In this essay, I examine why so many teenagers and young adults seem to struggle with mental health issues. Many news stories and academic sources show the increase in the number of young mentally ill. As will become evident in this essay, factors explain these significant numbers, such as the increase in help-seeking behavior instead of a real increase in mental health issues, but mostly they are explained by the constant pressure put on young people. While this contemporary issue becomes more and more concerning, discoveries in academic disciplines such as medical sciences and adolescent…