can relate to them on a personal level. I love music and concerts and i no longer have emetophobia after battling it for 18 years. I’ve come so far but i got a long way to go. And in no way am I ungrateful for the things that i have, I am just in such a bad place mentally that i feel pessimistic. That is so new to me since i am an optimist.
Well the pandemic is not the problem is just that covid acted as a magnifying glass, the problems are a result of the way we operate as a society (the whole world I mean).
I'm from Norway and my gf lives in the filipines and we haven't been able to meet last year cuz of this pandemic, and shutdown of borders it's depressing not knowing when it will be possible to travel. And only 97 to 99% survives and they lock down everything cuz of the safetyism policy we have to keep everyone safe forever .... I wonder when the governments will give up trying to control ppl..
Dorffen from Norwegen. the French borders are due to be open in Juli and Augustus. if i was you i would book a flight from either the UK or France , book yourself a 2 night stay at a 2 start hotel and get tested the day before the flight and you'll be fine. i plan to visit my parents in France and then my grand parents in germany later this summer. I am in Kenya right now. this is my plan. I love kenya of course but visa restrictions are a bit too crazy right now and the kenyan authorities are super strict with anyone coming from europe. i can understand.
I lost my hope, i'm depressed. I no longer trust any form of government. I moved 2000km aeay from home, to study. No friends, nothing. Everyday is just another day. It has been so long since I felt happy.
Apathy can be a curshing feeling, but its a natural human reaction. We are a concscious speics that relies on our decisions to survive, whether or not we think something is important is dependant on what you do already. Force yourself to do something to break your stupor and enjoy the world.
I don't hate the pandemic. I am fifty and always wear my mask when I go out. I am mostly reclusive. I have been hermit like for nearly ten years. Being schizophrenic helps me out because I talk to my voices to pass time.
I am not schizophrenic, but I had psychosis once. Only then (well maybe the months before) I experienced voices and shadow people. May I ask, what do you think the voices are? Just your own brain is generating or are you in communication with dead people? What do you believe?
Talk and discuss with people about those issues - read and educate yourself, and categorically analyzes the current trend of the world - be politically active, or active within your university/academy - address or even publish these issues within a sophisticated and scientific framework, yet also be blissful and radical - passionately dedicate your life towards natural-/social sciences, the arts or charity. Just in general, try to fix these problems whenever possible (step by step) - ... it will take a lot of work to do so. But it will definitely benefit everyone.
I have mental illness far before covid struck. I have depression, anxiety, and panic attack. Covid just made my depression gets worse. Now i have to fight with severe depression and anxiety. Life sucks and it doesnt worth to fight for anymore. I wanna die.
You have to learn to let go. That's what I did. It took me about three weeks to let go of all my dreams, plans, and expectations which I had many of. I had invested a lot of time, effort, and money in what I planed to do. I let it all go and started living in the present. There is a certain amount of freedom in just letting go and adapting to the present. What always comes to my mind is Madonna's song "Like a Prayer", where she starts off by saying "Life is a mystery. Everyone must stand alone." So, here I am, I don't know what the future will bring. I just know that I will grit my teeth and push on no mater what.
Very true! I've also started living this way and it's sooo freeing, sure you sacrifice somethings but you're also kinder and more lenient to yourself which is more important!
To be honest the truth is, lonelyness dont relate to pandemic, theres sooo soo many people feels lonely even before pandemic. Friendship or true social bonding will still going well if both side agree and invest effort to connect... even via skype call. Unfortunately, theres these unspoken rule of social interaction that online call is lame, not cool, what ever... those making them not puting effort to stay in touch, or some dont want to talk to someone... these are the real reason why people feel alone inside.
What? No, I was literally socializing all the time before the pandemic, and hardly ever now. Online interactions are generally too structured to naturally work frequently compared to seeing someone on campus. There are only so many people you’re willing to do that with, so casual friendships simply don’t exist now. And there is an undeniable benefit to physically being with that person, having contact etc I’m already tired enough with covid and online studies, spending frequent time investing effort into socializing can be backbreaking when I’m already drained
@@Amaling thats the issue, you just said it yourself.... casual friendship simply dont exist now... why is that ? why dont we be relax and chill ? since when did we stop doing that !?!? this part of the growing issued... why so formal, after all we are all human were not perfect but also not so imperfect. In my case, i really pay attention carefully on these aspect and always promote casual bonding, where everyone feels and should be relax when communicating or building a friendship.
@@Felevr casual bonding is hard to do in a forced call, gets awkward. That's the problem I've encountered at least. Normally in casual conversation or friendships you'll talk about the surroundings in conversation. Right now there is literally no surroundings to talk about, and conversation dies. It's trash If you have some sort of solution to this problem I'd love to hear it
@@Amaling Well like I said, good friendship comes on both direction both puts effort time and appreciation. Maybe should start without the feeling of force... if you got no surrounding so then start with that... how suck it was with no surrounding, make jokes about it with who ever you talk to, if it suck say it suck (like i got stuff hangin around my wall)... be honest and go on from there. the thing is both side need realized were not superman, were human, we sometimes feel depresed and its ok to share. true friend tho... they'll stick around.
