Why is Gen Z obsessed with plants?
Plants allow Gen Z to feel like they’re caring for their environment. They give them a moment at the end of the day to make small steps towards helping our planet. For Gen Z, the meaning of home is changing. Plants lack a central nervous system but are still capable of processing information from external sources and responding to them. While plants don’t have the same “feelings” that we do, they often remember stimuli and communicate with other plants about them.These findings suggest that plants can register subtle changes in their surroundings, potentially including human presence. However, this does not imply that plants recognise individual people or “know” their owners.Plants may not have feelings but they are indeed alive and have been described as sentient life forms that have “tropic” and “nastic” responses to stimuli. Plants can sense water, light, and gravity — they can even defend themselves and send signals to other plants to warn that danger is here, or near.They serve as a reminder of nature’s wild beauty that we crave outside the confines of our homes and offices. The simplicity, steady growth, and relatively low-maintenance of plants (especially compared to animal companions) endear themselves to whomever they are given.
What does Gen Z fear the most?
Money causes everyone stress, but Generation Z tops the list for financial anxiety. According to an Experian survey, Generation Z is anxious about money. But don’t worry, there are ways to overcome these fears. For some, it’s more than just stress—it’s a deep fear known as chrometophobia, the fear of money. This term might sound unusual, but it’s a very real issue that impacts how people, from teens to adults, approach financial decisions. While the word might not be familiar to everyone, the feeling is.The OCD-related fears that center around money are most commonly linked to Perfectionism OCD and Responsibility OCD. Case in point: if someone who struggles with money anxiety has OCD, they might have intrusive thoughts that they are irresponsible with their money or fear that they are a bad person for spending money.