Jaya Bachchan blames internet for 'anxiety attacks' among Gen Z: 'You get your validation from what you see on...'

Jaya Bachchan, the veteran actress and politician, has never minced her words when it comes to conveying her opinion. One of the episodes of her granddaughter Navya Naveli Nanda’s podcast, What The Hell Navya, recently surfaced on social media, where she held the internet responsible for the anxiety attacks among young people and Gen Z.

“Navya, what happens among your generation is that ‘answer to the calls quickly, reply to texts quickly’. You get your validation from what you see on the internet and your phone," the _Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani_ actress said.

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“Are we looking nice? Are we thinking correctly? If you are saying the right thing? All this increases your stress levels," she added.

When her granddaughter questioned whether her generation is more stressed because of the internet, Jaya replied, “Definitely," adding, “We hadn’t heard of an anxiety attack when we were kids. Let alone our childhood, we never heard it in our midlife also."

As per Jaya, the rise of anxiety attacks among the young generation is because of “too much information" about looks and appearance, beauty routines, and social comparison.

However, Jaya’s daughter, Shweta Bachchan Nanda, countered and said that anxiety always existed, but the awareness among the audience about it has now reached. “Anxiety was always there. It’s now more identifiable. It’s more spoken about," said Shweta.

What the hell Navya Vodcast is hosted by Navya Naveli Nanda, who is an entrepreneur and a podcaster. She has started her own foundation, Project Navel,i which works to empower women and gender equality.