The current clearly negative economic, political and social situation affects an entire generation of young people with negative feelings and expectations, many feel it and live like this, but it is difficult to express themselves, just before the situation worsened it was hoped that this generation would not have to wait that long for the situation to normalize. Now we see that it was a very optimistic vision, that the crisis has worsened and that the only solution is to continue.
Many young people identify with the phrase that is the title of this article, young people who have no health problems or basic needs, but who have seen their expectations for the future suddenly frustrated, academic, professional or professional, independence from parents, etc. .
- However.
- We are too young to be sad.
- But sometimes detachment and openness to face crisis problems that many are ashamed of.
- Such as unemployment.
- Are the first step in discovering current conditions and detecting possible cases of depression or anxiety.
Happiness and sadness are not everything or anything; every day we can experience different emotions and for a week we can go through very sad moments but also moments of intense joy. But the common denominator of this young generation is this: despair for the future.
We must be aware that hopelessness is one of the main triggers of a depressive episode. Currently, there is an increase in cases of depression diagnosed in the current generation of young people compared to the previous generation.
Many young people who have spent their whole lives studying now are forced to occupy positions that have nothing to do with their professional field, others emigrated and also began to occupy positions that did not fit their training elsewhere, no one is prepared for the crisis. , and many times in a very short time, everything changes and we have to use our personal resources in the face of stressful situations that occur day after day.
That is why it is important to stop blaming us and assume that the newly formed generation is slaping, even courageously in the face of the situation that makes us think that the crisis has always been there, but in fact reality has emerged and transformed. a long time ago.
It is not the same when this current economic crisis affects a person who already had a stable position and a recognized track record, it is about being in that situation at the same time as it is time to enter the labour market, and all we find is closed doors.
Therefore, when we are sad we have to think about everything we gain in addition to what we also lose, we must first learn from everything that happens to us, we will develop empathy and social awareness to analyze the problems of the world from different angles Our resilience will develop rapidly, and our emotional intelligence can also take us out of bad situations from the lessons we learn from this evolution.
We are more open, less naive and also more supportive. We value honor, sensitivity, decency like some previous generations. Hypocrisy now looks like an enemy, as does vanity and extravagance.
We are prepared for change and will do it in the best way; we will leave a new way of doing things to future generations. In several days, your psychological resistance may break and you may need to get up, but we are too young to be so sad; we have to get up and move on.
If someone goes through a depressed or desperate situation on their own, they can live in fear and shame, but in reality, in this situation, sadness is bearable if we feel part of a network of people who are going through very similar situations.
We do not relax because it is chaotic for all, but there is a psychological phenomenon of union: our guilt becomes lighter, it dissipates, since we do not attribute our situation to internal, stable and global aspects of our person, but we realize that it does. it’s an evil shared.
In this situation it is not possible to isolate ourselves, because managing the situation passively and pessimistically does not help at all, we have to prepare, dress and leave even if we do not want to. already on the way. And so comes the opportunity to come back to life, as Jean Paul Sartre said: