Social mentality,behavioral patterns and guiding strategies of"lying flat"youth
The continuous replacement of Internet buzzwords reflects the changes and developments in people's social mentality.In recent years,online buzzwords such as"Mourning","Buddhists","Lie flat"and other young subculture have gradually formed a specific and influential online subculture phenomenon with the help of new media,self-media and other platforms.Among them,"lying flat"youth refers to a group of individuals who adopt an"avoidance"psycho-logical adjustment mechanism or a"withdrawal"behavioral adjustment strategy when they encounter setbacks and adver-sity in their work and life,giving up hard work,hard study,and positive living.The"lying flat"youths mainly use"mourning",anxiety syndrome,and negative seclusion as their realistic representations to conceal their social mentality of"abandonment",modernity anxiety,and defensive pessimism,thus giving them the behavioral patterns of"low de-sire","withdrawal",and"learned helplessness".Although"lying flat"can temporarily regulate young people in the face of busy and tired work and life to a certain extent,its negative impact cannot be ignored:"low desire"promotes re-verse consumer psychological alienation,which will affect the production and consumption links of society.The"retreat"weakens the youth's motivation for struggle,which is not conducive to the cultivation of social struggle spirit.Learned helplessness leads to the loss of sense of meaning,which can lead to the denial of self-generated meaning by"lying flat"young people.Therefore,psychological counseling can be used to cultivate the rational and peaceful social mentality of"lying flat"youth,and the"spirit of struggle"can be used to cultivate the"courage"of"lying flat"youth.Through meaning therapy,"lying flat"youth can pursue the meaning of living and even the meaning of life.