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Arianna Huffington: Millennials Come of Age as America's Most Stressed Generation

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First came the "Baby Boomers," then came "Generation X." The branding of the subsequent generation, the one that came of age during the 2000s, was less definitive, ping-ponging between "Generation Y" and "The Millennials." I'd like to add a third name: "Generation Stress." According to Stress in America, a study commissioned by the American Psychological Association, Millennials are the most stressed demographic. And from what we heard out of Washington last week, the conditions creating that stress aren't going away anytime soon. But there's still cause for hope.

The study asked participants to rank their stress level on a scale of 1 ("little or no stress") to 10 ("a great deal of stress"). Millennials led the stress parade, with a 5.4 average. Boomers registered 4.7, and the group the study labeled the "Matures" gave themselves a 3.7.

The findings were consistent across almost every question. Nearly 40 percent of Millennials said their stress had increased last year, compared to 33 percent for Boomers and 29 percent for Matures. Over half of Milliennials said that stress had kept them awake at night during the last month, compared to 37 percent for Boomers and 25 percent for Matures. And only 29 percent of Millennials say they're getting enough sleep, compared to 46 percent of Matures.

These levels of stress are taking their toll. Irritability and anger from stress were reported by 44 percent of Millennials, 36 percent of Boomers and 15 percent of Matures. And 19 percent of Milliennials have been told they're suffering from depression, compared to 12 percent of Boomers and 11 percent of Matures. "Stress is a risk factor for both depression and anxiety," says Norman Anderson, psychologist and CEO of the APA. "We don't have data on the specific causes of depression and anxiety in this sample, but it does make sense scientifically that the Millennials who report higher levels of stress in their lives are also reporting higher levels of depression and anxiety."

In fact, it's reasonable to assume that higher levels of stress put the Millennials at higher risk for all sorts of destructive downstream consequences of stress. "Stress is a huge factor when we look at medical problems such as obesity, hypertension, diabetes, cardiac disease," says Dr. Nancy Snyderman, NBC's chief medical editor.

Over 25 million Americans already suffer from diabetes, and almost 70 million have high blood pressure, making them four times as likely to die from strokes and three times as likely to contract heart disease. And yet only 17 percent of Millennials believe their health care providers give them "a lot or a great deal" of support in managing their stress.

Not surprisingly, work is one of the biggest causes of stress, with 76 percent of Millennials reporting it as a significant stressor, compared to 62 percent of Boomers and 39 percent of Matures. "Many of these young people have come out of college or graduate school with horrendous student debt into a job market where there are not very many jobs," said Katherine Nordal of the APA. "This has put their life plans, probably, on hiatus."

The job numbers are indeed grim. According to Generation Opportunity, the unemployment rate for Millennials rose to 13.1 percent in January, up nearly 2 points from December. Among young African-Americans, it's a whopping 22.1 percent. And if you count those 18-29 year-olds who have given up and dropped out of the labor force, the overall youth unemployment rate stands at 16.2 percent.

And even for the lucky ones who are working, the picture remains bleak. According to the Economic Policy Institute, between 2000 and 2011 wages adjusted for inflation fell by over 11 percent for young high school grads and by 5.4 percent for young college grads. It doesn't help that, as a study by the Center for College Affordability found, 48 percent of working college grads are in jobs that don't require a college degree and 38 percent are in jobs that don't require a high school diploma. The report concluded that from 2010 to 2020, while 19 million college grads will be hitting the job market, the economy will add fewer than 7 million jobs requiring a college degree. That's a pretty serious -- and stress-producing -- gap.

Those numbers add context to President Obama's push for colleges and universities to increase enrollment and the number of degrees they grant. That's a great goal, but it highlights the fact that, to the extent that we even talk about jobs in our political conversation, we tend to talk about them without mentioning what kind of jobs. Nearly all the conversation on the first Friday of each month when the previous month's jobs numbers come out is about whether the number went up or down. But when there's an uptick -- and don't get me wrong, an uptick is much better than a downtick -- nobody talks about the context and conditions that have far more impact on people's actual lives, such as the fact that putting heavily indebted young adults to work at half the salary they had four years ago isn't exactly a way to win the future.

And any of those heavily indebted, heavily stressed-out Millennials listening to President Obama's State of the Union speech would not have gotten much stress relief. He did acknowledge the increasingly untenable cost of higher education -- "Today, skyrocketing costs price too many young people out of a higher education, or saddle them with unsustainable debt" -- and declared that he would "ask Congress to change the Higher Education Act so that affordability and value are included in determining which colleges receive certain types of federal aid." That sounds promising. If it ever happens. But it's hard to imagine Washington wielding that stick strongly enough to truly make quality higher education affordable. Even if college tuition stopped increasing right now and just stayed exactly where it is for the next decade -- which we all know is not going to happen -- it's still a huge problem.

