Hello pot, meet kettle. While my glib, asshat, seemingly umempathetic, patronizing comment is telling of my age, your initial comment is no less telling of your age nor patronizing. To older people it can come across as the generations before, including the guys, didn't care about or try to appropriately deal with their baggage or trauma in their formative years. It is akin to elder generations talking about how "terrible" kids today are, when they were no more less different and/or better. It was/is just the modalities and tools used in which we address the very similar human experiences that are different. I don't believe that any of us ever thought, "Gee, I just want to keep carrying all my shit into the future," and perhaps some of us thought that trying to merely forget and forge on, was a way of alleviating it.

I am sorry that you have had to deal with agoraphobia. That is awful and good for you for trying to find the best way to deal with the burdens life has bestowed. I have not personally dealt with that, but I do know from many years of trying to deal with my anxiety, depression, and subsequent suicide attempts, that dealing with any mental health issue is a long and arduous road. I thought I had appropriately dealt with it in my twenties, and unfortunately, prenatal and postpartum depression brought about an even worse monster, which is probably why I am a cranky, flippant asshat.

Also, never feel like you need to explain yourself to a stranger on the internet. Just downvote my ass.