Is Gen Z Too Sensitive

Gen Z is more open about distress and boundaries, but evidence points more to changed norms and pressures than innate fragility.

Each generation's elders have called the young "soft," yet Gen Z's openness about anxiety reflects better mental-health literacy and less stigma, not thinner skin.

Every generation's openness about mental health and social issues is frequently mischaracterized as hypersensitivity by older cohorts.