A more promising approach would be to take strong action on student debt, which last year hit a record $1 trillion. The disastrous 2005 bankruptcy "reform" bill, which excluded student debt from being discharged in a bankruptcy, has created a new form of indentured servitude, in which tens of thousands of college grads live their entire lives with a crushing debt burden. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau head Richard Cordray seems open to reform, but actually doing it will take a sense of urgency. "It would be prudent to consider whether they [Congress] wish to modify the code," he told The Huffington Post in July.

Color me skeptical that, in the absence of being pushed, John Boehner is going to wake up one day with a burning urge to modify student debt regulations. It would be great to hear the president say something along the lines of: "If Congress won't act soon to protect future generations, I will." That's what he said about climate change during the State of the Union. That's certainly a vital issue, and so is "protecting future generations" from crushing student debt.

As for the perspective from the other side of the aisle? "Today, many graduates face massive student debt," acknowledged Senator Marco Rubio in his response to the State of the Union. So what's Rubio's solution to this massive student debt? "We must give students more information on the costs and benefits of the student loans they're taking out." Ah, yes, more information! Not exactly problem solved! All the more reason to include student debt in the president's "Things I Will Take Executive Action On" folder.

Even those lucky Millennials who land a decent job often face a workplace rife with destructive definitions of success. And, given how few jobs there are for them, it's the Millennials who have the least amount of leverage to push back. This is still a world in which, according to Tony Schwartz, author and CEO of The Energy Project, the prevailing work ethic is one in which "downtime is typically viewed as time wasted," and "rewards still accrue to those who push the hardest and most continuously over time." But, he adds, "that doesn't mean they're the most productive."

As Schwartz points out, more than one-third of American workers regularly eat lunch at their desks, and a recent study showed that an average of 9.2 vacation days were skipped last year. All this overwork inevitably leads to sleep deprivation, which costs American businesses over $63 billion a year -- even though studies show that for each 10 hours of additional time off, productivity increased by 8 percent. "Strategic renewal," Schwartz writes, "including daytime workouts, short afternoon naps, longer sleep hours, more time away from the office and longer, more frequent vacations, boosts productivity, job performance and, of course, health."

But given the harsh job market they're entering, Millennials are incentivized to ignore the path to strategic renewal. Even so, we know they are looking for ways to lower their stress level. The APA study found that 62 percent of Millennials had tried to reduce their stress in the last five years. But only 29 percent of them, compared to 38 percent of Boomers and 50 percent of Matures, reported that they were doing a good or excellent job of it.

Amidst all this gloom, there is a sliver of sunshine: a recent Gallup poll that found that, even given the battered economy they're entering, 80 percent of Millennials were optimistic about their standard of living getting better.

Yes, as the cliché goes, the next generation is the future, etc. etc. etc. And, without fail, at some point, the future will be theirs. So here's hoping that as they advance through the ranks of the workplace, Millennials will channel that optimism to do themselves -- and the generation after them (Generation Z?) -- a favor by redefining success. Perhaps the mountain of stress they are currently scaling will give them the perspective to change what my generation has handed off to them.