Devyani, chamomille tea and honey is a good start. but you need to try to schedule sex for evenings , it'll knock you out and reset your sleeping schedule in the process. oh and don't watch too much netflix. it'll eff up your eyeballs after a while.
@@alexandersebela370 they're not dumb... they're meant to draw separations between demographics shifts. It's an important categorical difference to draw a line between say baby boomers and generation X. It's not just namesake.
@@martin8123 Yeah but especially on the edge of a generation it feels a bit dumb. Like i was born in 97, gen Z is around 97-2010. My childhood is way different than those who born in 2008. We didnt have smartphones almost until high school, videogames were way different and it was still "nerdy" to be a gamer. Social media was in its infancy in our teenage years while nowadays kids grew up with technology in their hand, smartphones, tablets, smart watches, smart assistants, netflix, spotify, youtube, cellular internet, mature social media.
@@collan580 Yes but that's not just about your age, your socioeconomic status and place of birth have a huge effect on that as well. The point isn't that for instance gen z or baby boomers have similar lives growing up, it's meant to signify massive demographic changes in huge groups of people. Your childhood was different than someone born in 2008, but your understanding of technology is surely still on average higher than someone born in for instance 1987 as opposed to 1997. Sure the difference between someone born in 1994 and 1997 is very minimal but you have to draw the line in the sand somewhere right?
@@martin8123 I think 15 years is just too much for this kind of mesurement. Like how a lot of 40 year old millenials struggle with technology while 28 year olds dont have a problem. Or older genZ like me almost finished with the 2nd diploma while younger ones arent even in high school.(Or if we look at the 2012 cutoff age than they basically 2nd graders). We experience massive changes in a small time and it makes these kind of big generalisations useless.
I am always anxious and thinking about my future or what will happen if I drop out of school. I really can't study anymore and that makes me more stressed. I make decisions without thinking and also I have become more insecure .
Mental health affects anyone of any age and the Pandemic has made this worse. It is not just young people whom are suffering. I would think it anything it is people whom live alone whom cannot go out at all whether the country is in lockdown or not, as they often have no one to visit them either.
In first I loved it. Things weren't going that great for me, and the pandemic gave me a huge breather. I did decide to change three months before the pandemic including taking distance from all my friends. Due to the pandemic I've had no chance to make contact anymore.
In the past 2 years I have developed substance abuse that I'm now recovering from... I use to be very fit and worked out and unfortunately have became very depressed and rarely went outside enough to get tan, workout and have lost a lot of friends and became very very depressed overall, I have gained weight and gave up on talents I use to love like artwork and photography. But I'm still here and I'm still fighting and taking it one day at a time, I found journaling, becoming spiritual, and voice calls while gaming has helped me.
Trying going out to more social spaces, like the beach, or a park, or even the gym you used to go to. I figure that dedicating more time with otehrs and learning new things from them is more rewarding than doing it alone. Also your friends would be more than happy to see you again if you pull yourself together and get out there.
Always been a bit anxious and shy. But the Pandemic etc. made it way worse. It was suddenly "good" to not meet other people. So I didn't and still try to avoid it.
I've been suffering quietly with anxiety depression 💔 breakdown during the summer of February 2020 of not seeing and greeting my dear friends physically before isolation lockdown
A kind friend of mine just passed away days ago due to heart attack. Those who know him, incld me, are devastated by the news. Yesterday, I received a letter from government indicating one of my siblings has passed on. What I am trying to say to the young people out there, is not to give up. Find a hobby, volunteer work or speak to a right friend about your issue. My music, my spouse & my cats are my support.
That is beautiful that You have a spouse because the Family is the foundation of a society. Having a real human to love is the key to a besutiful meaningful life.
Am I the only one also worried about social life/love life being delayed? At this point, I feel like I'll never have friends, never fall in love, and just die alone. Sorry for being grim but spending over a year in on and off snap lockdowns has just stolen so much from me. I'm 20 years old and I feel like I've experienced nothing and like I am so behind.
My sister is 20, and I gotta say, she feels behind too (not goign to college and has work), but shes trying her best, and thigns get eaiser when you have friends.
I’m in my 40s. This pandemic has hurt my mental health a lot. Well now I’m much better then 2 years ago. But still want this pandemic to end. I’ve been using a lot of hand sanitizer & disinfect wipes. Who knows how much money I have spent the last 2 years on these products. This pandemic have not only hurt my anxiety & OCD. It has given me PTS and contamination phobia.
I've sorted this pandemic with 4 main things: 1- Having a Job 2- Girlfriend at home 3- Gym equipment (Barbells) 4- Gaming computer with AMD Ryzen 7 5800x Processor and nVidia RTX 3080 and a LG CX 65" OLED 4k120Hz Gsync and 2.1 HiFi System
I'll correct the title: "How the government lockdown measures affect the mental health of young people" Unnatural societal conditions placed upon people cause mental health problems, not supposed invisible germs floating around.
