Who is part of Generation Me?

Generation Me describes anyone born in the 1970s, 1980s, or 1990s -- in 2006, this means people between the ages of 7 and 36. These are today's young people, those who take it for granted that the self comes first. I'm a member of this generation myself, born in 1971.

How is Generation Me different from previous generations, especially from the "Me generation" of the 1970s?

Baby Boomers were sometimes called the "Me generation" in the 1970s, but this was a premature and brief label: Boomers did not discover the self until young adulthood, and even then did everything in groups, from protests to seminars like est. Generation Me has never known a world that put duty before self, and believes that the needs of the individual should come first. This is not the same thing as being selfish – it is captured, instead, in the phrases we so often hear: "Be yourself," "Believe in yourself," "You must love yourself before you can love someone else." These are some of our culture's most deeply entrenched beliefs, and Generation Me has grown up hearing them whispered in our ears like the subliminally conditioned children in Aldous Huxley's Brave New World.

How is the Me generation book different from other books on generations?



In short, because it has hard data on how the generations really differ. Most books on generations throw around ideas about social trends and pop culture, but don't have much data on the actual characteristics of people from different generations. This book has the data -- it summarizes thirteen years of my research on the responses of 1.3 million young people. I found research reports on children and college students who completed questionnaires measuring everything from anxiety to sexual behaviour. Many of these questionnaires have been used since the 1950s or 1960s, allowing me to see how today's young people differ from Baby Boomers and previous generations. Every chapter is built around a research result, with lots of pop culture analysis and examples to bring the differences to life. To find out more about how I collected this data,



What is the book about?

We live in a time when high self-esteem is encouraged from childhood, when young people have more freedom and independence than ever, but also far more depression, anxiety, cynicism, and loneliness. Today's young people have been raised to aim for the stars at a time when it is more difficult than ever to get into college, find a good job, and afford a house. Their expectations are very high just as the world is becoming more competitive, so there's a huge clash between their expectations and reality. More than any other generation in history, the children of Baby Boomers are disappointed by what they find when they arrive at adulthood. Generation Me will give Boomers new insight into their offspring, and help those in their teens, twenties, and thirties finally make sense of their generation.

I was born after 1981. What is my generation called?



No one knows yet. The previous generation (born 1961-1981) is usually called "Generation X," and this label is well-established. The post-1981 generation has been called "Gen Y," but give me a break – who wants to be named after the people older than you? "Baby Busters," an early label for GenX, never caught on for that reason. Writers William Strauss and Neil Howe use the label "Millennials" for post-1981 people, but that seems kind of out now that we're not worrying about Y2K. Generation Me could become the label, though it's meant more as a description.



I propose that the 1981-1999 generation be called iGeneration, or iGen. This generation has been profoundly shaped by technology, including the Internet (which is what the "i" stands for in "iMac") and of course iPods. The "i" also captures the essence of my description of Generation Me: it can stand for the first person singular or be "i" for individual. You heard it here first.

ME Generation

I was watching one of my shows , and it was at a sappy part. (One of them said "Its not to late?" To communicate with her daughter) The other said " It's never to late." In the ME generation after they have cut you off. I think it is. I have tried many ways and can't seen to find it.

