People from Generation Z continue to fall deeper and deeper into depression and woe, according to an accomplished anesthesiologist who regularly puts younger patients under anesthesia.
The WinePress had covered some of these surface level issues that have and are continuing to plague Gen-Z and the next generation proceeding, Generation Alpha (AA), which have culminated into a tsunami wave of depression. SEE: The Death Of A Lost Generation
Dr. Anthony Kaveh, MD, who has studied at Harvard, UC Berkley, Stanford and more; and operates a practice in San Francisco, California, where he works to treat people’s depression.
Dr. Kaveh published a live stream on May 22nd where he claims Gen Z, those born around 1995 or a little thereafter to around 2010 or a little less, are facing a “loneliness epidemic.” And while loneliness and depression have been shown to be on the rise across all generations, Dr. Kaveh says from firsthand accounts that Gen-Z has it the worst.
‘The coping mechanisms Generation Z employs to manage loneliness are diverse, yet not all of them are constructive. We delve into the phenomenon of increased sleep aid use among Gen Z, a concerning response to insomnia often linked to depression and anxiety. This trend, combined with escalating reports of substance use disorder, provides a sobering look at the severity of the loneliness epidemic in this age group,’ Kaveh said in the description of his video, also noting how the last several years of The Covid War drastically impacted them as well.
One of the first things the doctor noted was how depression treatment, especially amongst the younger population, has changed radically in the last 10 years. 10 years ago, he says, when treating patients they would often say something like, ‘I’m on Prozac, but I’m trying to get my depression under control.’ Fast forward a decade to now and Dr. Kaveh noticed a subtle change in the language: many patients now say, ‘Oh yeah, I take Prozac for my depression.’
Notice how different it is. It’s like depression is a part of them.
Depression has almost become normalized; and in the Gen-Z population they are subject to so many more pressures that make them lonely – up to 50% of Gen-Z’ers appear to be lonely,
And when they come into the operating room it just blossoms because of the vulnerability, the stresses, and so much more that surgery is bringing up in these young individuals, who don’t yet have the coping mechanisms to be able to be resilient in light of these acute stressors.
The doctor explained
Dr. Kaveh went on to note this adds to the general stigmas that Gen-Z is ever-increasingly feeling “left out, poorly understood, lacking companionship,” and more, all of which comes out when his patients go under. He further explained that Gen-Z’ers are more prone to reach for sleep aids when dealing with insomnia. Other substances and marijuana use used as a coping mechanism also shows up when patients are put under anesthesia. Therefore the dosage of gas and sedatives needed to put them under have to be significantly cranked higher.
He also mentioned how “this broken healthcare system” inhibits this malpractice and bad behavior that allows the patient’s “suffering to go unrecognized.”
The doctor referenced a new and abnormal behavior in many of his patients, that while he is performing nerve blocks – similar to numbing up the jaw and gums when doing dental work, but on muscles instead – the patients are still using their phones or emulating the action of holding it and staring at it.
The smart phone is the distraction. […] But the distraction sometimes replaces searching for the root cause of the suffering.
The sleep aid, the pot, the cellphone, are all distractions that potentially sabotage Gen-Z’ers from looking at what is the underlying reason for why I am feeling a certain way.
The doctor added
Kaveh has observed when Gen-Z’ers are still on their phones up till the last minute before surgery as a distraction, when he begins to apply the mask the patients go into a breakdown, because he says these people are not trying to face the problems head-on but instead look for a “distraction.”
So I hope that you all appreciate that Gen-Z’ers have a lot of stresses placed on them that past generations did not have, the pandemic, etc…
They are so entrenched in the fight, flight, or freeze, often the flight because flight is distracting. This is hurting Gen-Z and the consequences – we’re going to see them more as they get older […], this is going to progress with their age, and I do fear there’s going to be serious side effects that will be apparent even outside of anesthesia.
So if you know someone whose a Gen-Z’er out there please reach your hand out. You might be older, you might be wiser, but engage them with curiosity.
Dr. Kaveh said
The effects of The Covid War on the youth continue to be felt and get worse. Children’s mental health by the end of 2021 was well in the gutter. More and more children nowadays refuse to go to school due to all the stress associated with it; while an alarming number who do go to class are now physical assaulting their teachers, some as early as Kindergarten.
