SINGAPORE — With just two months left before starting her first full-time job as an auditor in one of the big four accounting firms, thoughts of not being good enough have been weighing on Sarah’s mind.
This year's survey looked at mental health, inflation and cost of living, climate change and sustainability, as well as work-life balance, politics and attitudes on LGBTQ issues.
On the flipside, the typical respondent who rated their mental health as"well" or"very well" had more than two sources of support on average.Young people who spoke to TODAY indicated that there were several stressors common among those who were just embarking on adulthood, such as coming to grips with the realities of working life, new parenthood and identity issues.
The rising cost of living has also affected his mental health, he said, especially when he compares food prices. For example, his usual plain prata and egg prata order at his nearby food court now costs about S$5, up from S$3.30 late last year. For 28-year-old Mandy Chng, she worries about her future for a different reason — she identifies as a lesbian and, because she has faced discrimination at work before, she constantly worries that she will have to deal with that again for future jobs.
Even among those who seem to have it all, stress abounds. Civil servant Choo Xinrong is a first-time mother of a three-month-old who said that new parenthood has weighed heavily on her.
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