"Tell me about it!"
Posted on 03/18/2019 7:36:01 AM PDT by TigerClaws
NEW YORK — Smartphones and digital technology are supposed to make our lives easier, but for young adults, it seems that things may only be getting tougher — and for a slew of reasons. According to one recent survey, about 3 out of 5 millennials (58%) feel life is more stressful right now than ever before.
In fact, the survey of 2,000 American millennials, commissioned by CBD oil company Endoca, reveals that one-third of millennials believe their lives are more stressful than the average person’s life.
The survey also pointed to numerous causes of the frustration for this young segment. Many feel their overall stress level is caused by the accumulation of daily micro-stressors — seemingly trivial experiences — such as being stuck in traffic, waiting for appointments, or various smartphone issues.
For example, although losing one’s wallet or credit card ranked as the top source of stress for respondents, 1 in 5 say they’d be even more apoplectic if their smartphone screen broke. For more than 2 in 5 millennials (41%), a damaged phone screen is worse than seeing their “check engine” light flash on in the car.
Meanwhile, getting into an argument with a partner was the second greatest source of stress for participants overall, but nearly 1 in 5 agreed that getting zero “likes” on a social media post is a more stress-inducing experience. One-third feel that having their phone die is a more miserable scenario than seeing a fraudulent charge on their credit card bill. (For good measure, the researchers found that the average remaining-battery percentage for when millennials begin to feel stress is 23%.)
And while gridlock was the third most common cause of stress for young adults, 30% of those surveyed agreed that slow WiFi was even more stressful than slow traffic.
About half of the survey respondents said they don’t feel they deal with stress well in general, and two-thirds said they’d like to find more coping methods.
“Stress isn’t an abstract issue – it’s a significant problem and doesn’t necessarily have to be caused by one large inciting incident,” says Henry Vincenty, CEO of Endoca, in a statement. “No matter what’s causing our stress, we should take care to be proactive about finding solutions before it begins affecting our health.”
Researchers compiled the top 20 list of stressors for millennials (see below), and though arriving first to a party did not make the list, 22% of participants find that experience to be more brutal than a job interview. Another 35% find that sticking to plans is more stressful than missing out on them.
As for how all this stress is affecting millennials, the survey found that participants struggled to fall asleep nearly three nights per week — about 138 nights each year — because of the various issues.
Here are the top 20 stressful scenarios reported by millennials:
1. Losing wallet/credit card 2. Arguing with partner 3. Commute/traffic delays 4. Losing phone 5. Arriving late to work 6. Slow WiFi 7. Phone battery dying 8. Forgetting passwords 9. Credit card fraud 10. Forgetting phone charger 11. Losing/misplacing keys 12. Paying bills 13. Job interviews 14. Phone screen breaking 15. Credit card bills 16. Check engine light coming on 17. School loan payments 18. Job security 19. Choosing what to wear 20. Washing dishes
On the bright side, they’ll only have to put up with it for 12 more years.
Just noticed that. No mention of mortgages, yard work or home repairs either. It looks like the list came from 18-year-olds still living with their moms.
I lack the words for an adequate expression of contempt. I hope this is Fake News and a buggered up, agenda driven survey lacking utterly in valid data.
Liberal Snowflakes can’t face any challenges without withdrawing and going catatonic or full blown bitching.
The Trump Curse is making these worthless individuals even crazier from the ordinary challenges of life each day.
I think they are mixing up ‘stress’ with lack of meaning. If you don’t feel that life has meaning, nothing seems worth the effort, and all you want to do is be entertained.
OMG! OMG! My phone is down to 40% and there’s no service here and I left my charger cable home and the sea is rising and it’s getting warmer!
"Tell me about it!"
Grow up,snowflakes. Life isn’t for the weak and afraid.
Although posted on Drudge this is likely to be a spoof.
There is exactly 1 article about this study in the world, and no mention of it on the website of the “hemp oil” company that supposedly sponsored it>
To their credit, "politics" and "Trump" were left off. So there's that.
"House just got hit with a tornado". "Kid was in an accident and broke his arm". "Boss says that he's outsourcing my job next month". These are stressors, and things that would keep me up at night.
"Doing Dishes"?? If I even was thinking about that, ever, I'd get out of bed, do them, and then sleep worry-free. Rest of the list is roughly the same...easily remedied.
As for how all this stress is affecting millennials, the survey found that participants struggled to fall asleep nearly three nights per week — about 138 nights each year — because of the various issues.
Here are the top 20 stressful scenarios reported by millennials:
1. Losing wallet/credit card 2. Arguing with partner 3. Commute/traffic delays 4. Losing phone 5. Arriving late to work 6. Slow WiFi 7. Phone battery dying 8. Forgetting passwords 9. Credit card fraud 10. Forgetting phone charger 11. Losing/misplacing keys 12. Paying bills 13. Job interviews 14. Phone screen breaking 15. Credit card bills 16. Check engine light coming on 17. School loan payments 18. Job security 19. Choosing what to wear 20. Washing dishes
Liberal Snowflakes can’t face any challenges without withdrawing and going catatonic or full blown bitching.
The Trump Curse is making these worthless individuals even crazier from the ordinary challenges of life each day.
Then, they watch the fake evening news and the late night hate Trump shows and become even more agitated.
D-Day
Iwo Jima
Tet Offensive
The Effects of Using a Keurig Machine on Global Climate Change
Washing dishes? Oh those poor dears.
Losing my job was the most stressful thing ever.
To the millennial:
Stress is having a low draft number in 1968.
5.56mm
I ws thinking that my (at the time) 15 and 16 year old uncles who landed ad Normandy would likely not knwo how to react to this without violence
Welcome to adulthood! The poor babies....
First World, twenty-first century problems.
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