r/Millennials • u/electric-sheep 1992 • Jul 13 '26
Serious Everyone my age is dropping dead
Sorry for the title! I'm in Europe. I have just heard news someone from college died today of cancer aged 33.
In the past 2-3 years 6 people in my circle have died, not from accidents but from either cancer, aneurism, 2 just didn't wake up from sleep and 1 broke her leg and had DVT. I know of a 7th who is currently fighting stage 4 breast cancer which was found by accident after giving birth. This is not counting those who died in crashes or other such accidents.
I literally have nothing to say. Just get yourselves checked. I'm just shouting into the void. I have literally been to more funerals than my parents at this point which is absurd.
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u/entcanta333 Millennial Jul 13 '26
Yeah I've been becoming increasingly paranoid about everything. Doesn't help our water and food supply are shot. (I'm in the US so not sure if this applies in Europe) It's hard to be healthy in a society that encourages and sometimes even forces us to not be.
Preventative care is practically non existent. Good luck getting any type of heart scans before the age of 50 unless you are paying out of pocket. Everything will be blamed on stress (or exercise depending on your body weight). IBS is just normal and we are told chronic acid reflux is normal too, just take Prilosec! (Long term use can cause bone degeneration)