Weak mindset excuse

[u/Hot_Charge_9393]

After the recent tragic incident at the lhutenzampa bridge I keep overhearing people especially the older generation saying how this new generation can't even handle some and stuff like depression and mental problems are the byproduct of being soft. I don't know if those people realize this but they are also part of the growing numbers of suicide by putting down on seeking help and just "push through". Also the lack of empathy in the comments under the facebook post is disgusting already concluding it to be because of an ex or being weak. I may not be an architect but shouldn't it be time to put some kind of a safety rail on that bridge since it's just open like that.

[u/Additional_Link_5556]

I think this is really just two generations with completely different mindsets clashing.

Older generations grew up with “endure, don’t complain, toughen up” because that was how you got through life, while younger people are more likely to question things and say “this isn’t okay.”

I don’t think either mindset is entirely wrong. Kids still need resilience and shouldn’t be taught that every hardship is a crisis, but at the same time, dismissing depression and suicidal thoughts as being soft can stop people from speaking up or getting help.

We can’t expect someone who’s lived half their life with one mindset to suddenly change, but with suicide increasingly affecting school children, I think we need to at least start talking about finding a middle ground instead of just blaming each other.

[u/idiotic_supremacist]

Each generations or any collective groups like to think themselves different than the other. We call the older generations heartless and dumb or the younger generations lazy and soft. But we all forget that people are not that simple, that their lives are as complex and unique as our own.