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of our newest badge: Community Curator. View AllFavoritesBloggers Recency |  Popularity Page: 1 2 Next › Last » (2 total) photopseawrightb29 Fans   8 minutes ago ( 9:07 PM)I just attended an academic conference teeming with early twenty-something grad students, almost all of whom seemed to be studying themselves in one way or another. All I could think was, "What an incredibly self-involved group of people." Considering that most of their parents are baby-boomers, I guess the apple doesn't fall far from the tree.pseawrightb: I just attended an academic conference teeming with early twenty-somethinghttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/pseawrightb/millennials-stress_b_2718986_231214603.htmlHistory |Permalink |This comment has been down-ranked into oblivion. View comment You have not right to carry out this operation or Error this operation. spinnerLoading comments… This user has chosen to opt out of the Badges program sillyfrogPastafarian and UU student2454 Fans 20 minutes ago ( 8:55 PM)It is difficult to live up to people that had a higher IQ. The US IQ keeps dropping. :((sillyfrog: It is difficult to live up to people that hadhttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/sillyfrog/millennials-stress_b_2718986_231212182.htmlHistory |Permalink |This comment has been down-ranked into oblivion. View comment You have not right to carry out this operation or Error this operation. spinnerLoading comments… photoHUFFPOST SUPER USERThomas VonBergeMinnesotan before American.315 Fans 26 minutes ago ( 8:49 PM)I am disgusted by most of my generation. The vast majority of them have been spoiled by their boomer parents and expect that everything in life you should be handed to them. On top of that we are consistently the most disrespectful group I've ever seen. Especially those on the younger end of the generation.Thomas_VonBerge: I am disgusted by most of my generation. The vasthttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/Thomas_VonBerge/millennials-stress_b_2718986_231210935.htmlHistory |Permalink | HUFFPOST SUPER USERStewart Goss341 Fans 5 minutes ago ( 9:09 PM)Bravo. Us baby boomers were a rather spoiled lot as well though some of us appreciated our parents depression era mentality of being frugal.Stewart_Goss: Bravo. Us baby boomers were a rather spoiled lot ashttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/Stewart_Goss/millennials-stress_b_2718986_231215042.htmlHistory |Permalink |This comment has been down-ranked into oblivion. View comment You have not right to carry out this operation or Error this operation. spinnerLoading comments…This comment has been down-ranked into oblivion. View comment You have not right to carry out this operation or Error this operation. spinnerLoading comments… photoReedMore10 Fans 1 hour ago ( 8:11 PM)I don't want to minimize the difficulties Gen Y face, but in the mid-80's we had 7.6% unemployment, home interest rates were over 20%. Because the previous generation weren't paying their student loans due to the '81-82 recession, origination fees for student loans doubled and the interest rate was over 12%. I too had to work two crappy jobs and go to school at night.

People just 5 years older than I was paid 1/2 the tuition costs and they still had recruiters coming to campuses. It sucked then and it sucks now. This isn't something new.

I imagine it was harder for my Grandmother during the depression.ReedMore: I don't want to minimize the difficulties Gen Y face,http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/ReedMore/millennials-stress_b_2718986_231202418.htmlHistory |Permalink |This comment has been down-ranked into oblivion. View comment You have not right to carry out this operation or Error this operation. spinnerLoading comments… photobigmahiKeeping the conversation going...200 Fans   1 hour ago ( 8:06 PM)I think I read this stressful story elsewhere last week. What about us boomers who have had to deal with our own stress. I think the obsession with social media may be adding to the stress of constantly keeping up. The Jones's are live and well this generation as wellbigmahi: I think I read this stressful story elsewhere last week.http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/bigmahi/millennials-stress_b_2718986_231201328.htmlHistory |Permalink |This comment has been down-ranked into oblivion. View comment You have not right to carry out this operation or Error this operation. spinnerLoading comments… photoMatt Morava27 Fans 1 hour ago ( 8:01 PM)I work closely with Generation Y. I've come to deeply appreciate their gifts/flaws and the challenges they face. I