Matchbox 20's Song and lyrics one of my favorites

http://www.videocure.com/video/126857.html

All day


Staring at the ceiling

Making friends with shadows on my wall

All night

Hearing voices telling me

That I should get some sleep

Because tomorrow might be good for something

Hold on

I'm feeling like I'm headed for a

Breakdown

I don't know why

I'm not crazy, I'm just a little unwell

I know, right now you can't tell

But stay awhile and maybe then you'll see

A different side of me

I'm not crazy, I'm just a little impaired

I know, right now you don't care

But soon enough you're gonna think of me

And how I used to be

Me

Talking to myself in public

Dodging glances on the train

I know

I know they've all been talking 'bout me

I can hear them whisper

And it makes me think there must be something wrong

With me

Out of all the hours thinking

Somehow

I've lost my mind

I'm not crazy, I'm just a little unwell

I know, right now you can't tell

But stay awhile and maybe then you'll see

A different side of me

I'm not crazy, I'm just a little impaired

I know right now you don't care

But soon enough you're gonna think of me

And how I used to be

I been talking in my sleep

Pretty soon they'll come to get me

Yeah, they're taking me away

I'm not crazy, I'm just a little unwell

I know, right now you can't tell

But stay awhile and maybe then you'll see

A different side of me

I'm not crazy I'm just a little impaired

I know, right now you don't care

But soon enough you're gonna think of me

And how I used to be

Hey, how I used to be

How I used to be, yeah

Well I'm just a little unwell

How I used to be

How I used to be

Big Day For Me

I went for an hour treck to my Laywers to take care of signing off my home that I had to give up. I also went to my Doctors Office. Got all my paper work done. About ten other things seen as I was down there also. long day out at 9:00 am back at 7:00pm exhausting. But not being able to drive is killing me. I don't know about anyone else out there but I am a control freck. After breaking my back in July I have had to to learn to deal with with many of my issuse.

Tigger and Eeyore why can;t you Love me.

I hope this gets to you,       Please read this.‏          February 27, 2010 1:59:33 AM

From:     Winnie-the-Pooh
Sent To: Eeyore; Tigger; Rabbit; Piglet and Owl
              Christopher Robin Mama Heffalump
              Dear Tigger;

I would like to start with I am sorry for any hard doing you and your sister (Eeyore) have felt or I have done to you.
I was not always the best Mother. I, in my mental recovery have apologized for this over and over. I am on a psychiatrist ordered cocktail of medications to keep my Bi-Polar / Manic Depression at bay. (Dr.Ihab OH) Which I have an hourly appointment monthly.
I have left my cell phone one and the number has been the same since both Eeyore and you were on my phone plan. I have phone or texted or emailed you, every other week with maybe a return contact 3 times in 8 months. I told you when I was awaiting the phone call which came literally 1/2 hour after you talked to me that I was being admitted to St. Mikes for my surgery. That was on Dec 3rd; check your cell phone bill.
You say I did not call you on Christmas; I did Christmas Morning from the Hospital. It went to your Machine. I left a message for Eeyore and Kanga at his Parents. What more could I do.
I don't know what more you want from you. I bend over backwards. I Love both of you so much it hurts, every day. But it is like I have no children it hurts. They hate me. How do you think it fells when the services ask you who are your family and I have no answer. Even Piglet was pissed off at his Mother for taking care of me when I was paralyzed from the ribs down, when I had no one else. Ya you had your own lives. I just don't understand how much the generations could change from mine to my children. How did I and my generation go so wrong bringing up the me generation? I made sure you and your Sister had absolutely everything you possibly wanted that I and your dad (Owl), could get the both of you. I watched the ad on the TV where the kid asks for a job at a restaurant, and the owner says should you not be out be playing hockey, the kid says that's what I need the job for. Canadian Tire Ad.
I just want to know how to get on with my life and to know what I can expect from my children. Is there hope for counselling, or is that too far, or is it just through the bitch to the side and pretend she is dead, and I can have a mock funeral for my mind, and burn your baby cloths and get some closer.
A wise person did say to me I should not expect anything from anybody else but myself, Then it`s only yourself you can get upset with.
I will always Love the both of you I just can`t live like this.

My nephew Frank Peter Benczenleitner was the first child, in all of America to be diagnosed with what they called it back in 1970, as Pancreas Insufficiency and Neutropenia. Today they call it Shwachman’s-Diamond Syndrome. They had to send to Switzerland for Dr. Shwachman. Frank spent more than ½ of his life in the Sick Children’s Hospital in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Right up until before he was killed in a car accident. He was 21. From the findings after his last visit, we received a letter addressed to him. They had found a gene for Cystic Fibrosis with what he called his ginny pig work/help. All this and when he was born the doctors did not know what was wrong; they just knew he was unable to digest enzymes with his pancreas. He never made too much of a fuss. He was resistant so stoic.
In hind sight it was also believed that my Aunt Diane A.N. had every symptom of this syndrome although we could not confirm it due to her death.


http://www.cafamily.org.uk/medicalinformation/conditions/azlistings/s24_6.html

Shwachman-Diamond syndrome: Shwachman syndrome

Shwachman-Diamond syndrome is a rare, multi-system disorder in which affected individuals have a defective pancreas that fails to secrete digestive enzymes, poor growth and a predisposition to recurrent infection and blood disorders.
Shwachman-Diamond syndrome

