It’s becoming sad | Psychology of today

If the world looks more like sadness than it used to be, you’re not wrong – sorrow It’s everywhere. We’re reading, writeand google topics more than ever. Use of words”sorrow“In English books, it has almost tripled since 1920. We google “sadness” much more than before. Just five years ago, that amounted to over 122%. According to US data from Google’s trends, search terms remained relatively flat between 2004 and 2015, but began to rise in the second half of 2016. It accelerated sharply in 2020 and surged in 2023. While the peak permeates, overall interest remains significantly higher than any point in the last 20 years, indicating ongoing cultural changes. Certainly it’s easy to identify COVID-19 (COVID-19) The pandemic is a catalyst for the spikes of 2020, but five years from now, sadness is still in the air, and it’s not just books and search engines.

The center of sadness Social Media Accounts and grief-related hashtags have expanded the topic and messed up the ever-growing global audience. Tiktok Ads Creative Center reports nearly 3 billion viewings for #grieftok. #Grief has earned over 27.1 billion views in the last 30 days alone! But we don’t just scroll through sadness on our phones. We’re listening too. Over 100 global podcasts are dedicated to grief, with countless more namings as subtopics. In 2023, Sadness got its own magazine. This is the entire 100-page full-color printing publication. The ancient experiences of sadness are far from new in the waist, but these modern mediums attract the wider ones. Between generations Audience, but who does it seem to be behind the movement and protecting #Grief as #Trending?

(gen)x marks spots

As a proud Gensel, I was the first to acknowledge the numerous contributions in our role to the collective grief space of my cohort. Cliniciansauthor, educator, Podcast Hostcontent creators, etc. Regardless of the professional title you envision as an adult, we imagine you as a teenager, seeing your parents and other baby boomers ignore, fire or clean under the rug and say, “Yeah… no.”

Certainly, given the lives of my parents and grandparents (devastating war, economy) depressionand decades of hardship), it may be understandable why Boomers and the biggest generations were not interested in “examining” their grief. Nonetheless, XX is doing it ourselves, without us being monitored and without fanfare.

As a result, many important advances in this field have been praised by Gen X (duh). But my beloved condition cannot assert the change in grief of today’s earthquake.

It’s not what we’re doing.

Certainly, Gen X may take pride in keeping quiet about things on its own, but there is no fanfare, but when it comes to exponential amplification of sadness, it is difficult to ignore the influence of those behind us on generational timelines (as if to allow it).

Millennials brought generational gifts to the table.

Sadness, but makes it work

Whether they prefer the term “Generation Y” or “Millennials,” the team born between 1981 and 1996 has not only changed the way we work, but disrupt traditional systems, such as the way we grieve. Millennials have gained a significant portion of criticism, often portrayed by others, and portrayed as being overly sensitive and tech-dependent. These may be undesirable, for example, for traditional employers leading traditional work structures, through the lens of grief. education And advocacy, these “flaws” become superpowers:

• “Qualification” = Don’t want to accept a broken system
• “Excessively sensitive” = emotionally regulated
• “Technology-dependent” = digital ency

In leveraging these superpowers, millennials introduce new resources to amplify grief stories, Developing Community – Not just digital platforms, but IRL.

For Chicagoland millennial Kera Sanchez, technology is a tool she can credit for helping her navigate her mother’s unexpected death just days after her daughter’s birth in 2022. “I felt like I was being thrown into the deep edge of sadness. Postnatal– There’s no floating.” She remembers. “I was looking for something that made me feel alive again… something that would bring me back into life, and many of the (social media) accounts I found earlier were soft around the edges.” Sanchez says,I have not seen many people weave sadness into the boldness of life. ”

So Sanchez created the following platform: I’m sad. The digital community and quarterly printing magazine calls it “raw, relevance, digestible.” In his second year as editor-in-chief, Sanchez says that vibrant colors and dark publications are filled with humordigital gin (whatever it is), community hub, and emotional lifeline. Based on its dedicated audience and growing subscriber base, Sad It’s successful.

Resilience, but heal it

If you have a Gen X-Millennial Venn diagram, Resilience It should be one of the shared characteristics of “indifference” and “qualified”. For those working in the field of grief, resilience is practically a prerequisite. Agreed and resilience coach based in Canada and founder of the Global Resilience Project Blair Kaplan Venables. “Sadness and resilience need to hold hands and begin to regain what it means to be resilient.” Kaplan Venables endured a cycle of sadness that suffered in early adulthood. Her husband almost died, and her stepfather died. abortion Then both her parents died – all in the same year. Kaplan Venables explained, “When life over and over again, I chose to stand up, not because it was easy, but because it was necessary.” Today, Kaplan Venables openly talks about his experiences of loss, death and grief on a popular podcast. Resilient AFand sees her massive millennial audience embrace vulnerability in ways that aren’t necessarily modeled. “We are more comfortable acknowledging when we are sad and not okay… We are leaning towards “causing sadness” to work or events. ”

(Cut to millennials who reject the Gen X way, as we did Boomer: “Hard pass, X.” “Thank you, but I’m not grateful.”))

Would you like to participate?

It is clear that millennials don’t just look into their grief. They are not openly offering it for discussion. Critics may cite this as an example of “sexualizing,” but others, including Sanchez, say it is “advocacy.” Given the public nature of these conversations, I agree. In every article, interview, publishing and podcast, millennials are not only talking about grief, but presenting it. In this way, they are inclusively reshaping our culture of grief and inviting us (as they say) to the “tag.”

I’m there – and I’m not finished. Gen X is analog and digital. This means we are an adaptive bunch, so don’t dismiss us yet!

We adapt and move forward together

Our first one is approaching retirement Age, our last team has another 15 years, enough time to bending our adaptability and advancement in our field. For me, this means continuing to learn, stay curious, and asking questions that are deeply researched (first: what is “Zine”?). Through conversations with my millennial counterpart, I gained insight into myself and made clear about the unique strengths of my generation. for example:

• We don’t I look forward to it Please help, but that doesn’t mean we can’t Offer that.
• It was It depends on hyperBut that doesn’t mean we don’t cherish it Teamwork.
• We are proud to be the last of people without tech Childhoodbut that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t accept it The power of technology and use it forever.
• It was Sceptical and slutty.

The millennials’ impact on this new era of sadness is clear, and I am not only pleased with it, but also excited about the continued collaboration. If you’re Xer from Xer, I think you’re there too. As all fools know, the path of life is full of booby traps, but the chances of finding treasures when searching together are best. or not. Anything.