A terrible melancholy seems to have come over our young people. They seem so fraught and anxious with their own problems.
I feel like saying to them ‘come on, buck up, life is for living’.
It’s not a bed of roses, and never has been, but a continuous struggle to prove your worth and to better yourselves, and make the most of your potential and talents.
I think that today’s young people do not understand that.
The world does not owe them a living - you have to achieve to succeed.
The answer is seldom on the screen of a tablet or computer.
Why the rush to see your GP to say you cannot work because you do not feel up to it and have ADHD?
Why would any healthy person aspire to having a mental illness and demand evidence of failure - quite a few it seems.
I think this is a big get out and an excuse for idleness.
You can claim a lot more in benefits while staying at home if your claims relate to disability and mental illness.
The situation of non-workers is now worse than in pre-covid days.
By the end of last year more than nine million people aged 16-64 were economically inactive - that’s about one in seven.
The problem is that our disability benefits system invites abuse.
Life is tough and life is hard and you must immune yourself or you will have failed.
So, all you young people do not start feeling sorry for yourselves so you are all so fortunate.
How would you cope if you had lived in Gaza or the Ukraine where death awaits around every corner.
Instead of wallowing in self-pity, get out and live life.
As you journey through life you get a lot of tragedy and unhappiness - that is just part of living. It happens to everyone, not just you.
At the end of the day, the honest worker and taxpayer is subsidising your excuses and idleness, and that is an undeniable fact.
There are 20,000 people a month off work with poor mental health issues.
Personally, I think the vast majority are just swinging the lead and looking for an easier life. — C. HOBBY, Newark.
