Alex Kazemi
Appearances
The Brett Cooper Show
How We End The Gen Z Mental Health Crisis | Episode 7
I think they're very aware of it, and I think a lot of them are trying to rebel against those stereotypes. I've seen that on a lot of music subreddits, too. People are like, hey, I'm going to this concert tonight. Can I meet up with someone? Because people don't want to be alone, but they do have this craving for human connection, but nobody knows how to go about it.
The Brett Cooper Show
How We End The Gen Z Mental Health Crisis | Episode 7
to make a move in a way for a platonic human connection. That's why there are things like Bumble BFF that people are using now to try to connect to people in a way.
The Brett Cooper Show
How We End The Gen Z Mental Health Crisis | Episode 7
There's this kind of, I guess not like taboo feeling attached to it, but like maybe shame because it's like, oh, like... I don't have a friend for this event or I don't have this connection. Like I'm this weirdo who's now like on Reddit or meetup.com. You know what I mean? That it's not really normalized, but a lot of people are in that boat, unfortunately.
The Brett Cooper Show
How We End The Gen Z Mental Health Crisis | Episode 7
I think loneliness, desensitization, and I think sort of viewing the world as if you are the sort of only person in the world kind of because your phone is your isolated, curated device.
The Brett Cooper Show
How We End The Gen Z Mental Health Crisis | Episode 7
controlled reality and if you're constantly in this like self vortex of the self and the ego you're never gonna look past that if you ever just take a break from your phone like for like a few days or technology for a few days and i've heard so many zoomers say this that they feel this like inner silence they're like where's the noise like i actually can hear my thoughts
The Brett Cooper Show
How We End The Gen Z Mental Health Crisis | Episode 7
I think what has changed the most from the 1990s and the 2000s is the practicing of being obsessed with technology. Like people in past generations were forced for face-to-face communication, right? They had no choice, you know, with like the birth of AOL, right? Instant messenger, right? That would be happening at home on dial up at your computer.
The Brett Cooper Show
How We End The Gen Z Mental Health Crisis | Episode 7
Whereas now you have that everywhere you go in your pocket. But we've also seen the acceleration of how hyper real technology Everything with technology became, right? So it's like, okay, from AOL to BlackBerry Messenger to iMessage on your laptop and phone 24-7, right? Whereas you used to be able to clock out, now you can't clock out. You're always online.
The Brett Cooper Show
How We End The Gen Z Mental Health Crisis | Episode 7
I think the big change was with the influencer culture and social media. And, like, think about it. Think about being a young man today. You could go on Twitch and see some guy who has a million streams and is, you know, posting pictures with hot girls and all this type of stuff. And all he does is play League of Legends. All these men have all these, like, flashbacks.
The Brett Cooper Show
How We End The Gen Z Mental Health Crisis | Episode 7
false gods for their niche algorithms and um i think what why people stay online is because it has become the normal right so if if you stay offline and or you're you know not into the the mainstream you're going to be ostracized