I don’t know, maybe on some level. But I am acutely aware these days that growing up in the 80’s I am fortunate to have missed much of the hurt that came before and has come after. Personally, the financial collapse didn’t impact me much - I was broke but job secure, no savings to speak of. I don’t come from a military family, so Iraq and Afghanistan didn’t touch my life meaningfully. 9/11 was definitely traumatic- as much because it shook me out of an otherwise blissfully contented life, as it did personally touch me.
So my comment came from a uniquely Gen X mindset of: My generation dodged a lot of bullets, and my kid’s generation has not. It is like there was a lot of pent up awfulness that has unleashed itself.
On the flip side, my mom was a child in England during WW2, and endured the bombing. She has had her share of strife, too. Gen X in America was timed uniquely well.