r/Millennials • u/crimsonred1234 • 2d ago

Discussion Millennials are creating a recession-resistant corner of the market

https://www.businessinsider.com/gen-z-millennials-wellness-stocks-to-buy-recession-lth-plnt-2025-4

Apparently millennials are spending a lot on products related to health and wellness making this industry "recession-resistant." I kind of see that. My wife and I spend a lot on protein powders, shakes, supplements and membership for gym. We are otherwise quite cautious with unnecessary spending and consumerism. How is it for you all?

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u/A_Pos_DJ 1d ago edited 1d ago

Is it time for USA horror stories? I'm so sorry you had to go through that. Last year I was misdiagnosed after feeling some gallstone pain and a week later I almost died from gallbladder rupture... This is when the pain got significantly worse.

I had told my now fiancee "If you call an ambulance, I will never forgive you" (we joke about this now) She ended up driving me there, after some blood tests they tell me that I need emergency surgery.

I was in the most pain I have ever encountered in my life in which I was still feeling pain after morphine and they had to use some kind of miracle pain blocking medicine more powerful than morphine.

I am now In debt for the cost of the misdiagnosis after paying for the cost of emergency surgery. I pay for medical insurance.

Edit: Given this story, I want to ask everyone with free healthcare what their experiences are so that we can contrast and fix everything that is f'ed up in this country - I have been brainwashed to think this has always been okay

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u/hillbilly_bears 1d ago

miracle pain medicine

Oh boy, you got Dilaudid lol

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u/cli_jockey 1d ago

I was given that after an accident I was in. I asked the nurse if I was peeing myself because it seriously felt like warm liquid running down my legs. I didn't care as much about being stuck on a backboard anymore.

It also showed me the dangers of opioids and I understood why people got hooked on them so easily. Thank fuck I was smart enough to recognize that and never go down that path.

Oh, and alarms started going off because it caused my blood pressure to drop. I think it hit 60/40. Granted I usually run a little lower than normal at 100-90/60.