Commentary: Millennials aren’t the only ‘burnout generation’. Just ask the rest of us

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To frame frustration, anxiety and malaise as a “millennial problem” would be a disservice to other generational groups, says a business lecturer.

SYDNEY: In her new book, Can’t Even, American journalist Anne Helen Petersen writes of how millennials have become “the burnout generation”.

The idea of clear generational groups, each possessing defining characteristics seems intuitive. It makes sense a group of contemporaries who had similar experiences in their formative years, would come to have similar attitudes, values, and beliefs. So, while the frustrations of Petersen and her contemporaries are real – it is important to emphasise they are something everyone is facing.BURNOUT A SOCIETY-WIDE ISSUE

Similarly, mental health groups have identified burnout as a product of long-term, or chronic, stress. For example, social media has had a profound effect – and not always for the better in terms of our mental health.

 

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