My routines made it easy for me to go through this. My mental health increased. I invested so much time and love in me. I learned new skills, started journaling, dancing and reading. I watched 24/7 documentaries. did a lot of workouts gained muscle mass by 8 kg. I dont know what you did but yall should definetly get some real hobbies and invest in your personal development !
I was 16 when it started, 19 when it ended. The years that are supposed to be the years of your life were non existent for us 03 kids. Those years went by in a flash. Now almost 20 and feel like I haven’t aged a day. It scares me. Especially seeing people I knew from high school struggling with life, jobs’…. .Like am I supposed to take care of all these things??? Iam still 16 haha .Now in college switching degrees constanly. Life sucks.
People with schizophrenia experience al lot of social isolation and loneliness during non-lockdown times. With the lockdown these feelings are greatly magnified.
Yes it can be psychosomatic, I have the same issues. Chest pain sometimes, sometimes fast heartbeat, sometimes feeling I can't breath etc. Try yoga, doesn't magically make axiety go away but it really helped me when doing regularly. I live in a room without windows in a kost(Indonesian appartments consisting of one room and a bath), and last year my depression got really bad, I lost 3 friends and couldnt sleep anymore, lockdown, and also my living situation sucked etc. I started yoga 30min daily and played more guitar and it really helped me. Also, talk about your mental stuff with your friends, etc,dont keep it for yourself.. All the best for you❤️
To be honest at times I deny the fact that I am lonely and depressed. Believe it or not it helps sometimes. But is solitude really bad? Every individual is different.
I’d say it’s the growing wealth gap between the boomers and millennials. All these young adults are the ones loosing the jobs while the majority of boomers are just working their already overpaid job from him? Or collection pensions that pay more than some jobs.. I’m the most tired of being lectured by boomers who clearly do t have my best interest in mind
You are SO RIGHT! I’m a boomer and I keep trying to point this out to my friends. We have had the best of times and are so selfish. I know that you guys are struggling and definitely don’t have the same opportunities as we had to receive a fair wage for your work. The cost of food and housing, etc is so crazy and wages aren’t keeping up at all! I wish you luck and hope that we can somehow lessen the inequalities in the near future!
@@wendychee4978 thanks for the comment Wendy, I would suggest that our generation stoops paying for the boomers retirement. Study’s show that our generation won’t be getting that due to the over abuse by boomers. I suggest at least cutting them off, and getting their hands out of our younger generation’s pockets this is disgraceful
i have and had several illness during pandemic that i never had before. not being able to do what i love is killing me. gaming amd chatting keep me sane
*Someone’s gonna walk out of this pandemic wishing to destroy the world themselves, infuriated to an almost unholy degree. And that it is an even more terrifying thought.*
I am an ICU nurse and I had to call in sick last week. it is all so hopeless for us younger people. and in younger I mean the age where you have a very low chance of severe covid. I was 40 when covid came and after about a month it was clear who needed hospital care and the anxiety for myself waned. since then i have felt the mandates and lockdowns have slowly destroyed my mental health. it is hard enough to work in plastic and masks all day in closed patient rooms with more patients and less nurses every wave AND homescholing my kid with no means to load up on energy with dinner and a movie, a vacation, shopping spree etc. and all for a virus that is like the flu for people my age and the vaccines and lockdowns dont even help in the spread. but now politics is involved so it is no longer up to science and common sense any more and they are going to drag this out until they have what they want whatever that is... Agatha, ICU nurse, the Netherlands
I followed every rule and law to the t also. And realized strict rules are effectiving mental health. Gen z is the young generation your referring to not millennial. Yes we have mental health issues suicide rates higher than previous gens. Between being misunderstood by older people and having mental health in general misunderstood it's no surprise. Only addicts and sometimes bipolar are dangerous. Most people with mental illness aren't violent but vulnerable especially youth and elderly. Youth are not dangerous that is a misconception based on misunderstanding. The elderly are also very effected. Let's work together not against each other people with mental illness, physical illness are still people and part of our communities let's treat them as such please.
People are starting to feel now like what I've been feeling for decades now. I hope it teaches some more empathy. But probably not... seeing domestic violence rise... Stop bullying...
I dropped out of college because of Covid. I still am out of school and don’t look forward on going back anytime soon because of the pandemic. I can’t have that mental stress also being accompanied with college work. It’s not worth it. At least during this pandemic. Currently looking for investments to make for the long run.
Financial planning should be taught to people right from when they were young. The desperation and panic attacks people have is that they cannot live earn and buy things. They should be taught to buy things very judiciously right from the young age. All nations are just building consumeristic economies forgetting the socio -psycho impact of the divide and pseudo uncertainty that money brings. Humans before the post modern world have always been poor and succeeded in living.
