Stress Mess: 3 In 5 Millennials Say Life More Stressful Now Than Ever Before

I am very curious on feedback for the top 20:

https://www.studyfinds.org/survey-millennials-life-more-stressful-than-ever-before/

Here are the top 20 stressful scenarios reported by millennials:

1. Losing wallet/credit card

2. Arguing with partner

3. Commute/traffic delays

4. Losing phone

5. Arriving late to work

6. Slow WiFi

7. Phone battery dying

8. Forgetting passwords

9. Credit card fraud

10. Forgetting phone charger

11. Losing/misplacing keys

12. Paying bills

13. Job interviews

14. Phone screen breaking

15. Credit card bills

16. Check engine light coming on

17. School loan payments

18. Job security

19. Choosing what to wear

20. Washing dishes

4, 6, 7, 8, 10, and 14 are kinda connected.

It might help to stop away from the phone once in a while.

Posted by nanobot

Most people should be able to relate to a few of those stressful scenarios. Job security being 18 followed by choosing what to wear at 19 is pretty stupid though.

There are a *few*.

Most them are either dead or very old, but I'd love to see a similar survey of what is called the "Greatest Generation" from that era overlaid onto the millenial list.

I don’t think this is accurate. There’s not enough stats on how or where they got their information.

IF all they did was collect answers outside of UCLA....this makes sense.

This doesn’t make sense to anyone who lives in a real world with interest rates and mortgages and jobs and investments and health premiums and job negotiations and starting a family and buying a new home etc......

There’s nothing of substance in this list. I’m a millennial and I’ve never been worried about my phone.

This list seems like it was made by a basic baby boomer trying to get another rib in there before they croak. 💀

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Posted by nanobot

Most people should be able to relate to a few of those stressful scenarios. Job security being 18 followed by choosing what to wear at 19 is pretty stupid though.

There are a *few*.

Most them are either dead or very old, but I'd love to see a similar survey of what is called the "Greatest Generation" from that era overlaid onto the millenial list.

Who is the greatest generation and who deemed them so?

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Great Depression/WW2 era. The "Greatest Generation" was an appellation by Tom Brokaw.

Shit I be stressed as fuck when check engine light comes on that could be anything and it's not cheap, cars in general are not cheap. I could careless about anything else on the list.

Posted by JustBrowsing

Posted by Romz-

I don’t think this is accurate. There’s not enough stats on how or where they got their information.

IF all they did was collect answers outside of UCLA....this makes sense.

This doesn’t make sense to anyone who lives in a real world with interest rates and mortgages and jobs and investments and health premiums and job negotiations and starting a family and buying a new home etc......

There’s nothing of substance in this list. I’m a millennial and I’ve never been worried about my phone.

This list seems like it was made by a basic baby boomer trying to get another rib in there before they croak. 💀

lol, triggered.

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Oh right, you’re one of those mindless idiots that think if anyone responds past a clever one or two liner half troll comment “they’re tripping” or “triggered”.

I’m sorry my broken paragraph intimidates your tiny penis. I hope you get over it.

#forgottengeneration

Honestly, I mean, when you live in prosperous times, a list will look like this. I do think the list is probably biased, and not completely realistic in where things fall on it. But I am also glad that the list doesn't have "true" hardship in a sense, because at least it means my son and future children will have less plights to worry about then the generations before them.

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Posted by nikkistar

Honestly, I mean, when you live in prosperous times, a list will look like this. I do think the list is probably biased, and not completely realistic in where things fall on it. But I am also glad that the list doesn't have "true" hardship in a sense, because at least it means my son and future children will have less plights to worry about then the generations before them.

I have a feeling that's what people said in the 1920s... If they could only see what would happen a decade or two later.

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I am not a millennial or Gen Z lover, by any means. But I wouldn't want what my mom suffered during war, to fall on my son. I don't want any of that to befall on any generation.

Posted by nikkistar

Honestly, I mean, when you live in prosperous times, a list will look like this. I do think the list is probably biased, and not completely realistic in where things fall on it. But I am also glad that the list doesn't have "true" hardship in a sense, because at least it means my son and future children will have less plights to worry about then the generations before them.

In theory I would agree with that. That millenial list is what I imagine are referred to as "first world problems".

I think in terms of how prepared that generational cohort is when the shit hits the fan--a market crash bigger than 2008 or a major war isn't going to pass one by just because they're in their "safe space".

Hell, I could even place some of the Gen Xers in that category.

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Posted by nikkistar

Honestly, I mean, when you live in prosperous times, a list will look like this. I do think the list is probably biased, and not completely realistic in where things fall on it. But I am also glad that the list doesn't have "true" hardship in a sense, because at least it means my son and future children will have less plights to worry about then the generations before them.

I have a feeling that's what people said in the 1920s... If they could only see what would happen a decade or two later.

I am not a millennial or Gen Z lover, by any means. But I wouldn't want what my mom suffered during war, to fall on my son. I don't want any of that to befall on any generation.

I'm not completely optimistic with the rumblings of Venezuela lately.

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I am solely speaking about the US, to be honest. We live in a country with a lot of opportunity, freedom, and comfort. Yes, some will disagree with that sentiment,but it is the truth and factual. This list just kinda speaks of "first world" problems to me, and it's not really "shocking" to me. That doesn't mean I don't see glaring issues with it, it just means, at least there is something good to say about it.

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Posted by nikkistar

Honestly, I mean, when you live in prosperous times, a list will look like this. I do think the list is probably biased, and not completely realistic in where things fall on it. But I am also glad that the list doesn't have "true" hardship in a sense, because at least it means my son and future children will have less plights to worry about then the generations before them.

In theory I would agree with that. That millenial list is what I imagine are referred to as "first world problems".

I think in terms of how prepared that generational cohort is when the shit hits the fan--a market crash bigger than 2008 or a major war isn't going to pass one by just because they're in their "safe space".

Hell, I could even place some of the Gen Xers in that category.

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LOL! I just responded to JustBrowsing and say "First world" problems. I do think that there is some downside to not having "true" plights as well, and one is what you just pointed out. Not being prepared for a "big" plight, is one of them. But I am individualistic in this line of thinking, when it comes to my son. I really don't want him to worry about where his next meal is coming from, or living paycheck to paycheck. Or a war. But if we are discussing on an grander level, then us, I do believe that his generation, and the generation after him, will be ill prepared for true traumatic events. It's a catch 20/20, cause I would love to see a world without true conflict, but that isn't realistic, and when it does happen, I do worry how the prosperous generations will deal with it, when they don't have the experience to do so now.

I just realized I have two millenial siblings. The last two kids, boys: Libra and Virgo. They are a pain in my Libra mom's ass. They will not stop trying to climb back up in her uterus. And, all that is said here is true and worse for these two. She calls me regularly with the latest headache: loosing keys, cracking phone, late for work, latest argument she overheard with them and their girlfriend, etc...

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Posted by nanobot

Most people should be able to relate to a few of those stressful scenarios. Job security being 18 followed by choosing what to wear at 19 is pretty stupid though.

There are a *few*.

Most them are either dead or very old, but I'd love to see a similar survey of what is called the "Greatest Generation" from that era overlaid onto the millenial list.

Who is the greatest generation and who deemed them so?

Great Depression/WW2 era. The "Greatest Generation" was an appellation by Tom Brokaw.

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I have some at the property I manage and they are some of the nicest people you would meet. However they never shut up lol the stories they tell. omg 😂 I have learned a lot from them tho, so I enjoy it.