![]() You can see this trend in the increased proportions of Millennials working in the public sector and decreased proportions working in the finance sector compared to Gen X (Gay, 2017). Millennials are also more altruistic then previous generations. The Millennial/Gen Z “generation as a whole is among the most educated it has ever been, but the path to success is also less clear” (Mcmaster, 2020). And then the 2008 Global Financial Crisis hit and it became a matter of getting whatever job you could get. I studied International Development at University and my peers and I were ready to change the world. This is the first generation where that’s not necessarily true” (Mcmaster, 2020). “In the last 50 years, the expectation has been that each generation will do better than the one before it. I think I and others my age had great expectations starting off our careers. A willingness to work overtime, an eagerness to make a positive difference in the world and the pressure to afford to pay for growing costs of living. In part I think that’s a tendency of my generation (Millennials born 1981-1996). I’ve always put unnecessary pressure on myself in any job I’ve had. But there were a few triggers that culminated in the perfect storm. Historically, I’ve always been a really good sleeper. ![]() I’ve been tormented by insomnia for 6 years. Here’s my story and the story of my generation… This blog has allowed me to reflect on these challenges and understand why it took me so long to value my own mental health. I think of it as healing my negative relationship with sleep and though I know we might have a tiff from time to time, that’s ok.įrom this experience and understanding the all-too-common experiences faced by my peers, it’s clear that the Millennial generation have faced some specific challenges affecting their mental health. I am not going to say that I’ve recovered from my insomnia, because that feels pressuring. I can understand why people don’t want to talk about it. Extreme cases and warnings about how insomnia can shorten your lifespan and lead to serious, long-term health conditions. ![]() I wanted to share my experience of overcoming my insomnia because when I was trying to recover, I found very few examples online of anyone saying they had successfully done it. ![]()
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