I wasn't talking about boomers. And I wasn't claiming the entire generation is like that. I was saying the people who act like that are in denial that they have trauma too. If you don't act like that then I'm not talking about you. And the older people I've met that say things like that in my own family and friend's families are much much older. I guess they would be considered the silent generation and whatever is a step beyond that.

I'm just repeating things my grandparents and greatparents and my friend's grandparents and great grandparents have said to me. For them growing up - therapy and seeing a doctor for mental health was considered a huge taboo. If you saw a doctor for mental problems people labeled you as crazy. A lot of people turned to alcohol. Doctors actually prescribed alcohol and cigarettes at one point. CPTSD wasn't even a thing yet back then. Even a lot of vets who had PTSD went without treatment and turned to alcohol instead of therapy, like my grandfather. Therapy was also seen as a somewhat feminine thing by some people for some reason. Things like domestic violence were also seen as things you deal with in the home with eachother. It was even still legal to rape your wife for a while there. They had a lot of twisted views on things in the past.

It's just odd having people tell me all these stories from the past simply have zero truth to them. I'm not trying to offend anyone by bringing it up. These older views on mental health had a big impact my families views on mental health. Now I find my own parents repeating the same garbage they were told when they were growing up. It's not an entire generations fault and it's not every single older person. But there are still families who struggle with these outdated ideas of mental illness and therapy