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Gen Z and Mental Health: Why Normalizing the Conversation Still Isn't Enough

Okay, let's get real for a minute. We did it. Gen Z actually broke through decades of "we don't talk about mental health" bullshit that our parents and grandparents lived with. We put depression memes on TikTok, we talk about therapy like it's getting coffee, and we've made it okay to say "I'm not okay" without someone immediately trying to fix us with toxic positivity.

But here's the thing that's been eating at me lately, all that normalization? It's not actually solving anything. And honestly, it's starting to feel like we've created this weird space where everyone's talking about mental health, but we're all still drowning.

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