I’ve seen a fair amount of folks from Gen X say “we had to raise ourselves”
And I hear that and it’s sad, but tbh y’all should’ve either not had kids or gotten therapy before having them because shyt’s fukked and y’all knew it
That’s fair.
Therapy only became “acceptable” in this recent generation tho.
The only people we saw seeking therapy were alcoholics and drug addicts, not “normal” people who severely needed to unpack bullshyt their parents put on them because they didn’t have time to tend to their own trauma
As a Generation X’er I’m excited to see what the young folks do going forward because y’all have a self awareness to realize y’all aren’t ok. .. we didn’t because we had to tuck our feelings under the “leave me the fukk alone” mindset we adopted thanks to boomers who didn’t know what to do with themselves as they grew up off their parents success
There’s a LOT of folks walking around in clear need of therapy in 2020.
The cooler going and getting help becomes the better
and Millenials/GenZ seem on the cusp of tending to how they’re feeling by being open about it.
Y’all are under a pressure no other gen has had to endure. We could take an L and go away to quietly deal. Y’all can’t.
Y’all are ON 24/7 you can’t catch an L in private anymore.
If a kid pissed his pants on a zoom class one of the lil jerks in the meeting would screen shot and put it on Snapchat, the internet is forever.
There’s someone with a camera seeking clout at every turn.
That’s why I’ll always do what I can to be an ally to folks coming up.
shyt is very different for y’all