Are we becoming anti-social or is it a trauma response? The youth of the current time is Gen-Z and let me tell you they are bashed a lot for their responses and their life choices. Well, there can be many opinions on that because I too believe some very unethical things are being normalized while many other good things are being adopted too. The major difference is the way human interactions have changed over the years.

From what I have heard, people back in the day used to be kinder and more considerate and would do anything to keep the family together. This included regular gatherings. I’m talking about the time when the millennials were kids and electronic gadgets were not so common. Other than the newspaper the most common source of knowledge were human beings themselves. People would gather for tea to debate about any topic or invite friends and family over to spend some time. I believe just as scientifically atoms can neither nor be destroyed, that human interactions can’t just naturally come to people but are influenced by other people around them. Everybody likes to be happy and the amount of dopamine (the happiness hormone) released is the greatest when spent some quality time with other humans. But over the years the race for becoming rich and famous has made people do anything to achieve their dreams even by deceiving others. While the abundance of communication has made many people develop narcissism where they feel like they are perfect people and everyone hates hem for no reason. Nowadays, nobody self-analyzes to figure out how their personality is affecting others and how others feel around them.

While many don’t take accountability for their actions, others are so submissive that they keep accepting whatever comes their way from others and view it as fate, even though they have the power to solve the problems around them It is the children and people related to these submissive individuals who learn to stay away from others and develop their own world where everything goes their way and no one can harm them. They think they can stay away from all danger but forget one thing: that life never goes as planned. Some of them get so tired of protecting themselves that they succumb to mental disease.

It is time we put an end to all this by doing one simple thing: correcting ourselves. The day we do that, not only will we be at peace, others around us will also be attracted to the scent of our character and will be forced to think about their morals too. It is true that this is not guaranteed for every person so for me I just distanced myself from these people who always wanted to harm me. I have been told repeatedly that I’m breaking the family for the past 5 years, but this year everything changed. That person’s face was exposed and now many people have cut ties with them. My silent struggles have finally borne fruit. I didn’t cut my whole family out because of that one person; I tried to understand the role of every family member, and it opened my eyes. The empathy I felt for each one of them helped me understand why they behaved that particular way. Until this day, I strive to be a better person than I was yesterday.

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