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Originally Posted by peanut
' DR MARTIN SCURR: Get a grip, Generation Snowflake! I know what's causing 'rising tide' of mental health issues among the young... and who is to blame' - Daily Mail (sorry)
He does raise some valid points. But the comments are worth a read.
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He does raise some valid points. He acknowledges that mental health needed to be destigmatised, but that self diagnosis or everyday normal parts of the human condition shouldn't be classed as a mental health condition.
Depression is more than being a bit fed up for a few days, anxiety is more than being nervous before a driving test and saying "I'm having an autistic moment" is insulting to those that actually suffer from it.
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Originally Posted by heero_yuy
Parents that give their children an unrealistic expectation of success. Look, if you've got the mental ability of slug you're not going to be a brain surgeon, you'll be collecting the trolleys in the car park at Sainsbury's. No doubt with a Mickey Mouse degree in stupidity and a debt as well.
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I agree. We can't all be chiefs without anybody being the Indians & their contributions are just as important.
I always say that the brain surgeon wouldn't be able to get to work if the streets were full of rubbish because there were no road sweepers.
I also think that many parents these days don't prepare them for the real world. They are taught that they are special & important (they won't be to the majority out in the real world), that they have a right to hold & express an opinion to everyone (not always advisable to employers, the police etc.)
Before I retired I asked a new member of staff to empty the ashtrays out in the smoking area. "It's a filthy habit and I want nothing to do with it. I don't empty ashtrays". At the end of his trial period shift I told him that there was something else that he didn't do and that was work for us anymore.
A lot really think that they are doing employers a big favour by turning up for work at all.
The number that are basically illiterate (I blame spellchecker & text speak) is shocking, particularly when we're told that they are all leaving school with top grades.