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Teen Girls Experiencing Record Levels of Sadness and Suicide Risk, CDC Says

by ChazDazzle on 2/14/23, 1:44 AM with 4 comments

  • by maerF0x0 on 2/14/23, 2:27 AM

    It's normal for girls to experience and self report more sad feelings due to higher neuroticism, and boys/men typically actually commit suicide (as opposed to having suicidal intent, or self reported suicidal thoughts) at 3-4x more likely than women.

    That all being said, it's terribly sad to see kids negatively affected by a variety of factors including social media, pandemic responses, and just a generally negative outlook on their future (things like career prospects, finding a partner, living out the "american dream" or other purposeful life)

  • by psychphysic on 2/14/23, 9:19 AM

    It's social media.

    The more social media gives us almost bespoke communities (not even including chatbots) the less resilience people are developing.

    The movie M3GAN satirised this nicely.

  • by maerF0x0 on 2/14/23, 2:23 AM