AUTHOR COMMENTARY
[11] There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother. [12] There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthiness. [13] There is a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids are lifted up. [14]There is a generation, whose teeth are as swords, and their jaw teeth as knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men. Proverbs 30:11-14
While I am not here to promote anesthesia and the modern medical field, I mention this because it once again shows how absolutely broken and destroyed the people are, and Gen-Z none more so. It’s out of control and it’s only going to get worse.
As a Gen-Z’er, I am ashamed of my generation and I wish I was not associated with it. However, while I do not condone the egregious actions of my generation, I also ask the older ones to have some humility and mercy for some of them that need it; because you got to understand a lot of these kids and now young adults are basically bastards in the most literal sense of the word, both actually or due to serious neglect from both parents. They were thrown away and forgotten about, neglected, not taught anything of real substance.
What this anesthesiologist described of Gen-Z is correct, and that is how so many people in my age bracket feel. Even as a saved man I can certainly relate in many ways; but as Ecclesiastes 7:3 says, “Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better” – I can handle a lot of stress and relate to others much easier due to my insane upbringing. So, I tell the older generations to try and have some grace for the current ones, because you cannot relate in the slightest (sorry, you just can’t), because they are getting slammed with the kitchen sink and more.
That being said, all the more reason to preach the gospel to them and actually give them hope in something. If they reject then that’s on them.
SEE: The Forgotten Verses Of Salvation
[7] Who goeth a warfare any time at his own charges? who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock? [8] Say I these things as a man? or saith not the law the same also? [9] For it is written in the law of Moses, Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn. Doth God take care for oxen? [10] Or saith he it altogether for our sakes? For our sakes, no doubt, this is written: that he that ploweth should plow in hope; and that he that thresheth in hope should be partaker of his hope. (1 Corinthians 9:7-10).
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Weird. You should be fine.
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Yes, I feel sadness for the younger generation, yet anger at the same time due to their absolute wickedness. I will be 29 this year, and the kids that are 10-12 years younger than I, are just absolute sottish children.
I feel you. It’s a love-hate thing. I feel terrible for a lot of them, but then there are just as many who are literal evil beasts and monsters running a muck.
Jeremiah 4:22 For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.
amen brother. hopefully the Lord Jesus will allow us to preach the gospel to some of them and they can be saved from the wrath to come.
I’m a millennial born in 1989, but I can relate.
It’s a mixed bag with generation Z (the echo X-ers) a lot of them have been neglected not necessarily spoiled but discarded basically and I have compassion for them.
Others have been spoiled and raised with no respect for authority or anybody.
I’m what you call a Zillennial (Most likely people born between 1995-1998) because I was born in 1997. Some sources say I’m the oldest of Gen Z, others such as my marketing textbook say I’m the youngest of Millennials. In my family, I had it more easy than both the young people and olde people combined. Heres the 1st 20 years of my life in a nutshell (most of which was before I got saved at age 18):
– I was asleep New Years Eve 1999, Woke up in the Year 2000 (feels like the twilight zone)
– I was 4 when 9/11 happened
– In elementary school, I was taught that Pluto was the last planet in the solar system, but in middle school, I was told that Pluto was not a planet (I believe I’m the last of my family & cousins to be taught that Pluto was a planet).
– I was too young for the Nintendo 64, but too old for the Nintendo switch (I got my Nintendo Gamecube, Gameboy Advance, & Gameboy Advance SP on Christmas Eve 2003 at the age of 6).
– I saw the first Incredibles movie at a theater.
– My Gen Z baby cousin saw the Polar Express for the first time on dvd, but I saw the film for the first time at a Movie Theater.
– I grew up with Spongebob Squarepants, Jimmy Neutron, Fairy Oddparents, Neds declassified school survival guide, Camp Lazlo, Ben 10 (Both original and alien force), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003 cartoon), Jetex, etc.
– I was too old for Occupy Wall Street (when I was a high school freshman, Occupy Wall Street happened), but I was too old for the March for our lives rally.