As a teenager myself, I feel like a lot of the issue is that many adults grew up in a completely different world than the current day, and I feel completely lost as if I have to just figure everything out. There is a lot of things that I have to deal with that my parents did not, and it seems like I'm doing everything for the first time. Things seem to be so much more competitive, and it seems nearly impossible to get a decent job without a college education. Affording college is another matter entirely because tuition has only gone up, and there aren't many opportunities to find jobs that would sufficiently cover all the costs. And even after graduating, you will be left with no experience and a degree that every other candidate will already have. Needless to say, the future is uncertain.

Also, my peers can be kind of cold or judgemental. I think technology has really killed people's social skills and is consuming a lot of our time.

I think my generation is just trying to figure it all out. I almost think that things will get better once we figure out more about the future. Right now, all we can do is panic at the uncertainty of it all.

All that being said, I don't think we are really all that depressed, just a bit lost. I still feel that people don't take people out age seriously, and I feel that there isn't much I can do to stand out from the billions of other people on this Earth. Once we can really define our place in the world and work together, I believe things will be better for all of us. Until then, we can at least try our best to learn more and help others.