see a generation that can team, focus on solutions and not get bogged down in polarity like the Boomers (which thrives in conflict), and are accepting/utilizing of diversity. Their weaknesses are a fear of conflict and standing out, which kills creativity and promotes group think, and a dependency on systems (schools, parents,coaches, government, etc.) which results in a lack of independence and dulls critical thinking. They face a job market that is in major transition: what is the American Dream? You've got high unemployment, crooked CEOs, and sports/media elite on the one hand and a desire to make a real difference on the other. There's a tremendous pressure on them to succeed by the time they're 23 yo, because if you're not in the band, or created the ap, or landed with a Fortune 500 then it's -- Game Over. But the Boomers will die eventually and my generation, Generation X, is too small, only about 40 million, so our future depends upon them. The greatest problem I see is a university system that seems hell bent on hiring PhDs who have no work experience outside of academia, which is great if you want knowledge, but it is not serving this generation well in terms of preparing them for a life at work... both in how to find work they love and love the work they find.Matt_Morava: I work closely with Generation Y. I've come to deeplyhttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/Matt_Morava/millennials-stress_b_2718986_231200344.htmlHistory |Permalink |This comment has been down-ranked into oblivion. View comment You have not right to carry out this operation or Error this operation. spinnerLoading comments… kara085 Fans 1 hour ago ( 8:00 PM)Of course they are more stressed ...as a teacher for over 30 years...I have seen if first hand....they are signaling that our society is f'd up....us olders...we have another context we remember a different way....but these young people dont.....more technology taking the place of personal communication, causing more social isolation....their anxiety is so high they can't put down their cell phones to listen or interact....bombarded with advertising, sexual and violent images like no generation before...they are the canaries in the cole mine...measuring the personal pollution....we have created in the name of progress and making money........So what to do.......I have found a couple of things that help....programs that connect children to nature....(has a greater affect than drugs on hyperactive) and teaching mindfulness.....training their minds, their attention, just like any other muscle...to stay in the moment...or at least to discover the moment exists...because their anxiety is because they are never in it....disconnected moving thinking in the future and past..never silent...never resting...never alone....they are in agony...and lashing out....who can blame them....nature...mindfulness....and giving up on the relentless pursuit of possessions as a purpose in life....see a new documentary of young people discovering what it means to do that...www.thrivewithless.comkara08: Of course they are more stressed ...as a teacher forhttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/kara08/millennials-stress_b_2718986_231200174.htmlHistory |Permalink |This comment has been down-ranked into oblivion. View comment You have not right to carry out this operation or Error this operation. spinnerLoading comments… photoHUFFPOST SUPER USERintranauttThe evolution of history continues138 Fans   1 hour ago ( 8:00 PM)As history moves forward, generations will be borne. Those Millennials who have their sights on politics first take a look at the current political situation. Congress averages the boomer age with some X'ers thrown in. Observe. When your time comes, you will know what not to do.intranautt: As history moves forward, generations will be borne. Those Millennialshttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/intranautt/millennials-stress_b_2718986_231200136.htmlHistory |Permalink |This comment has been down-ranked into oblivion. View comment You have not right to carry out this operation or Error this operation. spinnerLoading comments… photoHUFFPOST BLOGGERJohn FriedmanHelping companies live their values and tell their455 Fans   1 hour ago ( 7:59 PM)It is a perfect storm of exaggerated expectations combined with a particularly brutal economic reality. Studies have shown (www.jasondorsey.com) that this generation that was raised with constant validation from helicopter parents who rewarded 'participation' and insisted schools stop grading because it would damage self-esteem are ill prepared to come of age and are doing so at a particularly hard time.

