Younger women face more daily stress than older generations

Almost three-quarters of women take on the stress of their friends and family, according to new research.

From worrying about them to feeling empathy for their struggles and working to provide a solution, a survey of 2,000 women split evenly by generation, conducted by Talker Research on behalf of Florastor, revealed that 73% shoulder their loved ones anxieties.

In fact, 72% of those women admit that they feel societal and internal pressure to take on this emotional labor. Only 18% of women are “very open” with friends and family about their own stress levels and another 52% admit they often fake being “fine” when they aren’t.

On top of assuming the stress of others and internalizing their anxieties, the average woman feels stressed five hours per day, or about 21% of her day. The younger generations are feeling even more stressed than the older ones as both Gen Z and millennials average six hours per day.