the past eight months and the remaining ones are unprecedented and challenging in many ways fear of catching covid health issues stress disruptions social isolation have been cumbersome the lockdown also forced many to lose their job work for longer hours in ways they werent used to stay away from friends family and live life in a different waywhile many quarantine measures were put in place to safeguard our health the lockdown brought around a global crisis for peoples mental wellbeing more and more people reported undergoing stress experiencing blues and are finding it troublesome to maintain their mental health in times of pandemic google searches for mental health spiked up in the past months while the elderlies feel the loneliest in the lockdown the lockdown was mentally strenuous for the millennials and the gen z as per a new studyaccording to a recent global health survey done by the international labour organisation ilo 1 in 2 youngsters were prone to experiencing symptoms of anxiety and depression with over 17 suffering due to the consequent impact of covid19the studythe findings of the survey have been published in a report titled youth and covid19 impacts on jobs education rights and mental wellbeing for the survey over 12000 responses were received from 112 countries with a large proportion coming from educated youth and those with internet accessthe survey involved individuals between the ages of 1829 who were asked to talk about a host of factors such as employment education mental health and social wellbeingaccording to the surveys reports individuals recorded more than one cause for a surge in mental health problemsfor the younger ones a shift in means of education and apparent uncertainty made them prone to experiencing anxiety monthslong pandemic ensured that from schools colleges workplaces and recreational centres everything was closed down many students were left in the loom regarding their higher education and had to cope with the perils of online classes and examsfor those in their 20s and 30s job crunches losses added to problems of worry working from home extended working hours coupled with additional responsibilities drove many to experience symptoms of burnout as well a serious mental health crisisyoung students most affectedeven though the lockdown gave many a time to hone new skills and learn something new for the young students prepping for higher education distant learning proved cumbersome as per the reports findings a whopping 65 of young people reported having learned less since the beginning of the pandemic because of the transition from the classroom to online educationnearly 50 of the younger students said that they feared the pandemic delaying their education and at least 9 said they feared failing in their exams which drove them to experience mental stressthe report also pinpointed to an apparent skewed difference between men and women it was observed that mental wellbeing was a low scored in young women and more so those between the ages of 1824analysisthe ilo study pointed out if the challenges arent dealt with