Peer pressure is a big challenge in the digital age. Gen Z needs to recognize their own values and avoid unnecessary comparisons.
Every success comes from hard work, self-confidence - Illustration: Q.D
Many Gen Zers always think that they are inferior and not as good as anyone else when compared to their peers. The result is pressure, stress, and the inability to escape the negative emotions they carry.
Many young people keep looking at other people's success as a measure and accidentally forget their own goals and values.
Peer pressure, everywhere you look you see talented people
Being admitted directly, receiving scholarships every year, yet To Trinh (4th year student, Son Tra District, Da Nang) has never been satisfied with her academic achievements.
She said: "My classmates are like superheroes, studying and working part-time but always getting almost perfect scores. Meanwhile, I only study but I'm not doing well. Especially this year I have to pass the IELTS exam to graduate. The more I think about it, the more I feel incompetent and useless."
Khanh An (25 years old, sales staff, Cau Giay District, Hanoi) confided: "Sometimes I doubt my own abilities. I don't understand why people my age are successful so early. Some go abroad like going to the market, some become directors, and some bring money back to their hometown to build big houses for their parents. Even my close friends' love lives are much luckier than mine. They were proposed to romantically like in the movies, and they traveled to dreamy places...".
Don't rush to compare because of peer pressure.
Peer pressure is a form of psychological pressure when you or someone else compares you with others in terms of appearance, ability, grades, status, etc. This gives rise to pressure and feelings of sadness and depression. This becomes even more terrible in the digital world when social networks develop rapidly.
Browsing social networks makes many people fall into a spiral of comparing themselves to others, always looking at others, talking about others and ignoring themselves. When you have not yet seen your own strengths and weaknesses, you quickly compare yourself to other more successful people, which can easily lead to anxiety and pressure.
If you keep chasing other people's success, it will lead to insomnia, restlessness, anxiety... Then the feeling that you do not fit in where you live and work. Unconsciously changing your behavior, doing things you do not want to do, and ultimately lowering your self-worth...
The reason why many Gen Zs experience disappointment and instability is because they desire to fulfill their desires and prove their abilities, but have not yet determined who they are and what they need to do... Sometimes they set goals that are too big, beyond their abilities. They may also be facing too many expectations from their families, which unintentionally creates pressure.
The positive side of this pressure is like a nudge. However, if peer pressure is not viewed in a positive light, it will create many conflicts.
Be the best version of yourself
Comparing your abilities with others is a lame comparison because we do not have the same starting point, goals and dreams. Each person has their own lifestyle and direction. You should only put pressure on yourself when you are not willing to strive.
Only you live and are responsible for your actions. Experience is yours, made with your life time. Why do we have to compare it with others, attribute it to others?
It is important to learn to say no to things you don't like, filter out toxic relationships in your life. Select the information you receive on social networks. Know how to listen and absorb. Develop your strengths and improve your weaknesses every day.
Source: https://tuoitre.vn/ap-luc-dong-trang-lua-cua-gen-z-lam-sao-tu-tin-trong-the-gioi-so-20250315101938068.htm
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