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Is Gen Z Really Struggling With More Mental Illness, Or Are They Just Emotionally Open?

Is Gen Z Really Struggling With More Mental Illness, Or Are They Just Emotionally Open?

Tuesday, August 26, 2025
Gen Z is depressed. Or at least, that’s the story we keep hearing. Headlines warn of an unprecedented crisis: rising anxiety rates, skyrocketing ER visits for self-harm, whole classrooms of college students carrying around words like “panic disorder” and “burnout” as if they were part of the syllabus.  The statistics are sobering, too. One in…