Band 5+: Life has become much more stressful compared to our parent's generation. As a result, stress-related illnesses are increasing around the world. Why is stress such widespread in the modern world and what do you think can be done to overcome the problems caused by stress.

There is a prevalent issue in contemporary society that these generation addressed more stressful than the elderly which significantly leading to health problems. I believe that these phenomena are due to a rapid evolving of the technology and societal changes. This trend warrants several treatments that serves as a deterrent against the drawbacks, which will be disclose by this essay below.

The major problem of this notion is a rapidly evolve of the technology that led to increasing competition in job opportunity. These generations have to compete with a vast pool of contenders that force them to have a skill that makes them sticks out among those competitors. The problem is not every individuals could make it, hence they got stressed by not achieving their expectation.

Additionally, there is a trend called FOMO (Fear of Missing Out) that primarily caused stress-related illness. The trending in social media force people to do or have the same thing in order to gain acceptance by the society. For instance, having the updated version of Iphone give them a higher social status than others who does not have it. This trend have a higher possibility of stress causing for people who are not able to afford it.

To effectively combat the stress epidemic, it is important to enhance our skills to come to the surface to overcome a variety of competitors by learning every skills by surfing the internet or join a seminar, hence they will well-equipped to fight the competition. Additionally, having a balance lifestyle could decrease the possibility of getting stress-related illnesses. Buying things that are suitable with our salary and also learn to live a minimalist lifestyle ulitmately decrease the overthinking about something that is out of their range.

In conclusion, as the world getting more modern, it is unavoidable that we will overcome complicated problems. Nevertheless, I believe by acknowledge how to manage the troubles and adopting a balance lifestyle could possibly reduce the possibility of getting stress-related illnesses.