The generation that prided itself on never needing anyone raised a generation that goes to therapy twice a week — and the distance between those two facts is where most family pain actually lives

AI BRIEFING

• ⬤ The Millennial generation's pride in self-reliance has created a culture of unspoken pain and missed connections.
• ⬤ A generation that prided itself on never needing anyone now seeks therapy to cope with emotional pain.
• ⬤ The distance between individualism and intersubjectivity has led to two generations speaking different languages about what it means to be okay.