Gen Z stress and anxiety are 'normal life experiences,' Columbia psychologist says
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Feeling stressed and anxious can be a good thing. They can help you focus and complete tasks, a prominent psychologist says.

"Suzy Welch, an NYU business professor, previously said the trend is fuelled by Gen Z’s ‘strong desire to avoid anxiety at any cost’ because they haven’t made hard decisions or done hard things.

Pike believes the discussions around mental health and mental illness must continue and that Gen Z will eventually learn to cope with difficult feelings.

‘There may be times where a Gen Z young professional may have a threshold around stress or anxiety or mood that actually over time an expanded comfort with a wider range of emotional experience will actually be a maturing experience for them,’ she said.

‘Success grows out of learning how to get back on the horse, learning how to build the skills, how to ask for help, and how to build capacity in ways that didn’t exist. That’s part of maturing in the workplace.’"

So fucking tone deaf, gotta love the baiting of success. Success to Business Insider of course meaning committing your life force to that grind culture to make the owner’s ego score lines go up.

  • kibiz0r@midwest.socialEnglish
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    7 months ago

    The “Some stress is good actually!” argument has been thoroughly debunked.

    And it should’ve never been taken seriously in the first place, because it was based on rats learning how to run through a maze.

    There’s an episode of You Are Not So Smart where they talk about this myth.

    If I recall correctly, the expert he’s interviewing is like: “It’s ridiculous. Have you ever seen someone at the top of their field doing their job? They’re not stressed at all. They’re in the flow state — relaxed but engaged.”

    Edit: I think it’s one of the Jud Brewer episodes. Either 218 or 187

    Edit 2: Yes, it’s 218. About 15 minutes in.