Foxy,
When you have to look up at people all you see is A..eholes !

The gloom in every generation is created by those elite-mongers who think they know better & by trying to force their insipid philosophy they're disrupting daily life for others.
Expectations are way too high in comparison to effort offered & all these 'Rights" compound the problem ! That makes a lot of people miserable !
A Gap Year National Service would positively change all of it.

"Spot-on self-assessment !"

Oh, the "I-know-you-are-but-what-am-I" retort. Very adult </sarc>

It's not at all surprising that there is so much doom & gloom. The out of control overhyping of frivolous matters whilst totally ignoring real-life needs is the driver of it all.