As a Millennial, I want to tell you right now how much I relate to this post. I’m exhausted. Not just because I have to work constantly just to afford to live, but because I’ve lived through so many major changes that I don’t think I can bare another one. The Millennials in this Reddit post are explaining why our generation is so exhausted all the time, and the answers are surprisingly insightful. They say our generation is entitled and ruining the economy, but the reality couldn’t be further from the truth. 1. Shutterstock – DimaBerlin “You’re not alone. I have no kids, am single, don’t party, and I just have a glass of wine every now and then. I have hobbies I want to pursue but zero energy. I get up exhausted, go to work, come home exhausted, go to bed early, and repeat.” – u/MinuteSweet7900 2. “I feel 87 in a 32-year-old body.” – u/Marzipanarian 3. “For many people, it’s because they don’t work or live towards something other than the next time they’re off work or the next hit of low-effort endorphins, like TV or games — which is understandable given the unpredictable times we’ve been living in.” – u/Cthulhu__ 4. Shutterstock – Prostock-studio “I go back and forth debating whether my chronic exhaustion is a physical condition caused by the side effects of Covid, microplastics, a food supply that’s full of poison, or if it’s primarily mental exhaustion caused by living in a world that is collapsing around us with little hope that anything will ever get better. Maybe a little column A, little column B.” – u/En_CHILL_ada 5. “Millennials give a dang about the past, the present, and the future, all while taking care of those we love and ourselves. And the world is going to heck. We are all tired.” – u/Phi-LA-Minion 6. Shutterstock – Prostock-studio “I think it’s depression, not so much exhaustion. Because same.” – u/Myriachan 7. “Inflation and increased cost of living without proportional raises. I don’t know of many people who are getting raises that outpace the annual cost-of-living increases. It’s hitting people across the spectrum (not just those earning minimum wage) and it adds a lot of stress.” – u/Head_Act_585 8. “The ruining of food. This one isn’t talked about much but I’m talking about this constant race to make food cheaper using high-fructose corn syrup instead of sugar and a million and one additives instead of real ingredients. All of the meat we eat is pumped full of hormones and corn to fatten it up as fast as possible. And all of fruits and vegetables are coated in pesticides. This has to be a contributing factor!” – u/Head_Act_585 9. Shutterstock – Elena Shishkina “Every day when I get home from work I think, ‘I cannot imagine having to care for someone else right now; how do people with kids do this?'” – u/midcitycat 10. “Have you heard we’ve been dubbed the unluckiest generation because of everything we’ve been through? I wonder if we’d be less tired had it not been for all of the emotionally taxing things in our lifetime.” – u/Various_Craft7435 11. “We are in the US so this may not be relevant to all folks our age but: Can you even imagine if we weren’t worrying about the full collapse of American society? Like what would these adult years in our 30s and 40s — entering full-on proper adulthood — be like if literally any boring guy or gal was president? Give me Mitt Romney or some boring person who I disagree with on most issues wholeheartedly, but man, we would still have most of our institutions in place with proper people in charge of the various agencies.” – u/PoorMansPaulRudd 12. Shutterstock – Prostock-studio “The constant barrage of political BS has everyone micro-dosing cortisol all the time. Even if you try to ignore it, it’s just everywhere, screaming that the world is on fire in one way or another.” – u/zanoske00 13. “Someone made a post once saying that it’s all because our brain is like a computer running with 100 files open. When we’re younger we had more energy because we didn’t have all that stuff filling our minds. It clicked with me and now I’m really trying to simplify my life.” – u/Taymoney_duh 14. “My working theory is that traffic, be it driving or commuting, drains us every day. You have to get up earlier, everything takes longer, it’s exhausting, stressful, and a waste of time. Had I found a job in my home town, I’d have a brisk 5-15-minute walk to work. As it stands, it takes me around 45 minutes to get to work and an hour to get back. Imagine learning any skill for an hour and 45 minutes every day. Give it a year, and you’d be better at it than 80% of humans. I can’t go anywhere or do anything without it taking at least an hour. It takes its toll, we just don’t see it.” – u/Geralt-of-Trivia93 15. Shutterstock – Prostock-studio “I think it’s the constant doom we are exposed to. Billionaires own everything. Our political system doesn’t work for us. Our lives revolve around algorithms created by the billionaires. They keep us in a constant state of fear of losing the little bit we have. We don’t have a hopeful future, so nothing to get excited about.” – u/NewDay0110 16. “So often in college, we’d be pre-partying and a friend would get off work and come straight there to join us. They’d do a quick outfit change, put on makeup while drinking, then go straight out. Imagine working and going out on the same day, with no break in between. And we weren’t even tired from work!” – u/carefulabalone The post Millennials Share Why We’re All So Exhausted, And The Answers Are Surprisingly Insightful appeared first on Pleated Jeans.