I’ve been through a series of circumstances that have crippled my life since the days of COVID. Medical issues, financial struggles, and, inevitably, the psychological toll that came with them. Some of these battles are still ongoing.
However, things are no longer nearly as crippling as they once were, and I’ve been trying to reintegrate myself into society. And let me tell you, it’s been anything but a walk in the park.
What really caught my attention, though, was the realization that I wasn’t the only one who’d been subjected to such a drastic change. Not even close. What genuinely shocked me was that it wasn’t just a minority of people who’d changed. ALMOST EVERYONE HAS!
I can at least attribute much of what I’m going through to the sheer magnitude of the life-altering events I’ve endured. And trust me when I say this, they were SEVERE! But everyone seems to have changed!
People have become increasingly oversensitive, easily offended, and far too willing to walk away from everything and everyone at the slightest inconvenience. Initiative seems to be a dying virtue, social skills are seemingly in decline, and almost everyone appears to be carrying some form of psychological baggage.
What the actual fuck happened to the world?!
Is this Gen Z’s influence on society, or have we somehow found ourselves living in a post-apocalyptic world without anyone bothering to inform us?!