first came the baby boomers then came generation x the branding of the subsequent generation was less definitive pingponging between generation y and the millennials id like to add a third name generation stress according to stress in america a study commissioned by the american psychological association millennials are the most stressed demographic and its reasonable to assume that higher levels of stress put the millennials at higher risk for all sorts of destructive downstream consequences from diabetes and obesity to anxiety and depression not surprisingly work is one of the biggest causes of stress the job numbers are grim and even those lucky millennials that land a decent job often face a workplace rife with destructive definitions of success so heres hoping that as they advance through the ranks of the workplace millennials will do themselves and the generation after them generation z a favor by redefining success millennials come of age as americas most stressed generation