L'appel à l'aide de notre génération.

The speaker describes feeling lonely with a deteriorating social life, living in a small 17 square meter apartment in France with thin walls and bearable neighbors, and maintaining an exhausting computer-dependent routine from 8am to 10:30pm daily.

• Feeling of frustration and hopelessness about the situation never ending • Sense of emptiness and isolation despite physical presence in France • Overwhelming fatigue from the confined lifestyle

Many students are abandoning their studies and disappearing without explanation, creating a collective sense of despair among peers.

The speaker experienced suicidal thoughts for the first time, describing feeling worthless and mentioning that only mental willpower prevents acting on these thoughts.

Since childhood, the speaker aspired to become a doctor, but these dreams have collapsed, resulting in deep disappointment with themselves.

• No hope remaining for getting out of the situation • Feeling alone with only willpower preventing self-harm • Nothing else seems to hold the speaker back from acting on dark thoughts

Physical and mental health deterioration including medication use, binge eating episodes following COVID crisis, and unexplained weight loss.

Terrified by the realization that mental strength alone is what prevents a worse outcome, living with extreme uncertainty about the future.

The speaker lived through both lockdowns alone and fears a third one would reach a breaking point for their mental health, describing this as a line of no return.

• Government allows crowding in supermarkets without concern • Government permits gatherings in stores during sales • Students forced to remain isolated behind screens while others move freely

Government fails to account for and address student distress with appropriate urgency, showing inconsistency between restrictions imposed on students versus freedoms given to others.

According to WHO definition, health is a state of physical, mental and social well-being. The speaker and many French students are in poor health by this standard.

The speaker experiences academic failure due to inability to find motivation, describing it as impossible to continue under current conditions.

The student situation is alarming and represents a widespread crisis affecting many French students simultaneously.

Real action and reaction are needed immediately to address the crisis facing students.

The transcript ends with musical elements, signifying the end of this urgent testimonial about generational distress.