As someone who scans a ton of headlines every morning as part of her job, I'm well placed to notice when a particular topic takes off. And I spotted a new one lately. A CDC survey showing skyrocketing levels of mental distress among teens kicked off a lively online conversation about what's behind the depressing numbers.
Some commentators blamed our viciously negative politics. Others argued that thanks to climate change, war, and late-stage capitalism, the world is genuinely pretty depressing. Another notes adults aren't doing too well either, and hazards that some kind of social contagion is in play.
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