What are the symptoms?
The digestive defects results in diarrhea and fatty stools with fat soluble vitamin and mineral deficiency. Poor growth is an integral part of the condition in about fifty per cent of individuals. Specific skeletal defects are present including metaphyseal dysostosis and a thoracic dystrophy. Dental problems are common and can be severe. Mild to moderate learning difficulties are present as well as behavioral and feeding problems in up to fifty per cent of affected children.
Expression of the disorder is variable and ranges from mild pancreatic insufficiency to a serious life-threatening disorder. Some spontaneous improvement in symptoms may occur, usually after the age of eight years.
Recurrent infection, which may be life threatening, is due to both minor immunodeficiency and neutrophil defects. In about sixty per cent of cases, neutropenia is present and this may be cyclical. In severe cases more serious haematological disorder may occur with aplastic anaemia (anemia - US) myelodysplasia and possibly acute myeloid leukemia. Rarely, hepatic fibrosis and ichthyotic skin lesions may occur.

Medical text written December 1993 by Professor P Milla. Last updated October 2005 by Professor P Milla, Professor of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Dr N Shah, Consultant Pediatric Gastroenterologist, Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, UK.
About the Directory

How is it treated?
Treatment is by pancreatic enzyme replacement and multi-vitamin supplements with prophylactic antibiotics to prevent infection and aggressive treatment of infections when they occur. Haematological and immunological defects may require appropriate specific treatment. Psychological intervention and feeding interventions may also be needed.
A register of patients is maintained in the Department of Gastroenterology, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London WC1N 3JH
Inheritance patterns and prenatal diagnosis

Inheritance patterns
Autosomal recessive but may occur sporadically. The gene affected is the SBDS gene found on chromosome 7. five per cent of all known cases have a common compound heterozygote mutation. Genetic testing following careful clinical evaluation is available at the North West Regional Genetics Reference Laboratory, St. Mary's Hospital, Hathersage Road, Manchester M13 0JH, Tel: 0161 276 6122 / 6605, contact Dr Martin Schwarz, Consultant Clinical Molecular Geneticist.
Prenatal diagnosis
Available for those with confirmed mutations in the SBDS gene.

Schwachman-Diamond support
6 The Link
Rye
East Sussex
TN31 7BT
Tel: 01797 223675
e-mail: mail@sdsuk.org
Web: http://www.sdsuk.org
The Group is a National Registered Charity No. 1081122, established in 2000. It offers support for affected persons and their families and promotes research initiatives. It aims to raise awareness of Shwachman syndrome among the medical profession, support agencies and the public. It offers an information booklet and bi-annual family conferences. The group has a medical advisory board.
Group details last updated January 2010.

Delusions of grandeur Visions of splendour

This is a song that in 77 when I 1st heard it, I just knew it meant something genuinely to me, it was just so inspirational. I used to put on my big old clunky head phones, and crank up the song, I actually wore the vinyl down and had to buy two more albums to get me through my teens. I had not even heard of insane, let alone what a manic depressive was, until this song. In my family we were just used to total utter confusion, every one we knew was like that. We thought this was normal We did not even call it utter confusion, We had a big family and were always around many family members, So I could not understand why people would be mean and cruel to a person who was just helping others. Yes now I understand they / we are called (care takers) for anyone else but themselves / ourselves. I now understand.
Thank you Geddy Lee, for these song lyrics, and this song.


A modest man from Mandrake Travelled rich to the city He had a need to discover A use for his newly found wealth Because he was human Because he had goodness Because he was moral They called him insane Delusions of grandeur Visions of splendour A manic depressive He walks in the rain Eyes wide open Heart undefended Innocence untarnished... Cinderella Man Doing what you can They can't understand What it means Cinderella Man Hang on to your plans Try as they might They cannot steal your dreams In the betrayal of his love he awakened To face a world of cold reality And a look in the eyes of the hungry Awakened him to what he could do He held up his riches To challenge the hungry Purposeful motion For one so insane They tried to fight him Just couldn't beat him This manic depressive Who walks in the rain


You can Find this video at. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TohExbZsUs

Or whatever music shareware you use

Rush / A Farewell To Kings/ Cinderella Man

My coctail of medications.

