We are the generation of mental illness.
Of stress that turns to ulcers.
We are the generation defined by the sickness in our minds.
God And Men
Of not knowing how to fail.
We are the generation that tears ourselves apart because we can’t achieve perfection.
We are the generation full of panic.
Of…
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Updated 8 years ago,October 13, 2017
We are the generation of mental illness.
Of stress that turns to ulcers.
We are the generation defined by the sickness in our minds.
God And Men
Of not knowing how to fail.
We are the generation that tears ourselves apart because we cant achieve perfection.
We are the generation full of panic.
Of Xanax and Zoloft and Valium.
At the age of six, we were expected to learn right away, instead of play.
We were told to do better.
To work harder on fractions and the alphabet.
At the age of eight, we got yelled at for not understanding a math problem.
We were expected to not get Bs or Cs.
Or else we were failures.
Or else we were dumb.
All my friends were gifted.
All my friends were talented.
So what did that make me?
And then we watched as everyone started growing up around us.
We watched our former best friends join more popular crowds.
We watched people have breakups and makeups.
I didnt have a boyfriend in middle school, so I wasnt normal.
I had to take beginner levels of math, so I wasnt normal.
I guess no one felt like they could be themselves, because our best wasnt good enough.
And then high school comes and everyone starts studying and planning their next four years and eight years.
We spend those years panicking quietly about our future, because thats all that anyone talks about.
And then theres college.
Some people dont go because they cant afford it.
Some people go because they are forced to.
Some people go because society says that you have no future, if you dont go to college.
All we are taught to do, is towork harderand be better.
All we are taught to do is plan and stress and plan some more.
We dont know how to just live.
How to just be.
Why cant we undo it all?
Why cant we be taught to be happy?
Why werent we taught how to smile, instead of how to frown?
We are the generation ofanxiety.
Experts at studying and winning and running some more.
But we are god damn terrible at slowing down.
We are terrible at letting ourselves relax.
We are terrible at expecting imperfection.
Even though it is what we are.
