Emotions aren’t trendy
Being nonchalant is a trend and I fucking hate it.
There has been a wave of turning off emotions that has come with Gen Z. Prior to this generation, millennials were seen as too much because our emotions were a huge aspect of who we are and were at the time. It was, and still is, in our music. But with later generations and the fact that the state of the world deteriorates with every second that we breathe, it has led to people being overwhelmed by it all. The thing is, I get it, but there is a huge difference between ignoring our emotions and taking our time to process them.
A Youtuber that I enjoy watching, ImuRgency, covered this topic in detail in this video.
This numbness agenda feels to me like as a society, we are exhausted feeling everything all the time and the main emotions that we are experiencing collectively are fear and anxiety. It’s like we’re all Cady in Mean Girls when the girls start fighting after Regina George made copies of each page from the Burn Book. Pure and absolute chaos.
The past few years has been nothing short of pure hell and I don’t blame us for wanting to get far away from it all, but we can’t block our emotions. With the continuous rise of technology and the very easy cycle to get sucked into, it’s more important now than ever to retreat to the decades before and actually work on healing. Not asking straight up for prescriptions that might not be used properly, but journaling, reflecting, changing behavior. It’s not an easy solution, but it’s what helps us as a collective grow and foster.
Emotions aren’t trendy, because emotions should never be synonymous with ‘trend’. The word alone has led to many controversies and commentary videos on what constitutes as a trend. Emotions are ingrained in us as human species— we experience emotions just like how we breathe. To prevent these emotions from existing is harmful to your body unless you are medically needed to do so to keep your emotions and bodily functions regulated (i.e: panic attacks, heart attacks, overactive or dormant neurons due to depression, etc.).
As much as I agree that the world has led us to this moment, I disagree on taking such drastic measures. We need breaks. Breaks from social media, the constant updates in the news, and judgement! Read a book, meditate (and there is no wrong way to meditate), visit a friend, go to your local library, go to a museum if possible, hell walk a trail! Anything you need to do to not feel overwhelmed, do it. Journal your feelings, paint, color.
God, I hope we make it as a society. Let me go outside and talk to the trees.
xoxo,
Cierra