It took over 4 psychiatrists' and many therapists' with their piping in, to get this down pat.
I am allergic to lithium also, so that cuts down many choices for me. so here you go drug companies if you want to advertise.

750 mg Epivale/Divalproex
100 mg Topimax/Topriamate
25 mg Amitriptyline

60 mg Celexa/Citalopram

.5 mg Clonazepam
1 mg Lorazepam
100 mg Gravel/Dimenhydrinate

All of the above are taken at 10:00 pm Eastern time zone.
I also have to take a stool softener. ye ha.

Bipolar disorder
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"Manic depression" redirects here. For other uses, see Manic depression
Bipolar disorder
Classification and external resources

Some historians believe Vincent van Gogh suffered from bipolar disorder
Bipolar disorder or manic–depressive disorder (also referred to a bipolarism or manic depression) is a psychiatric diagnosis that describes a category of mood disorders defined by the presence of one or more episodes of abnormally elevated mood clinically referred to as mania or, if milder, hypomania. Individuals who experience manic episodes also commonly experience depressive episodes or symptoms, or mixed episodes in which features of both mania and depression are present at the same time.[1] These episodes are usually separated by periods of "normal" mood, but in some individuals, depression and mania may rapidly alternate, known as rapid cycling. Extreme manic episodes can sometimes lead to psychotic symptoms such as delusions and hallucinations. The disorder has been subdivided into bipolar I, bipolar II, cyclothymia, and other types, based on the nature and severity of mood episodes experienced; the range is often described as the bipolar spectrum.

Data from the United States on lifetime prevalence varies, but indicates a rate of around 1% for Bipolar I, 0.5–1% for Bipolar II or cyclothymia, and 2–5% for subthreshold cases meeting some, but not all, criteria. The onset of full symptoms generally occurs in late adolescence or young adulthood. Diagnosis is based on the person's self-reported experiences, as well as observed behavior. Episodes of abnormality are associated with distress and disruption, and an elevated risk of suicide, especially during depressive episodes. In some cases it can be a devastating long-lasting disorder; in others it has also been associated with creativity, goal striving and positive achievements.[2]

Genetic factors contribute substantially to the likelihood of developing bipolar disorder, and environmental factors are also implicated. Bipolar disorder is often treated with mood stabilizer medications, and sometimes other psychiatric drugs. Psychotherapy also has a role, often when there has been some recovery of stability. In serious cases in which there is a risk of harm to oneself or others involuntary commitment may be used; these cases generally involve severe manic episodes with dangerous behavior or depressive episodes with suicidal ideation. There are widespread problems with social stigma, stereotypes and prejudice against individuals with a diagnosis of bipolar disorder.[3] People with bipolar disorder exhibiting psychotic symptoms can sometimes be misdiagnosed as having schizophrenia, another serious mental illness.[4]

The current term "bipolar disorder" is of fairly recent origin and refers to the cycling between high and low episodes (poles). A relationship between mania and melancholia had long been observed, although the basis of the current conceptualisation can be traced back to French psychiatrists in the 1850s. The term "manic-depressive illness" or psychosis was coined by German psychiatrist Emil Kraepelin in the late nineteenth century, originally referring to all kinds of mood disorder. German psychiatrist Karl Leonhard split the classification again in 1957, employing the terms unipolar disorder (major depressive disorder) and bipolar disord

when I was a baby

I never really understood myself as a toddler. I remember always not wanting to be here. I wished I was my brother and my brother was me. You see I never even met him; he died before I was conceived. I was a whoop’s 18 months later. I tried to kill myself, twice before I was four. I drank a complete bottle of lighter fluid and went to bed. Waking up in the morning nothing different. The next time I tried to dive out the second story window onto the rock garden. Got a scratch on the knee, and the lady across the road yelling at my Mom, which made me only more sullen! I only saw myself as a hushed child. But apparently I was very ominous. They say there are 2 sides to every story. In a Bi-polar I guess there must be 4, mine, mine, and the other 2. LOL
They Say you only turn at 30'ish, to this I say bull shit. I have always been moody. I know they say that I had an unstable upbringing. I was red stamped from grade 2 on. So If your just pushed on what do the expect from you. What is unstable to one is not to another. I can count back 18 generations of severe mental disorders in my lineage. It’s in the genes.