Change-now focussed doers seeking stability & holistic peace while discovering themselves

The Z-ers are known to be quick-action doers and with the constant instant gratification through social media have manifested instantness in their nature. The understanding of time being limited is showcased in their living in micro-moments while lowered attention spans & memorability also serves as their coping mechanism for self-preservation from the uncertain world turmoil.

With their accelerated adulthood, they feel the world pressures – capitalistic rat race, societal & orthodox intrusion, environmental chaos & political turmoil - as they eye their future; putting them at almost constant stress and a need to check-out into their safe haven of me-time with increased focus on sharing their suffering, self-care & numbing themselves to the overstimulating chaos with infinite social scrolling.

Surviving constantly in an uncertain & unstable world with a collapse of institutional trust – governments, religion, marriage & corporates, they seek stability in their life and society with an empathetic approach towards the world that needs an undeniable change. With such stress, they are the generation feeling the brunt of it with negligible access to resources to cope with it. Society has failed to understand them or provide them access to resources that help them deal with this stress, forcing them to turn to social media to advocate for their mental health well-being and making it their priority.

With infinite choices & no guidance comes the conundrum of choice paradox, putting them into a decision paralysis

The combination of sheltered parenting, choice paradox, shorthand digital conversations, lack of resources and support and Gen X traditional default of brushing things under the carpet has left Gen-Z in a disempowered spot where they struggle to have difficult conversations making them largely confrontation avoidant at an individual level.

This is exhibited clearly in quiet quitting, ghosting, hiding their true identity with family/relatives, avoiding people with different opinions – a black & white world over grey areas.

I feel my mental state, I have improved my mental health before I was really introverted but I am working on it because I do like talking to people but I do have to restrain myself, for example, complimenting people in the metro, but I am slowly improving.

The world is a stage and society is an audience, society is brutal they judge you in a way where they don’t care about you but parents are less brutal at the end of the day it’s family and they will look out for you.

Maybe another covid outbreak. That was something that changed our plans a lot. Online studies n stuff was basically a waste of time. Our childhood and college life were ruined.

The way content creators on Instagram show single life as horrible through their posts, it’s kind of troubling.

Depending on the topic I am open with my mom about what is going on in my college, what I do with my friends, and with my father, I don’t share because they won’t understand when I talk about depression and anxiety they won’t understand it and I did try to talk about it but they didn’t understand they said to sleep on time and this is one of the reasons I became depressed because I am not able to open up to them.

I am worried that I don’t know where I will be in the next years, I have short-term goals that help me grow, but I do think I should have longterm goals as well and not having them scares me.