I think some of it can stem from things that maybe we were told or taught as we were growing up. I'm reading a book now called Bad Therapy, and bad therapy explores the mental health crisis that is existing within the Gen X generation. And I will say nowadays, in the oversaturated market of trauma coaching and teaching and mental health counseling, and the overemphasis at times of mental health. Mental health, mental health, mental wellness and all these things
Erica Jean
@HeyItsErica · 3:35
Maybe not so much. Do we all need a mental check in whether we had trauma or not? Sure. We need to continue to nurture our mental faculties and make sure that we're doing all right. And if you have a concern about something, there's resources for it. I know. For me, I tend to be a hypersensitive person, and so there are books about that that are written by people who are actually hypersensitive and introverted themselves
Usually a child is being brought to therapy by a parent and they don't have the capabilities at that young of an age to realize this is bullshit or this isn't healthy mental health at all. And so what she was saying is, what she was saying is even adults, she said the whole, like the betterhelp thing, everybody's heard of betterhelp. There's just not enough. It's not all what it's cracked up to be
Tanya Coles
@MsColes77 · 4:28
They did a lot of different mental health treatments, and it was a lot of psychiatric type treatments that they did, medications, all the things. And my friend admitted, she said, after two years of this, she said, I still never felt like I got better. I didn't feel like I was overcoming my past traumas and other mental health issues. And so the therapy ended because it was a grant that was providing the funds, and that ended
Tanya Coles
@MsColes77 · 4:11
We have to be very careful. I was telling Fateslicer, two examples of friends that are going through mental health challenges right now have gone through therapy and are still not progressing and becoming healthy. So we have to look at that and wonder what's going on and who wants to hop around five different therapists until I find the right one? Who wants to do that? Kind of like people. When it comes to church, people don't want to keep going from church to church to church
Hi. I want to thank you for starting this wonderful conversation about looking at Gen Z and how they are dealing with their own mental health issues. And then I listen to all the other posts that you have and that people have responded as a response of what you originally posted and have a lot to say. Talk about unpacking a lot, and I'll try to be brief. So I'll start with this
Tanya Coles
@MsColes77 · 3:46
This generation is exposed to a lot more information and in a lot of ways, too much information, because they are looking at critical situations that are happening around the globe and they're getting updates, even, like you said, unwarranted updates. I, too, have been on social media, where I'm looking at one thing, and yet I get bombarded with ads for something that I'm completely not interested in. Or you're being bombarded with content that you don't want to see
Erica Jean
@HeyItsErica · 2:01
And like you said, you were basically in a chat session and that costs money and time. And going to therapists all the time could stress you out and then you find yourself needing stress therapy. So I think just the component is spirituality. And then we just have to realize, okay, is this something I really need counseling for or can I just pray? Pray about this, find a self help book, maybe a support group, something
So that's one point I want to make also. Yes, again, there are more things available to them, but it also depends if they know about these things, number one. And number two, if they actually want to seek help. Right. Because it is acknowledged more now, it is more accepted more now. So. Or maybe they're getting help in areas that we don't know about or in ways that we don't know about. So just something to think about
Tanya Coles
@MsColes77 · 3:04
And so, yes, there is a lot of focus on mental health nowadays because it's being exposed more to people. Whereas at one time, if you were seeing a therapist, it was kind of taboo. You didn't tell people you were going to a therapist because therapists were not. They were not considered to be legit medical. Well, they're not medical professionals, so to speak
Cheyonia Wade
@Chey · 5:00
She can't relate to where he comes from, what he has experienced. She has no experience. She looks like a baby. And I'm like, she can't relate to him, so how is she going to help him? And at first, everyone was like, oh, they was hot with me because I pulled them out
Shawna Kearsley
@OnAcornBay · 5:00
What we lack most is funding. While there may be funding available, it's not sufficient to meet this growing demand for the mental health services in my community to support research, treatment, all of that business. So these are just some of the things that I'm seeing on our end. And I just had an amazing meeting with a woman. I call her Dr. Sam, Dr. Samantha Scott. And she's doing mental health work
LaShekia Chatman
@Sheika_MC · 4:41
So that alone accounts for that. But when it comes to higher incidences, or what's seen as higher incidences of Gen Z having struggling with mental health is because, well, they are unhealthy, comparatively. And here's why. Our ideas and expectations of normative behavior and ideas of acceptability, right, it shifted so much in their lifetime already, far faster than it's happened in ours or our parents or grandparents
Tanya Coles
@MsColes77 · 2:33
I mean, you can get to know one another over time, but even in situations like that, a lot of times these platforms are manned by therapy residents who are trying to get hours in, and they're the most affordable. The ones that aren't licensed yet are the most affordable, but they're trying to build up their hours so they can get licensed. Do you really trust their level of expertise? Because they're kind of learning on you. They're learning on you
Tanya Coles
@MsColes77 · 2:30
But now you have people tweeting every second about what's happening in a global crisis, and you can't avoid this information. It's everywhere. You can't say, oh, I'm turning off the radio, I'm turning off the TV. I don't hear no more. It's on your phone. It's everywhere. And so, yes, they are exposed to a lot of things
Tanya Coles
@MsColes77 · 2:38
And then if the therapist is not really a good match for your child, how will you know that? Your child doesn't know that. And so children in general have a limited, of course they have limited life experience, but then they have a limited worldview. They've not been exposed to a lot of different types of people in their lifetime. They've only been exposed to a limited amount of people
So there's a lot of things that kids will do in competition with themselves, when really there's no reason, like nothing that happens in school is going to matter in real life, ten years down the road, it just seems like it's going to be a big deal. But it seems to me that in the past we've had a lot more of relatives or an older generation
Cheyonia Wade
@Chey · 4:27
That is definitely the better way to advocate for your kid. But I think because the millennial generation, they're just starting the whole therapy, and prior to them, that wasn't even a thing. I wish I would come in the house talking about, I think I need therapy. They had my therapy, all right. It's new, and like all new things, you know, you have to learn how to navigate it. You have to learn how to make it work for you
Tanya Coles
@MsColes77 · 1:50
Tell them a story about a friend, a family member, or somebody who's been through something similar to that before and a lesson we can extract from the experience. I hope that we get back to that place because we certainly need to. And, and I'm still reading the book, and it's a big read, but it's a great read, and I'm glad I got it and I'm glad that I delved into it. So thank you so much for this