“The survey, which was conducted in 2021, revealed 60% of teen girls felt an abiding sense of sadness and hopelessness, twice that of their male counterparts.”
The mental health crisis in the United States is especially worse in teenage girls. This has been attributed to many causes which this article goes into detail about. Mental health challenges are caused and exacerbated by a number of factors. Now more than ever, society pressures and traumatizes individuals because society is so interconnected.
Social media and societal expectations both cause mental health challenges in teenage girls. Social media algorithms don’t consider this when they divert the thousands of videos made each day that could cause mental health challenges in teenage girls who are already at risk. Social media isn’t the only exacerbator of mental health challenges. Read this article to learn about all the factors that cause mental health challenges in today’s teenage girls
