Gen Z is often described as the most mental-health-aware generation to date. This tech-savvy and forward-thinking cohort has revolutionized how society views emotional well-being. Unlike older generations, who may have avoided or stigmatized mental health conversations, Gen Z openly prioritizes mental health, viewing it as essential for personal and professional growth.
This generation is not just talking about mental health—they are taking action. From embracing therapy to building in-person communities, and from valuing financial stability to prioritizing quality sleep, Gen Z is setting the bar high. Yet, despite their proactive approach, they face challenges that can’t always be solved with external resources alone. Unresolved emotions remain a hidden obstacle, impacting their relationships, career paths, and overall quality of life.
How can they overcome this hurdle? Emotional Resolution (EmRes) offers a cutting-edge approach to resolving emotional triggers, empowering Gen Z to achieve their mental health goals with clarity and confidence. Let’s dive into the unique trends shaping Gen Z’s mental health journey and how EmRes can guide them toward lasting emotional freedom.
Mental Health Challenges Facing Gen Z
Despite their proactive attitude, Gen Z is under significant emotional strain. Studies reveal alarming statistics:
Anxiety and depression: According to the CDC, more than 40% of Gen Z report struggling with anxiety and depression.
Loneliness: Cigna’s 2023 Loneliness Index found that 79% of Gen Z adults feel lonely, the highest of any generation.
Burnout: A Deloitte survey noted that 46% of Gen Z report feeling stressed or anxious most of the time, often due to financial and job-related pressures.
These challenges affect every aspect of their lives—relationships, career aspirations, and physical health—and often ripple out to impact family and friends.
Symptoms of Emotional Strain:
Difficulty concentrating
Poor sleep quality
Frequent feelings of overwhelm
Trouble maintaining healthy relationships
A New Approach: How Gen Z Tackles Mental Health
1. Therapy and Mental Health Resources
Gen Z is breaking barriers by embracing therapy as a tool for growth. They view mental health care as essential, not optional. A survey by the American Psychological Association found that 37% of Gen Z have worked with a therapist, a much higher percentage than older generations.
2. Building Local Communities
While social media connects them online, Gen Z is rediscovering the importance of in-person communities. Local meetups, mental health clubs, and support groups are becoming popular as they seek real human connections to combat loneliness.
Why it matters: Feeling understood and supported by a community can alleviate emotional triggers and promote healing.
3. Prioritizing Financial Stability
Financial stress is a significant contributor to Gen Z’s mental health struggles. In response, they are prioritizing financial literacy and stability. Budgeting apps, side hustles, and online financial education resources are staples in their lives.
Implications for emotional health: Financial stress often triggers feelings of inadequacy and anxiety, which can exacerbate unresolved emotions.
4. Making Sleep a Priority
Unlike older generations who glorified overworking, Gen Z understands the importance of quality sleep for mental health. Studies show that 74% of them actively try to improve their sleep habits through routines, apps, or reducing screen time.
Why it matters: Poor sleep can intensify emotional dysregulation and make it harder to recover from stress.
The Solution: Resolving Emotions, instead of coping
Despite their efforts, many in Gen Z still feel stuck when it comes to handling intense emotions. The coping techniques they are taught and practice work temporarily. But when a similar situation pops up again, the troubling emotion or behavior returns. This is where Emotional Resolution (EmRes) steps to resolve emotions permanently.
What is Emotional Resolution?
EmRes is a natural physiological process that helps resolve emotional triggers at their root. Instead of revisiting past traumas or relying on coping mechanisms, EmRes uses interoception—the body’s ability to sense itself—to release stored emotional patterns.
Using current emotional experiences, EmRes guides the body’s attention to resolve the buried emotional imprints that keep triggering active. The body completes its natural emotional resolution process, leading to lasting relief. Many clients report immediate results, feeling lighter and more in control, making it easier to tackle life’s challenges. Complex issues require multiple sessions.
Achieve Emotional Freedom
Gen Z is on the right track by prioritizing mental health, but unresolved emotions can still hold them back. In an EmRes session, they can:
Reduce anxiety and overwhelm
Improve sleep and concentration
Strengthen relationships
Achieve emotional clarity
Avoid failure: Without addressing the root cause of emotional triggers, symptoms like burnout, anxiety, and relationship issues may persist.
Embrace success: With EmRes, they can fully embrace their priorities and live with confidence and peace.
It’s a Mental Health Revolution
Gen Z is paving the way for a future where mental health is prioritized, not stigmatized. By combining their focus on therapy, community, financial stability, and sleep with the transformative power of Emotional Resolution, they can achieve their emotional health goals and inspire others to do the same.
Are you ready to take the next step? Book a free consultation today and experience the life-changing benefits of Emotional Resolution.
References
CDC. (2023). Statistics on Anxiety and Depression in Gen Z.
Cigna. (2023). Loneliness Index.
Deloitte. (2023). Gen Z and Mental Health.
American Psychological Association. (2023). Therapy Trends Among Gen Z.
About Sue
Sue Siebens uses Emotional Resolution, EmRes, to work at a fundamental level, where the roots of the illness, fear, and pain can be accessed and resolved. Sue teaches and writes to raise awareness about this new technology so that as many people as possible can find relief and peace in their life. Sue is based in Ft Worth, Tx, USA.
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