Unhappiness Among Young Adults is Disrupting Longstanding Life Norms

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00:00Unhappiness among young adults is disrupting long-standing life norms.

00:05Amid recession fears, war threats, and a bleak housing market,

00:08young adults face a mental health crisis.

00:11Data shows they're now society's unhappiest life stage,

00:14notes Dartmouth University's David Blanche Flower.

00:20Over 600 studies show happiness follows a U-shape.

00:24High in youth, low in midlife, and rising later,

00:26seen across 145 nations and even great apes,

00:30suggesting a biological basis.

00:33But new data shows this is shifting.

00:38Since 2017, happiness trends have flipped.

00:42Young adults 18 to 25 now report the lowest life satisfaction,

00:46even below those in midlife.

00:48Once a U-shape, the curve now climbs with age,

00:50leaving youth at the bottom.

00:51CDC data shows 1 in 9 young women

00:58and 1 in 14 young men report daily poor mental health.

01:02From 2005 to 2017,

01:05depression, distress, suicide incidents,

01:08and self-harm among youth surged,

01:10worsening further during the pandemic.

01:12Blanche Flower's research shows youth unhappiness

01:18spans 80-plus countries,

01:20from Australia to Zimbabwe,

01:22with teens in Britain the least happy in Europe.

01:25WHO reports that 1 in 7 adolescents

01:27face mental disorders worldwide.

01:33Youth unhappiness began in 2011,

01:36before COVID.

01:37Economic recovery didn't reverse it.

01:39Though the Great Recession,

01:41housing costs, tuition, and debt added pressure,

01:44the global decline remains unexplained.

01:49Researchers link rising youth unhappiness

01:51to smartphones and social media,

01:53which are tied to depression, anxiety, loneliness,

01:56poor sleep, and harmful comparisons

01:58fueled by addictive, always-engaging platforms.

02:05The youth mental health crisis hurts daily life,

02:07disrupting studies, sleep, careers, and relationships.

02:12Many cut back on social media,

02:13yet anxiety and depression

02:15continue to erode productivity and stability.

02:21Researchers warn the youth

02:22mental health crisis needs urgent action.

02:25Solutions include digital wellness,

02:27social media regulation,

02:29stronger health care, and school support,

02:30as the happiness U-curve disappears.

02:33Those are all throughout the years.

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