General Article Anxiety on rise among the young in social media age

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By Robert Booth 

The number of young people in the UK who say they do not believe that life is worth living has doubled in the last decade, amid a sense of overwhelming pressure from social media which is driving feelings of inadequacy, new research suggests.

In 2009, only 9% of 16–25–year–olds disagreed with the statement that ‘life is really worth living’, but that has now risen to 18%. More than a quarter also disagree that their life has a sense of purpose, according to a YouGov survey of...

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