The economy is weak, so companies aren't falling over themselves to hire (although parents have called HR departments demanding to know why their child didn't get hired). Student loans are coming due. And fewer parents are welcoming them back home as boomerang kids because the loss of their own savings has stretched their budgets and ability to do so.hp_blogger_John Friedman: It is a perfect storm of exaggerated expectations combined withhttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/hp_blogger_John Friedman/millennials-stress_b_2718986_231199877.htmlHistory |Permalink |This comment has been down-ranked into oblivion. View comment You have not right to carry out this operation or Error this operation. spinnerLoading comments… terryf91253 Fans 1 hour ago ( 7:55 PM)Since when did going to college guarantee you job and and a sarisfying career? It may help you and give you personal satisfaction, but assuring you of acheiving your goals really isn't altogether realistic. And, God forbid, that you may have to succumb to working at a skilled trade and get your hands dirty, sweat a little bit and ache some at the end of the day, but potentially make a good living and even have satisfaction at producing or creating something, or even be in danger on a daily basis, oh no! All of my family, except for myself, were able to attain a college education, they paid their own way, and didn't expect any guarantees because of their sucess. And next time you have to pay your mechanic $100.00 an hour to fix your Lexus, figure it out.terryf9125: Since when did going to college guarantee you job andhttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/terryf9125/millennials-stress_b_2718986_231198888.htmlHistory |Permalink | bananaspider4 Fans 7 minutes ago ( 9:08 PM)Many millennials would agree with you. Most of us were raised to think uneducated was basically the same as being immoral. We were told an education is priceless and those really nice banks were happy to give us 40,000, 50,000, or 100,000 dollars to get that education. Remember, this is all being told to a teenager who just wants to do the right thing. I'm happy your family got to work their way through college and get out with no debt but that is rare. I suspect that's why you wrote that. Of course life has no guarantees but that's not what gen y was told growing up.bananaspider: Many millennials would agree with you. Most of us werehttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/bananaspider/millennials-stress_b_2718986_231214825.htmlHistory |Permalink |This comment has been down-ranked into oblivion. View comment You have not right to carry out this operation or Error this operation. spinnerLoading comments…This comment has been down-ranked into oblivion. View comment You have not right to carry out this operation or Error this operation. spinnerLoading comments… photoMax Fendt11 Fans 1 hour ago ( 7:54 PM)We are also the most narcissistic generation our country has every seen.Max_Fendt: We are also the most narcissistic generation our country hashttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/Max_Fendt/millennials-stress_b_2718986_231198774.htmlHistory |Permalink | photoanonymous0201607 Fans   1 hour ago ( 8:01 PM)Has a lot to do with the media, the young are extremely influenceable.anonymous020160: Has a lot to do with the media, the younghttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/anonymous020160/millennials-stress_b_2718986_231200400.htmlHistory |Permalink |This comment has been down-ranked into oblivion. View comment You have not right to carry out this operation or Error this operation. spinnerLoading comments…This comment has been down-ranked into oblivion. View comment You have not right to carry out this operation or Error this operation. spinnerLoading comments… supersonicaxe27 Fans 1 hour ago ( 7:46 PM)What could they be stressed about? Maybe that their lives aren't as fabulous as they make it seem on Facebook?supersonicaxe: What could they be stressed about? Maybe that their liveshttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/supersonicaxe/millennials-stress_b_2718986_231196672.htmlHistory |Permalink | photoanonymous0201607 Fans   1 hour ago ( 8:03 PM)Or maybe it has something to do with the fact it costs $40,000 a year to go to a premiere college.anonymous020160: Or maybe it has something to do with the facthttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/anonymous020160/millennials-stress_b_2718986_231200762.htmlHistory |Permalink |This comment has been down-ranked into oblivion. View comment You have not right to carry out this operation or Error this operation. spinnerLoading comments…This comment has been down-ranked into oblivion. View comment You have not right to carry out this operation or Error this operation. spinnerLoading comments… pedernalesfutile815 Fans 2 hours ago ( 7:38 PM)Walk through a grocery store and read the labels on the dead and toxic ingredients that laden the mass of foodstuffs in the United States, not to mention the latest reports out of Europe on our ubiquitous GMO and Roundup Ready foods promoted by the Obama Administration and the prognoses of their cancerous consequences for humans and animals. Of course, the privatized vile thing that is Washington and our politicized media could care less.pedernales: Walk through a grocery store and read the labels onhttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/pedernales/millennials-stress_b_2718986_231194945.htmlHistory |Permalink |This comment has been down-ranked into oblivion. View comment You have not right to carry out this operation or Error this operation. spinnerLoading comments… photoObserver963663 Fans 2 hours ago ( 7:35 PM)So, what's the definition of the Millennial generation? I was thinking that would be the ones born in this millennium as in 2000+?Observer963: So, what's the definition of the Millennial generation? I washttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/Observer963/millennials-stress_b_2718986_231194200.htmlHistory |Permalink | photoanonymous0201607 Fans   2 hours ago ( 7:44 PM)It has been said that it starts in 1982 and ends in 2004. A little too broad if you ask me...anonymous020160: It has been said that it starts in 1982 andhttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/anonymous020160/millennials-stress_b_2718986_231196166.htmlHistory |Permalink |This comment has been down-ranked into oblivion. View comment You have not right to carry out this operation or Error this operation. spinnerLoading comments… photoMax Fendt11 Fans 1 hour ago ( 7:57 PM)Agreed there is a few important differences between the people born in the early eighties versus people in the mid-nineties. I suppose the greatest one is that the former was able to grow up somewhat before the advent of the internet.Max_Fendt: Agreed there is a few important differences between the peoplehttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/Max_Fendt/millennials-stress_b_2718986_231199416.htmlHistory |Permalink |This comment has been down-ranked into oblivion. View comment You have not right to carry out this operation or Error this operation. spinnerLoading comments…This comment has been down-ranked into oblivion. View comment You have not right to carry out this operation or Error this operation. spinnerLoading comments… photoHUFFPOST SUPER USERchemguyLiberal, but not Democrat491 Fans 2 hours ago ( 7:23 PM)Simple solution: student loans should be based on the expected income of the field of study. $30k loan to study engineering? No problem. $250k loan to study performing arts? Get a scholarship or change your major.chemguy: Simple solution: student loans should be based on the expectedhttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/chemguy/millennials-stress_b_2718986_231191344.htmlHistory |Permalink | HUFFPOST SUPER USERsoli11Stop mass incarceration. End the phony drug war.109 Fans 1 hour ago ( 7:58 PM)Student loans tend to match tuition,and not "expected" income streams. Another "free-market" fail.soli11: Student loans tend to match tuition,and not "expected" income streams.http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/soli11/millennials-stress_b_2718986_231199736.htmlHistory |Permalink |This comment has been down-ranked into oblivion. View comment You have not right to carry out this operation or Error this operation. spinnerLoading comments…This comment has been down-ranked into oblivion. 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